Introduction
In this essay I am going to argue that the Japanese organisational structure and quality initiatives are the two main feature of the Japanese management system. I will put forward the theory that the pre-quality orientated organisational framework was very much suited towards the introduction of quality management initiatives.
Main Text
"There was a time when the differences between the market-orientated British employment system and the organisation-orientated Japanese system would have been happily ascribed to 'the unique genius of the respective races'...…