Message from mmoore

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Reading p. 333: I find the role of the government of Japan in what industries to help, etc. very interesting. Parts of it seem quite unique as far as what industries they chose to support. Some of you might want to know that the reorganization of Japanese industry into the powerhouse they became by the 1980s is credited to William Deming and his "Fourteen Points." Deming had helped organize some American industries during WWII and was tapped for his expertise to help Japan. They followed his ideas more than the Americans, until the Americans started studying him again in the 1980s. Sometimes the formula is referred to as TQM, Total Quality Mgmt. You listen to employees and get ideas from the bottom up. The ideas are synthesized in the following link: http://www.tpmonline.com/articles_on_total_productive_maintenance/management/deming14steps.htm

On the "Parasites." Japanese male society has created them and their mothers sustain them. If your male dominated society does not allow social supports for working mothers, why do they want to become working mothers? I don't blame them. I guess there spending upsets the myth that all Japanese save their paychecks? I have met many of these "parasites" in Europe and they were in pret -a-porter. They were incredibly funny and friendly. Now I want to talk to them on a deeper level when I meet them. I want to use excerpts from this article with my students. I think they will really like it. I bet the recent Hollywood film, Confessions of a Shopaholic was loved by them.[Edit by="mmoore on Aug 3, 6:23:33 PM"][/Edit]