Peter Drucker: What [american Execs] Can Learn From Japanese Management (1970) [pdf]

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A 1970 article by Peter Drucker on what American executives can learn from Japanese management is shared, sparking a thoughtful discussion about cultural differences in decision-making.

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2 months ago

I was reading the HN discussion [1] about the Mozilla support fiasco in Japan [2], and was reminded of this Drucker classic about the American -vs- Japanese approaches to decision making.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830770

[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/717446

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