Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprise Mutual Aid Organizations

Author: Keiichi Hamase
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book provides an overview of the operations of Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises during times of change, the transformation of their business models, post-war small and medium-sized enterprise policies, and the state of their organization. It then selects some successful cases of advanced mutual aid organizations, identifies issues and countermeasures in the mutual aid movement, and views mutual aid organizations as forms of human organization, conducting some basic examinations of both people and organizations. Additionally, it confirms the starting point of mutual aid associations through their history and development, recognizing their historical context to clarify their ideology, principles, functions, and tasks. The Central Union of Small and Medium Enterprises is the sole guiding institution for mutual aid organizations. As its guiding capabilities strengthen and organizational policies shift, its importance will further increase, and this book also introduces this aspect.