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Human Resource Development in Twentieth-Century Japan

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For Japan, where natural resources are not abundant, the importance of human resources cannot be overstated. It is the person, and the person only, that determines economic wealth. So what characteristics will emerge when reviewing the economic development of modern Japan through its history of human resources formation? In this book, we will examine the formation and allocation of human resources that brought about economic growth, focusing on the form of education and training in schools, companies, and the military. In particular, how are knowledge and skills delivered in a "have-not" country like Japan? Following transitions form the Edo period to the present age, we approach the core of Japanese systems from both historical and theoretical perspectives.

天然資源が豊かではない日本にとって、人材の重要性は強調してもし過ぎることはない。経済的豊かさを規定するのは「人」であり、「人」しかない。では近代日本の経済発展を人材形成の歴史として読みなおしたとき、どのような特徴が浮かびあがるのか。本書では、経済成長をもたらした人的資源(human resources)の形成と配分を、学校、会社、軍隊などの教育・訓練の姿を中心に検証する。「持たざる国」日本では、知識と技能はどのように修得され、産業活動の現場に動員されたのか―。江戸期から現代への変遷をたどり、歴史と理論の両面から日本のシステムの核心に迫る。

263 pages, Hardcover

Published March 27, 2017

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