Who leads change processes? : from the case study of Japan Railways Kyusyu / Kohei Nishikawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nishikawa, Kōhei, author.

Series:

SAGE knowledge. Cases.

SAGE Knowledge. Cases.

SAGE knowledge. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--Japan--Case studies.

Organizational change.

Leadership--Case studies.

Leadership.

Japan.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

[London] : SAGE, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Due to a serious deficit during the 1970s, Japanese government meant to transform Japan National Railway (JNR) in profit organizations. After a lengthy political battle over it, the bill of the privatization of JNR was enacted in 1986 and finally, JR Kyusyu (JRK) was born in 1987. This case shows intriguing change processes, that is, enthusiastic small attempts for change proliferated in the early stage. Throughout the change processes, some who survived spread across the different parts of the organization like a pollination process. Learning back and forth across JRK went on running; consequently, swift change movement started to transform their old organizational culture to new one. It is a teaching case.

Notes:

Originally Published in: Nishikawa, K. (2014). Who leads change processes?: From the case study of Japan Railways Kyusyu. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 3(1), 53-64. DOI: 10.1177/2277977914525283.

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ISBN:

9789351503477

OCLC:

1017722436

Access Restriction:

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