Japanese training programmes in the public sector

In: Asian thought & society: an international review, Band 14, Heft 40, S. 15-30

Abstract

At present, Japan's public sector training programmes not only provide public employees with needed knowledge and skill, but also aids in the development of executives. The article examines Japanese perceptions about the value of the training programmes and the needs which they address. It looks at various training programmes since 1952 and concludes that although they seem very oriental and have obviously Japanese characteristics, the Japanese training programmes in the public sector, taken as a whole, are essentially Western in their conceptual foundations. (DÜI-Sen)