Chapter 2. The Role of Private Organizations in the Introduction,
Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japan

Chapter 2
The Role of Private Organizations in the Introduction, Development
and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japan
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi1

2-1. The role of Japanese private organizations in the introduction, development and diffusionof production management technology
In Japan, private organizations played a significant role in the introduction and adaptation of
production management technology, as well as its transfer and diffusion in Japanese industry.2 The
three major organizations that assumed such roles are: the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers(JUSE), an incorporated foundation that contributed to quality improvement in Japan; the Japan
Productivity Center (JPC), a public interest incorporated foundation that developed the productivity
improvement movement; and the Japan Management Association (JMA), an incorporated associationthat contributed to the development of Japanese industry through the “noritsu (efficiency)”
improvement towards scientific management or management innovation.3
In this chapter, the term “production management technology” is used as a general concept that refers
to the skills, techniques and approaches that are used to improve productivity and quality (including
the elimination of defective products), reduce costs, and shorten delivery time or lead time in the
manufacturing industry.4
2-1-1. Overview of the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE)The JUSE significantly contributed to the quality improvement in Japanese industry. JUSE originated1

Senior Industrial Consultant, Japan Development Service Co., Ltd. This paper, originally written in Japanese, is publishedin “The Bulletin of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies,” No.4, Takushoku University, 2011.
2
As Tadao Miyagawa and Takashi Ishiguro point out in their article (Miyagawa et al., 1989, p. 146), Japanese companies
took an active part in introducing business management technology along with manufacturing facilities and technology
from Western countries in the postwar period. Apart from it, JMA (established before the WW2) and JPC (established in
1955) also played a pivotal role in the introduction of business and production management technology. Akira Suehiro
points out the important role played by intermediary organizations that mediate between government and privatecompanies (Suehiro, 2002, p.65). The term “intermediary organizations” includes business associations in the private sector,
private local economic organizations, and the Industrial Structure Council. The private organizations analyzed in this paper
also can be categorized as “intermediary organizations” that acted as intermediaries between Western countries withadvanced technology (technology source) and Japanese private companies.
3
The following organizations also played an important role: the Japan Institute of Industrial Engineering (established in1959), which was an offshoot of JPC and contributed to the promotion of industrial engineering (IE); JMA Consultants Inc.
(established in 1980), the former consulting division of JMA; and the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (established in1981), which was an offshoot of JMA, and contributed to the promotion of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM;
maintenance of production facilities based on the company-wide participation).
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The term “production management technology” in this chapter has the same meaning as the term “kaizen (improvement)”
in a broad sense. It is roughly the same as the concept that Masaaki Imai presents in his book Kaizen (Imai, 2010).

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from the following three organizations: the Koseikai Association (established in 1918), Nihon Kojin
Kurabu or the Japanese Engineers’ Club (established in 1920; renamed Nihon Gijutsu Kyokai or theJapan Technology Association in 1935) and Zennihon Kagaku Gijutsu Toudoukai, or the National
Science and Technology Association of Japan (established in 1940). These three organizations weremerged on November 3, 1944 into Dainihon Gijutsu Kai or the Japan Technology Association, which
was subsequently dissolved on April 30, 1946. JUSE was established on May 1946 to take over thebusiness, assets and staff of the Japan Technology Association. In 1962, JUSE was officially approved
as a foundation under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Agency.
JUSE’s current articles of endowment states that their objectives are to “promote systematic studies
needed for the advancement of science and technology, that contribute to the development of culture
and industry” (Article 3). Although this article defines the JUSE’s objectives broadly as promoting
science and technology and improving the status of scientists and engineers, the foundation has, since
its establishment, focused its efforts on promoting the quality improvement movement.5
2-1-2. Overview of the Japan Productivity Center (JPC)
On September 24, 1954, the Cabinet adopted a policy to improve productivity. The resolution was
based on the recognition that the productivity improvement in Japanese industry was an urgent
priority in order to achieve cost reductions, improve quality, promote exports and increase thenational income. Based on this Cabinet resolution, the JPC was established on March 1, 1955 as aleading organization to improve the productivity of Japanese industry (Foundation Prospectus)(JPC-SED, 2005a, pp.4-5).
JPC established in 1973 the Social and Economic Congress of Japan (SECJ) as a sister organization
with the objective of realizing a welfare society. JPC succeeded the function of the SECJ in 1994 inorder to pursue the productivity movement from a more social perspective than ever before, and thename of organization was changed into Japan Productivity Center for Socio and Economic
Development (JPC-SED), which was renamed as JPC in 2009.6

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Article 4 of JUSE’s current rules defines that JUSE engages in the following operations in order to achieve their goals.
1) Research and public relations services on policies for the science and technology promotion
2) Exchange of information on science and technology in Japan and overseas
3) Promotion of support and collaboration with science and technology related organizations, scientists and engineers
4) Research and studies related to science and technology5) Lectures and training sessions to improve the capability of scientists and engineers
6) Publication of materials related to science and technology
7) Technological consultation on business management
8) Other operations required to achieve the organizational goals
As shown in the above articles, it is clear that their operational goals are not limited to quality improvement but are aimed
at achieving the promotion of science and technology in general.
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www.jpc-net.jp (April 21, 2011).

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Chapter 2. The Role of Private Organizations in the Introduction,
Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in JapanThe JPC’s Foundation Prospectus defines the purpose of productivity improvement as reducing
production costs through the effective and scientific use of resources, manpower and facilities in order
to expand the market, increase employment and raise the level of real wages and living standards,
thereby promoting the common interests of labor, management and general consumers (JPC-SED,
2005a, p.4). It should be noted that productivity improvement is defined as a concept designed for thepromotion of companies’ interests, as well as those of workers and the general public.
2-1-3. Overview of the Japan Management Association (JMA)
The JMA was established on March 30, 1942 as the sole nationwide private organization for thepromotion of technology, after the dissolution and integration of the Japan Management Federation(established in 1927) and the Japan Industry Association (established in 1931). These two wereregarded as the leading organizations for the promotion of “noritsu” through scientific management
approach in Japan at the time.
JMA’s current organizational goals are to “conduct investigations and research relating tomanagement, to collect and provide this information to others, and to enhance the overall
development of human resources, thereby encouraging business management innovation ofenterprises and organizations and contributing to the national economy, the national standard of living,
and the international community” (Article 3 of JMA’s Articles of Incorporation). In short, JMA is anorganization established to provide support for companies and organizations in achieving
management innovation and in solving related problems.
The term “noritsu” is said to have come into use around the end of the Meiji period in Japan. Japanwas lagging far behind Western countries in industrial development at the time and scientificmanagement technology was adopted to catch up with the West. Eminent scholars and businessleaders coined the phrase “noritsu zoshin movement” or “efficiency improvement movement” withthe aim of promoting scientific management or management innovation. The term “efficiency” isreferred to as the production management technology required to make maximum use of humanresources, physical facilities, and materials.7
Both JUSE and JPC provide support to solve the problems that companies face (regarding quality andproductivity). However, JPC focuses more on the productivity improvement movement from amacro-socioeconomic perspective, while JUSE places greater emphasis on the transfer and diffusionof production management technology for improving quality and solving problems from anindustry-wide perspective. Unlike these two organizations, JMA focuses on activities to help
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Based on a document from JMA Consultants Inc., JMAC: Introduction Note.

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individual companies solve respective problems from the view point of scientific management ormanagement innovation while also taking into consideration the overall trends of industry. The JMA
has promoted the transfer and diffusion of production management technology (including techniques
and approaches) through this process.
2-2. Introduction, development and diffusion of production management technology by
Japanese private organizations
2-2-1. The three stages of technology transfer
The process of introduction and diffusion of production management technology by JUSE, JPC and
JMA includes three stages: learning new technology from advanced Western countries (first stage);
examining the adaptability and validity of the introduced technology in Japan (second stage); and thefull-scale diffusion of the technology (third stage). In this paper, these are referred to as the “threestages of technology transfer.” The term “technology transfer” here includes technology introduction
from technologically advanced countries, as well as its diffusion to companies and industries in Japan.
In the following paragraphs, we will summarize the activities of the three organizations at each stageof technology transfer.
(1) Learning new technologies from advanced Western countries
There are many ways to learn about the technologies of advanced Western countries, such as sending
missions, inviting foreign consultants and experts, obtaining literature for translation and publication,
sending students and long-term trainees abroad and attending international conferences and academic
conventions.
The three organizations analyzed in this paper have respectively sent study missions almost every
year in order to learn the advanced business and production management technologies of Westerncountries. These organizations have provided all their member companies with the knowledge of new
business and production management through various means, such as holding briefing sessions after
the missions returned to Japan or distributing mission reports to their members.
They have also invited prominent experts and consultants from advanced Western countries and held
lectures and training seminars in Japan in order to provide companies with opportunities to learn
advanced management methods and production management technologies directly from these experts.

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Moreover, they have obtained literature and materials from Western countries for translation andpublication and distributed them to a wide range of companies and researchers.
In addition, they have encouraged their members to actively participate in international academic
conventions, conferences and symposiums, in order to provide opportunities to obtain new
information.
(2) Examining the adaptability and validity of technologies in Japan
There is a need to examine whether new technologies from advanced Western countries are adaptableand valid for Japanese companies. Once their validity has been confirmed, it is still necessary to
examine how to adapt them to Japanese companies. The three organizations formed committees andstudy groups to examine these issues. Experts and researchers from industry, government agencies,
universities and research institutes participate in these committees and study groups in order to
conduct industry-government-academia joint discussions and research. In some cases, tests wereconducted at manufacturing sites to check the adaptability and validity of new technologies.
Thus, the three organizations have not transferred and diffused Western-originated production
management technology to Japanese industries and companies simply by imitating it. Technologies
for facility management, quality management and production management are good example of how
they have made it possible to improve the technologies originally introduced from Western countries,
through examination and self-study (JMA Group Collaboration Promotion Committee, 2010).
Technology for facility management was introduced from the United States (US) around 1945. While
the technology was mainly used for reducing maintenance costs in the US, it was uniquely developedin Japan by focusing on the maintenance of facility function.
Similarly, technology for quality management was originally developed in the US to improve
economic performance by keeping a balance between quality and cost. In Japan, the highest priority
was given to improving and stabilizing product quality itself, resulting in significant improvements tothe original technology. In addition, emphasis was placed on raising awareness of quality among all
factory workers rather than among experts in charge. Technology for production management wasalso improved from the original technology introduced from the US, resulting in a highlysophisticated management system designed to reduce the stock of in-process items and provide
materials to each manufacturing process in a timely manner.
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Company-wide Quality Control (CWQC) or Total Quality Management (TQM),8 QC Circles and
New Seven Tools for Quality Control were developed by JUSE with its member companies;
approaches such as Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) and Total Productive Maintenance(TPM)9 were developed by JMA.
Various meetings and seminars were held to present these achievements to member companies, andreports and publications were widely distributed. In addition, training programs were organized todisseminate newly developed technologies among companies, and develop human resources capableof utilizing these technologies.10(3) Diffusing of new technologies
Means and methods for the diffusion of new technologies include advice and guidance (consulting
services) for solving problems using production management technology, human resource
development, public relations/education activities, qualification certification systems, and awards forthe excellent companies and experts that have made outstanding contributions to the development oftechnology.
Consulting services using production management technology are the most practical and effective
form of technology transfer and diffusion. These services enable companies to acquire newtechnology by solving specific problems and provide opportunities for on-the-job training (technology
transfer).
Not all organizations provide consulting services. JUSE gives priority to personnel training and does
not provide consulting services for companies. However, at the request of companies, it provides
support for the development of in-house education and training programs and introduces lecturers fortraining sessions. JPC provides individual companies with consulting services on productivity
improvement. However, these services are only a small part of the JPC’s overall business, consideringthat its operational strategy takes a macro perspective (socio-economic perspective) rather than amicro perspective (company-based perspective), as mentioned earlier.

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TQM was originally developed in the US. There is a difference in its concept and way of practice between the US andJapan. In the US, TQM is practiced under the guidance of quality control experts, while company-wide participation ismost required in Japan.
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TPM was initially an acronym for Total Productive Maintenance, but it subsequently evolved into a broader concept thatcovers not only facility management but also business management in general.
10
Efforts were also made by respective companies to improve the skills, techniques and approaches introduced (learned)
from abroad through the three organizations or their own routes and to develop their own technology. As a result of theirimprovement and development, skills and techniques became more advanced than those adopted from Western countries,
and these techniques were transferred and shared within companies or company groups. The Just-in-Time (JIT) system of
Toyota Motor Corporation, Cellular Manufacturing System, Small-Group Activities and the 5S are amongst the uniqueproduction management technology and methods developed by Japanese companies.

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JMA was originally established as an organization for providing consulting services and has
continued to give priority to these services since its establishment. However, JMA established JMA
Consultants Inc. (JMAC) in 1980 by converting its consulting division into an independent company.
JMAC took over JMA’s experience and know-how and provides companies with its own technology,
methods, and approaches through consulting services (technology transfer). JMA now focuses its
efforts on education and training services. JMA has other independent affiliated organizations andworks in collaboration with all JMA group organizations to provide companies and organizations withvarious support services for management innovation.
Technology transfer and diffusion is supported by human resources. Therefore, based on therecognition that human resource development is of crucial importance for the development oftechnology, all three organizations have provided companies with various training programs ontechnical skills and methods (training courses tailored to the level of each target group such as top
executives, middle-ranking managers, workers as well as training programs for different industries).
These organizations have also invited prominent experts, researchers and consultants from Westerncountries and actively organized training seminars and lecture sessions given by these guests in orderto promote and advertise new technologies and approaches for production management. However,these lecturers from abroad have gradually been replaced by Japanese lecturers as excellent
production management technologies are developed in Japan.
Qualification and certification systems play an important role in developing the abilities of personnel
who are engaged in technology transfer and diffusion and in maintaining their abilities above a certain
level. To this end, all three organizations have trained personnel in order to help them gain theoreticalknowledge, practical skills and techniques required in their priority areas. For example, they havecreated qualification and certification systems, such as Quality Control Specialist (JUSE),Management Consultant (JPC) and CPE (Certified Production Engineer) Qualification (JMA).
Qualification and certification also serves to increase customers’ trust in the personnel who are
engaged in technology transfer and diffusion.
All three organizations provide awards for companies that have achieved outstanding performance inimproving quality, productivity or “noritsu” in industry. These awards have enabled award-winningcompanies to improve their corporate image and reputation, resulting in increases in their sales andexports. These results, in turn, have had the effect (known as the demonstration effect) of increasingother companies’ motivation for improving their own quality, productivity and efficiency. Typicalexamples of these awards are: the Deming Prize and the Japan Quality Medal (JUSE), the Japan
Quality Award (JPC) and the JMA Human Resources Development Excellence Award (JMA).

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They also promote public relations/education activities through their bulletins. JUSE publishes amonthly magazine entitled Quality Management, JPC publishes the Seisansei Shimbun (Productivity
Newspaper) three times a month, and JMA publishes JMA Management Review. They also undertake
other activities, such as the publication of technical literatures, the provision of radio training courses
and correspondence courses, and the development of audiovisual training materials (by all threeorganizations).
To raise the awareness of business managers, executives, production managers and employees toward
the improvement of quality, productivity and efficiency, all three organizations hold conventions andsymposiums to discuss specific themes. At these conventions and symposiums, successful companies
often present important achievements that they have attained by applying production management
technology. These events were also utilized to stimulate the other participating companies to work
harder. Some of these conventions and symposiums are attended not only by company members but
also by the general public.
Furthermore, JUSE, JPC and JMA all promote nationwide public relations/education activities. JUSE
annually holds the Deming Prize Award Ceremony during its Quality Improvement Month and createsslogans for nationwide quality improvement campaigns. JPC has issued “declarations” wheneverrequired, while JMA has published various “suggestions” in order to attract the interest of thoseworking in industry and of the general public.
2-2-2. Categorizing the activities of the three organizations
The activities of the three organizations described above are developed in three stages: introducing or
learning new technologies (including techniques and approaches) (first stage); examining theiradaptability and validity and then making adaptation and implementing pilots (second stage); andwidely diffusing the developed technologies that have been adapted and validated (third stage). Their
activities in the three stages of technology transfer can be categorized (abstracted) in the following
table (see Table 2-1).
JUSE, JPC and JMA have successfully managed their activities in all three stages shown in Table 2-1.
These organizations did not possess management capabilities from the beginning, but acquired thecapabilities required throughout all the stages by undertaking activities to achieve their respective
goals. The experiences of the three organizations suggest that the most crucial factor required fordeveloping countries to continuously introduce and diffuse production management technology is theformation of management capabilities in the “three stages of technology transfer.”11
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There are the terms used in the existing research papers and literatures on technology transfer, such as “social capability
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Table 2-1. Categorization of the Activities of the Three Organizations
Stage
Main
Activities

First stage
Introducing or learning newtechnologies, skills, andapproaches

Specific
activities- Sending study missions
and presenting reports- Inviting prominent
experts/researchers andholding training sessions- Obtaining literature andmaterials for translation- Sending students andlong-term trainees
abroadSecond stage
Examining the adaptability
and validity of theintroduced or acquired
technologies, skills, andapproaches, including pilot
implementation- Establishing committees
and study groups(industry-governmentacademia joint research)- Trial introduction of newtechnologies(modification anddevelopment)

Third stage
Widely diffusing
technologies, skills, andapproaches that have been
adapted and validated.

- Provision of consulting
services (advice andguidance)- Personnel training(including training for
promoters/specialists andinstructors)- Qualification certification
systems- Award systems- Conventions andsymposiums- Public
relations/education
activities (publication ofbulletin and technicalbooks)- Suggestions anddeclarations

Note: Compiled by the author based on materials from JUSE, JPC and JMA.

2-3. Conditions that supported the activities of Japanese private organizations
The year 2010 marked the 64th anniversary of the establishment of JUSE, the 55th of JPC and the68th of JMA. All these organizations have continued to provide their services for over half a century.
In general, an organization loses its raison d’être when it has completed its mission. The fact that they
are active more than fifty years after their establishment suggests that there is still a need for theirservices from industry and the Japanese public.12 We are therefore led to conclude that they still havemissions and roles to play in Japanese industry.
What then are the reasons why the three organizations have continued to play an important role overindustrialization.” More details on these terms will be analyzed in my upcoming doctoral dissertation. In my opinion,“management capability in the three stages of technology transfer” in this paper is a narrower concept than that of theabove terms, but more specific. They are used in the following materials:“social capability for technology absorption”: Ohkawa, Kazushi and Henry Rosovsky, Nihon no Keizai Seicho: 20 Seiki ni
okeru Susei Kasoku [Japanese Economic Growth: Trend Acceleration in the Twentieth Century], Toyo Keizai, 1973.
“social capability” : Watanabe (1986), and idem, Seicho no Ajia, Teitai no Ajia [Asia; its Growth and Agony], Kodansha,
2002.
“society’s technological capability”: Nakaoka (1991).
“social capability for industrialization”: Suehiro (2002).
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As a result of the Lehman Crisis that occurred in 2008 in the US and subsequently spread worldwide, the number ofparticipants in the training courses and seminars by these organizations is decreasing.

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japanso many years in improving quality, productivity and management efficiency in Japanese industry?
What special conditions were required to enable them to play their roles? Furthermore, are these
conditions unique to Japan, or can they also be applied to developing countries?
In this paper, we will analyze the following six conditions, which provided considerable advantages tothe three organizations in developing their activities: (i) the strong need for production management
technology; (ii) collaboration among industry, government and academia; (iii) strong leadership of top
management of private organizations; (iv) capacity of private companies to absorb and develop newtechnologies; (v) collaborative relationship between managers and workers; and (vi) the establishmentof various national systems to support their activities. We will analyze these conditions in turn.
2-3-1. Strong needs for production management technology
Devastated by the Second World War (WW2) and with scarce natural resources, Japan was faced withthe strong needs to promote industries that exported goods by processing resources imported fromabroad in order to survive in the post-war world. At that time, Japan lagged behind Western countries
in terms of its product quality and manufacturing productivity. The poor quality of Japanese products
attracted the attention of GHQ (General Headquarters, the Supreme Commander for the AlliedPowers), which occupied Japan shortly after the end of the WW2. Manufacturing productivity inJapan was said to be one-ninth or one-eighth of that in the US and one-third of that in Germany (Ohno,
1978/2005, p.8). The US Embassy in Japan even offered support to improve Japan’s productivity
level. The three organizations frequently sent missions to the US in order to study their measures for
improving quality and productivity, as well as methods and approaches for production management
technology. Japanese companies actively sent their employees to the education/training programs heldby these organizations. These facts show that there was a strong need for production management
technology among Japanese companies. During the post-war period, Japanese industries andcompanies had a strong motivation to absorb production management technology, which led them toactively participate in the activities promoted by the private organizations. In other words, theactivities of respective organizations evolved, driven by the strong need for new production
management technology among Japanese companies.
2-3-2. Collaboration among industry, government and academia
Since their establishment, the three organizations have successfully mobilized support andcooperation from government and academia for their activities.
JUSE has received the cooperation of scholars and researchers since its establishment. In particular,
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cooperation with statisticians and stochasticians, which facilitated the introduction, research anddevelopment of new technologies and methods for quality improvement. 13 Scholars actively
collaborated, as they considered it a good opportunity to apply their theories in practice. Related
government agencies and local governments also provided cooperation and support through hostingor co-hosting the events annually held by JUSE during its Quality Improvement Month.
As an organization established based on a Cabinet resolution, JPC has received support fromgovernment and academia from the beginning. Despite their initial opposition, labor organizations
also participated in the productivity improvement movement.14 As mentioned above, the participationof labor organizations in this movement was of crucial importance, because the active participation of
employees and factory workers in productivity/quality improvement movement was essential to thedevelopment of production management technology based on QCCs and small-group activities.
As for the relationship with academia, these organizations invited university professors as directors or
members of various committees. 15 JPC also received support from abroad (the US). From its
foundation in 1955 until 1961, JPC received support from the US government for its various activities,
such as sending study missions, inviting experts from abroad, collecting literature and information,and making movies on technologies.
During the WW2, JMA, as a private consulting organization, promoted the rationalization andefficiency improvement of manufacturing processes, and also provided training for factory workers in
the war industry. For this reason, JMA received subsidies from the Japanese government. However,these subsidies were terminated by GHQ in 1945, when the war ended, presumably because theassociation had been working for the war industry. This is in sharp contrast to JPC, which received
financial support from the US government.
JMA was not as active as JUSE or JPC in developing relationships with academia. This is probably
due to the “association’s three major principles” which were formulated by its first Chairman, Takuo
Godo. The three principles are: developing an efficiency improvement movement with Japanesecharacteristics; placing emphasis on practice over theory; and making a focused effort. Godo’s views
about the relationship with academia can be seen from his statement on the emphasis of “practice overtheory”: “Theories of manufacturing efficiency, production technology and management discuss
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Tetsuro Nakaoka, emphasizes the importance of JUSE’s function of “promoting communication among industry,
government and academia.” (Nakaoka, 1980, vol. 82, No. 3, p.57).
14
The General Council of Trade Unions of Japan made a statement in February 1955 that they would not participate in the
productivity movement. However, the Japan Federation of Labor made their decision to follow the movement in June andofficially joined in September (see JPC-SED, 2005b).
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Ichiro Nakayama, President of Hitotsubashi University, was appointed as the JPC’s first Vice-Chairman. (The President
was Taizo Ishizaka, Chairman of Keidanren, and another Vice President was Shigeo Nagano, President of Fuji Iron & SteelCo., Ltd).

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japangeneral principles that do not address specific and individual conditions. These academic arguments
do not serve companies or factories well.” (JMA Group Collaboration Promotion Committee, 2010)
2-3-3. Strong leadership of top management of private organizations
JUSE, JPC and JMA were committed to and actively engaged in various activities to achieve theirrespective objectives. Of particular importance is the fact that the top management of eachorganization had a strong sense of mission and leadership.
JUSE’s first Chairman Ichiro Ishikawa and first Managing Director Kenichi Koyanagi, JPC’s first
President Kohei Goshi, and JMA’s first Chairman Takuo Godo and President Kakuzo Morikawa arelegendary figures who exercised strong leadership and played important roles in their respective
organizations.
Ichiro Ishikawa of JUSE, who also served as the Chairman of Nippon Keidanren (herein after referred
to as Keidanren), made considerable efforts to persuade Japanese industrial and business leaders of
the importance of improving product quality. JUSE’s Managing Director Kenichi Koyanagi invited Dr.
Deming to Japan and contributed to the establishment of “the Deming Prize.”
At the time of JPC’s establishment, the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan announced thatthey would not participate in the productivity improvement movement. In response to thisannouncement, JPC’s first President Kohei Goshi strongly urged labor unions to join the movementby carrying his message in “Rondan” of the Asahi Shimbun,16 which resulted in the participation of
the Japan Confederation of Trade Unions. Goshi emphasized that the goal of productivity
improvement was to increase employment and raise the level of real wages. His message was also ofgreat historical significance in that it attracted public attention to the hitherto little known productivity
improvement movement.
Takuo Godo of JMA is regarded as amongst “the three pioneers of the efficiency improvement
movement.” Godo, worked at the Kure Naval Arsenal before joining JMA,17 promoted the efficiency
improvement movement. Apart from him, Okiie Yamashita18 of the Japanese National Railways andYoichi Ueno19 who worked in the private sector, promoted the movement from their own standpoints.
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Dated February 21, 1955. JPC-SED (2005b), pp. 9-13.
The Kure Naval Arsenal is the shipyard where the battleship Yamato, which was the biggest battleship in the world at thetime, was constructed during the WW2. Various technologies adopted for the construction contributed to the progress of
production management technologies in postwar Japan.
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After working at the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd., Okiie Yamashita joined the Japanese National Railways(Today’s Japan Railway Company). He achieved remarkable results in technology management and established the Japan
Industry Association, forerunner of JMA. He started their consulting services by recruiting experts that could leadcompanies (see JMA Group Collaboration Promotion Committee, 2010).
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These three people achieved outstanding results and are known respectively as “Godo of the military,”“Yamashita of the government,” and “Ueno of the private sector.” (JMA Group Collaboration
Promotion Committee, 2010)
They all had the foresight to understand the importance of improving product quality, manufacturing
productivity and management efficiency in Japanese industry. They led their respective promotion
movements with a strong sense of mission.
2-3-4. Capacity of private companies to absorb and develop new technologies
Establishment of the organizations that promoted production management technology, led by strong
top management, is not enough for a successful transfer of technology. It is indispensable that thecompanies have the desire and capacity to absorb new technologies.
Japanese industries and companies, including JUSE, JPC and JMA, possessed the capacity to absorb
new technologies and techniques introduced from the West. Here, the absorptive capacity of newtechnologies means that the companies’ top management and engineers had knowledge to understandthe relevant skills and techniques and the desire to adopt them. In addition, factories must haveworkers capable of absorbing the new technologies.
Dr. Deming, who was invited by JUSE to teach statistical methods for quality control, is said to havebeen deeply impressed by the fact that many Japanese engineers understood and acquired the methods
in a short period. This means that Japanese business managers and engineers already had knowledgeof statistics and stochastics as well as the capability to understand the new techniques and approachesof quality management taught by Dr. Deming. Tetsuro Nakaoka analyzes this point in his paper “TheScientific Management Movement in Japan during and after the Second World War.” (Nakaoka, 1980,
vol.82, No.3) The following paragraph quoted from his paper reveals the secret of the success of thequality improvement movement in Japan and has important implications for technology transfer indeveloping countries in the future.
“The quality management movement during this period (when JUSE was established – note by
Kikuchi) was aimed exclusively at learning from the US. It was therefore a one-way flow oftechnology, which can be accurately described by the term “technology transfer.” However, theacquired techniques themselves were based on the mathematical theory of stochastics. These
management. He introduced management philosophy and technology from the US into Japanese industry and became thefirst management consultant in Japan. In 1925, he established the Japan Management Research Institute, forerunner of
SANNO College. After the WW2, he worked as a Commissioner of the National Personnel Authority on the establishmentof the Japanese civil service system. He also established SANNO College in 1950 and greatly contributed to themodernization of Japanese business management. (http://www.mi.sanno.ac.jp).

35Chapter 2. The Role of Private Organizations in the Introduction,
Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japantechniques were not something that could be acquired simply with the decision to learn about theadvanced production management methods of other countries. I would like to emphasize that what
was of crucial importance for the quality management movement during this period was the capabilityof the Japanese to immediately comprehend and develop the theories learned, to adapt the techniquessuitable for Japanese industry, and to diffuse them far more broadly than the US did. Dr. Deming,
known as the father of the quality management movement in Japan, also believes that the extensive
knowledge of stochastics that had been accumulated in Japan before his teaching was the secret of thesuccess of the quality management movement there.”20
As Masatake Wada states in his paper “Technology Transfer and Policy Support—Today’s
Developing Countries as Recipients of New Policies,”21 the process of adopting industrial technology
in Japan from the Meiji Restoration through to the postwar period was supported by privatecompanies. Japanese private companies played active roles in introducing advanced industrial
technology from Western countries, absorbing and applying it into their own production activities,
and even exporting their own products, with a higher quality than those of Western countries, to theglobal market. Wada points out that this success was due to such factors as: the high motivation ofrecipients for learning new technologies; their constant efforts to understand the essence of modern
technologies; and their recognition, through their own experiences, that the basic culture of Japan andWestern countries were different so the technology developed in the West was unsuitable for use inJapan in its original form. In other words, Japanese companies, in adopting new technologies, had thecapability to understand what was required to absorb new technologies.
One of the principal management policies that the JMA has adopted since its establishment is theformulation and establishment of a management efficiency improvement method with Japanesecharacteristics. Based on this policy, JMA has followed a strategy to develop unique technologies andtechniques. Its goal is to contribute to the development of Japanese industries and companies byadapting knowledge and technology to the Japanese cultural climate rather than simply importing itfrom abroad. (JMA Group Collaboration Promotion Committee, 2010)
Meanwhile, one of the JPC’s three guiding principles specifies that, “labor and management mustcooperate in researching and discussing specific methods to improve productivity, in consideration of
the specific circumstances of companies.” Based on this principle, JPC has promoted research
activities through cooperation between labor and management. From this perspective, it can be said

20

Nakaoka also points out the factors that enabled Japan in the postwar period to adopt production management technology
from Western countries and develop their own technology. According to him, this was because the groundwork for thedevelopment had already been laid down during the war. In other sources, similar concepts are also stated that the Japanesetechnology development in the Meiji period was not just a miracle, but due to the groundwork for the development prior tothat Period. (Nakaoka, 2006 and Nakaoka et al., 1995).
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Hashimoto (2008), pp. 123-140.

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japanthat JPC has contributed to creating an environment for improving the capacity of individualcompanies for technological development.
As Masatake Wada points out, it is likely that the cultural climate of Japan forms the generalbackground e industry to develop the capacity to absorb new technologies (capacity to improve theexisting technology and adapt it to specific circumstances).
2-3-5. Collaborative relation between managers and workers
Improvements in quality, productivity and efficiency all require the understanding and cooperation of
employees and factory workers involved in the production processes. No matter how much
improvement is made to quality or productivity, failure to distribute the benefits to employees andworkers leads to dissatisfaction among them and causes difficulties in the process of adopting
production management technology. In Japan, a collaborative relationship has been maintained
between management and labor. Although there was opposition to joining the productivity
improvement movement among labor unions when JPC was established, they soon agreed tocooperate with the movement. This was made possible partly due to strong persuasion from JPC’s top
management, but it was also a result of an appeal to the workers from the President of the Japan
Confederation of Trade Unions that the productivity improvement movement would also bring
benefits to workers. He insisted that promoting conflict between management and labor in a small
country like Japan, and trying to solve all problems by class struggle, would only lead to thedestruction of the nation. (JPC-SED, 2005b, p.39)
Tetsuro Nakaoka also points out, in his paper “The Scientific Management Movement in Japan during
and after the Second World War” cited above, that there was no conflict between management andlabor in Japan, unlike the case of the US.22
In Japan, new production management technologies were developed by adopting the ideas andsuggestions of workers, as well as by responding to their complaints. Technologies, methods andapproaches for production management were improved and developed through daily improvement
activities (kaizen) based on collaboration between management and labor. These trends were common
not only at major companies but also small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which was probably due
to the JPC’s three principles adopted at the time of its establishment. As mentioned above, theseprinciples emphasize that “labor and management must cooperate in researching and discussing
concrete methods to improve productivity giving consideration to the company’s specific22“In contrast to Taylor’s scientific management movement, which often led to head-on clashes with the labor union
movement in the US, the scientific management movement in Japan did not cause any outright confrontation with the labor
union movement.” (Osaka City University, Keizaigaku Zasshi (Journal of Economics), op. cit.)

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circumstances,” and that “the fruits of the productivity improvement should be distributed fairly
among labor, management, and consumers in line with the state of the national economy.” (JPC-SED,
2005b, p.38)
It can be said that the collaborative relationship between management and labor was one of the key
factors that facilitated the adoption and diffusion amongst Japanese companies of production
management technologies and methods, such as Toyota Production System (TPS), TQM, TPM and
QCC activities.
Frederick W. Taylor, who proposed the scientific management method in the US, also acknowledged
the importance of the relationship between management and labor. He wrote that, “This close,
intimate, personal cooperation between the management and the men is of the essence of modern
scientific or task management.”23 These words, written exactly a century ago, had been followed by
Japan much faithfully than the US.
2-3-6. The establishment of various national systems to support their activities
Quality management was developed with the sincere efforts of Japanese industries and companies, forexample, by attending lecture sessions held by the GHQ’s Civil Communication Section, andinstructions and lectures by W. Edwards Deming and Joseph M. Juran, American statisticians. In
addition, there were various national systems that played important roles in the development ofquality management technology in Japan.
The Japanese standards system is one such crucial system. Based on the Industrial Standardization
Act established in 1949, systems such as the factory labeling permission system of the JapaneseIndustrial Standards (JIS) and the commendation system for excellent factories with good
performance (since 1953), promoted the diffusion of the standards systems in Japan. (MITI Trade andIndustry Policy Editorial Board, 1990, p.352) According to Masatake Wada, “When certifying
products for the JIS label, not only the products themselves but also the factory’s quality management
systems and facilities were examined, in order to check whether they had enough capacity to meet thestandards. Around 1,500 product items were selected for the JIS label. These items were originallychosen with the aim of improving quality, rationalizing production, simplifying transaction
procedures, promoting fair trade, increasing international competitiveness and promoting SME’s
technological improvement.” (Wada, 2009, p.67)
This standards system enabled SMEs in Japan to make positive efforts to improve their quality and23

Taylor, 2009/2010, p.30 (English original: Frederick W. Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management, New York: W.
W. Norton & Company, 1911, p.26).

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japantechnological skills. Some people even argue that this system has made a major contribution to thecreation of high-quality industrial products in Japan today.
The export inspection system in Japan also contributed to improving the product quality of Japanesecompanies.
Products exported from Japan shortly after the WW2 were labeled as poor-quality goods by importing
countries, where movements to restrict imports from Japan gathered strength. The Japanese
government, forced to take measures to prevent the export of poor-quality products, enacted theExport Inspection Act in 1957 in order to enhance the inspection system and improve the quality ofexport products. The following gives an outline of the Act. (MITI Trade and Industry Policy Editorial
Board, 1994, pp.334-335)•

Goods designated by government ordinances must be inspected by a government organizationor government-designated inspection organization before they are exported.

•

Export inspections include inspections of product quality, packaging conditions, materials, andmanufacturing.

•

Inspection organizations with the capability to conduct fair inspections and perform public
functions are designated based on application and are placed under the supervision of thegovernment.

•

Provisions regarding orders to suspend illegal exports and crimes related to attempts to export
illegal goods are specified.24

Based on this Act, on-site inspections were conducted annually by government organizations. As aresult, the percentage of rejected products decreased from 2.1% in 1960 to 0.8% in 1965 and to lessthan 0.5% in 1969. These results show how this system contributed to the improvement of productquality. (MITI Trade and Industry Policy Editorial Board, 1989, p.142)
In his paper “Japanese SME Policies in the Postwar Period” (The Teikyo University Economic Review,
vol. 42, no. 2, March 2009), Masatake Wada evaluates the government’s policies that contributed tothe improvement of the technological skills of SMEs in Japan. He mentions that apart from the export
inspection system and the standards system mentioned above, the Shindan system (management
consultant system) and Kosetsushi (public research organizations) played important roles.
The Shindan system is a “SME management consultant system” in which public organizations
24

While there was progress in the development of the inspection system for quality improvement, problems regarding
design duplication became more serious. In order to prevent these problems, the Export Product Design Act was enacted in
April 1959 (MITI Trade and Industry Policy Editorial Board, 1994, p.335).

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japanevaluate SME’s business performance and provide them with advice and consultation for improving
their management systems and facilities. In 1948, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency wasestablished under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) based on the Outline of
SME Measures adopted by the Cabinet. Then the Shindan system was adopted by the MITI’s regional
office, prefectures and five principal metropolitan areas of Japan. According to Wada, more than
10,000 consultations were provided to companies in 1950 upon the adoption of the scientificmanagement method. This result shows not only the keen interest of individual companies in the new
management technology, but also the deep and nation-wide influence of the Shindan system. A
visiting consulting system was also established in 1952. (Wada, 2009, p.65)
Unlike national research institutes, Kosetsushi are the public research organizations which conduct
public testing and research that meet the industrial needs of local communities. These institutions
conduct tests and inspections and provide technological information to local SMEs. Through these
services, they have greatly contributed to improving the technological skills of local SMEs, their
quality and productivity. Data as of 1997 shows that more than 600 public research organizations havebeen established by municipalities, including 32 organizations created by prefectures. (Wada, 2009,p.65)
2-4. Conditions required of public organizations in charge of the introduction and diffusion of
production management technology in developing countries
In this section, we will examine the conditions that enable public organizations in developing
countries to successfully introduce and diffuse production management technology, based on theexperience of private organizations in Japan.
As mentioned above, the following conditions were needed for Japanese private organizations to playtheir important role in the introduction, development and diffusion of production management
technology: (i) the strong needs for production management technology; (ii) collaboration amongindustry, government and academia; (iii) strong leadership of top management of publicorganizations; (iv) capacity of private companies to absorb and develop new technology; (v)collaborative relationship between managers and workers; and (vi) the establishment of various
national systems to support their activities. All of these conditions are required not only for Japanese
private organizations, but also for those in developing countries. In this section, we analyze these
conditions in turn in order to examine whether they can be replicated in developing countries.
The first condition that enabled Japanese private organizations to develop their activities was thestrong need of Japanese private companies for production management technology. Where did thoseneeds come from? The Japanese economy was completely devastated by the WW2. To restore the40

Chapter 2. The Role of Private Organizations in the Introduction,
Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japannational economy, Japan as a country with scarce natural resources needed to promote the processing
trade (exports) and improve product quality and productivity through collaboration between the
public and private sectors. Such historical needs existed at the time.
Whether or not production management technology can be successfully adopted depends on the needsof companies for the technology. Needless to say, the circumstances of today’s developing countries
can not be the same with those of postwar Japan. However, the current progress of economic
globalization makes it imperative for all companies—in both advanced and developing countries andregardless of whether or not they are exporting their products—to improve their competitiveness.
Therefore, companies in all industries are faced with the need to enhance their competitiveness.
Industrial technologies in the manufacturing industry include business management technologies,
research & development and design technologies, manufacturing technologies, and production
management technologies. In order to improve overall competitiveness, it is necessary to enhance allof these technologies. Although the adoption of technologies other than production management isalso required, there is likely to be a potential need amongst the companies of all developing countries
for production management technology in order to enhance competitiveness.
Secondly, in Japan, industry, government and academia worked together to assist privateorganizations in their efforts to improve quality and productivity. They cooperated with each other toactively adopt related technologies and techniques from advanced Western countries, examining theiradaptability and validity for Japan and promoting them accordingly. Are these conditions replicable totoday’s developing countries? Although the possibilities for such collaboration vary from one country
to another, private organizations are generally not fully developed in developing countries.
Nevertheless, collaboration among industry, government and academia is essential for thedevelopment of technology in any country in the long run. Government organizations in charge of theintroduction and diffusion of production management technology need to build collaborative
relationships with private sectors and academia, through promoting private organizations and keeping
close contact with universities. I was engaged in several technical cooperation projects, such as Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) technical assistance for Tunisia (The Study on Formulationof a Master Plan for Quality/Productivity Improvement in Tunisia, from August 2006 to July 2008)
and for Argentina (The Study on the Diffusion Plan for the Business and Production Management
Technology for SMEs in the Argentine Republic, from April 2009 to March 2010). My experience inthese projects confirms that the introduction development and diffusion of production management
technology cannot be carried out by government organizations alone and that collaboration amongindustry, government and academia is indispensable for achieving successful results.
Thirdly, the top management of the three Japanese organizations all had a strong sense of mission andwere committed to developing companies and industries in order to advance the postwar economic

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recovery. They demonstrated strong leadership in introducing and diffusing the production
management technology. Their commitment and leadership promoted the activities of the respective
organizations and stimulated the interests of business managers and engineers in production
management technology. In developing countries where private organizations are not yet fully
developed, the top management of public organizations will be required to assume such roles. In thisrespect, the top management of the counterparts (public organizations) in both the Tunisian andArgentine projects fully recognized the importance of production management technology and werefirmly committed to its promotion. The existence of such institutions is essential for the developmentof technology. The prime minister of an African country, who was informed of the JICA cooperation
project in Tunisia, requested that Japan provide similar support to his country. As a result, a
cooperation project is currently underway and preparations are being made to establish a coreorganization responsible for the introduction and diffusion of production management technology in
his country. There is no doubt that government initiatives like this will make it easier to introduce anddiffuse production management technology. However, government leaders do not always have aproper understanding of production management technology, nor do they always exercise strong
leadership in promoting it.
Fourthly, Japanese private organizations had the capacity to absorb new technologies, improve theoriginal technologies and methods introduced from the West, and develop them further on their own.
This effectively means that Japanese companies had personnel with the necessary educational
background, technical knowledge and experience. Countries like Tunisia and Argentina still lack such
personnel. This is due to the small number of production management technology courses available inuniversities and technical colleges, as well as the lack of practical experience in factories. Therefore,
with a view to developing human resources for the future, core government organizations will be
required to collaborate with academia and industry and improve the capacity of companies andindustries to absorb and develop technology.
Fifthly, the collaborative relationship between management and labor, involving factory workers andemployees, promoted the improvement of quality and productivity in Japan. Most developing
countries are unlikely to follow the example of Japan from its beginning. However, in our pilot
projects in Tunisia and Argentina, we introduced new technology on an experimental basis in order tocheck its adaptability and validity. Considering the local counterparts’ performance, we acknowledged
the following points: even if there is not much communication between managers and workers,
workers became more cooperative, once they had understood that the introduction of the 5S (the 5S
stands for Seiri (Sort), Seiton (Straighten), Seiso (Shine), Seiketsu (Systematize) and Shitsuke(Standardize/Self-discipline), which are the five basic principles for effective management in theworkplace) improved their working environments; and if the management placed suggestion boxes to
ask for workers’ ideas and gave incentives to the workers whose ideas were adopted, their motivation

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Finally, various national systems, such as the export inspection system, designated factory system
based on JIS and Kosetushi, supported the activities of Japanese private organizations. In particular,
the following incentives contributed to improving the product quality of the companies in Japan: there
was a period when all export products had to be inspected, therefore exporting companies had noother choice but to improve their product quality; JIS labels guaranteed the product quality and helped
to earn customers’ trust and increase sales; and technical consultation services were always available
at public research organizations nearby. The establishment of such favorable conditions may not be
expected immediately in developing countries. Therefore, the core government organizations indeveloping countries will be required to examine how to establish systems and frameworks
appropriate for their respective countries, in the process of introducing and diffusing productmanagement technology.
It can be concluded that although developing countries may not satisfy the same conditions that
supported the activities of the three Japanese organizations in Japan, similar conditions are required
for any organization—whether public or private—in order to introduce and diffuse new technologies.
2-5. Conclusion
In this paper, we analyzed and generalized the activities of three Japanese organizations (JUSE, JPC
and JMA) in the introduction, development and diffusion of production management technology after
the postwar period. This paper aims at drawing implications for the public organizations ofdeveloping countries that will be in charge of the introduction and diffusion of production
management technology in the future.
Apart from these three organizations, many other private organizations (e.g. industry associations25)
have worked towards the introduction and diffusion of production management technology in Japan.
Although the scope of their activities is more limited, they have also been engaged in activities
similar to those of these three organizations (sending study missions, conducting research, providing
education and training seminars, developing public relations activities, etc.).
Will developing countries need as many organizations as in Japan to introduce and diffuse production
management technology? Although conditions may vary from one country to another, it is not always
necessary to have as many organizations. If only one organization were to perform all the functions
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In addition to JUSE, JPC and JMA, there are many other associations and organizations specializing in specific businessfields. They have also sent overseas missions to Western countries in order to acquire new technological information.

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Development and Diffusion of Production Management Technology in Japanrequired for improving quality, productivity and efficiency, conflicts or difficulties are unlikely tooccur. The top priority in developing countries is to establish organizations that can play a pivotal rolein the introduction and diffusion of production management technology. It would be preferable toleave the role to the private sector as much as possible. But in many developing countries, where
private organizations are not yet fully developed, public organizations are expected to play a centralrole.
Our analysis in this paper was limited to three Japanese private organizations and we did not analyze
the activities of private companies as recipients of transfer of production management technology. A
further study is required of how the activities of JUSE, JPC and JMA have affected private companies
in the introduction, development and diffusion of technology. Such a study may reveal more about theroles of these three organizations.
Many of the existing research papers on technology transfer analyze the capacity and initiatives ofrecipients to absorb new technologies rather than those of providers. Although technology transfer
itself is a one-way flow of technological knowledge, the communication process flows two ways.
(Rogers, 2007) It is therefore necessary to study the conditions and capacity26 required for theproviders of technology.
In the three stages of transferring production management technology, all three Japaneseorganizations possessed the necessary capabilities to develop the activities required at each stage andto manage these activities through all three stages. Of course, these organizations did not have suchcapabilities from the beginning, but developed them step by step by undertaking various activities toachieve their respective goals. It is recommended that when Official Development Assistance (ODA)
projects support public organizations in charge of the introduction and diffusion of production
management technology, a final goal should be set in developing their capability to manage the threestages of transferring production management technology.

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