Engineering education and training in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Japan
by Kosaku Harada
International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning (IJCEELL), Vol. 1, No. 2, 1991

Abstract: Japan's industrial structure comprises mainly small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, which account for more that 99% of all factories and contribute to the expansion of the Japanese economy by forming a huge subcontracting structure. However, almost all of these companies have common problems, one of the biggest being the difficulty in recruiting and developing the personnel necessary for the expansion of the business. This paper describes the patterns of recruitment and personnel development in small manufacturing firms, and presents some of the information available in published reports from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Japanese Society for Engineering Education.

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