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The Management by Human Excellence that Makes the Impossible Possible
Kohei Nishikawa
8th World Summit on Management Sciences 2020 (Online) SciTech Central Conferences
Event date： 2020.9
Since the end of WW II in Japan, a few large companies have governed over a large number of small and medium-sized corporations (SMEs). It was a product of the industrial policy institutionalized by the government, which dovetailed with the financial systems consistently. It still seems effective; however, the challenges in mavericks have been successful in holding their niches in the traditional systems. Sanwa General Contractor is one of them in the SMEs. As its name shows, the corporation has been running a group of constructing businesses in Japan for over seven decades.
Moreover, throughout a painful corporate restructuring, it transformed its business model and is getting to evolve year after year. It reminds us of entrepreneurial management in terms of technologies and marketing they have developed. It might be true, but this is not the case. The corporation completely pours its energy into human development before making their business successful. It seems strange as if the corporation were to get back to Japanese management, which has already obsoleted as faults.
The corporation determined to get out of the rut to track at first. It was unusual for most SMEs in the sectors controlled by the government and the construction sectors following the strict pecking order. Regarding the general business situation in Japan, it can be safe to say that the entire society has been struggling with an aging society. Naturally, the aging society should be saddled with an agonizing burden, such as increasing healthcare costs, decreasing birth ratio, and high government debt ratio.
Nevertheless, its challenges come to fruition in thriving collaborations with customers, employees, and all stakeholders. This presentation is to give a tentative lens to understand the organizational transformation in the stagnated economy and shackled with the industrial traditions. The method we use is the case study based on a series of interviews in the corporation and the consultant involved. -
Seeing the Change in The Organization through A Latent Lens (114)
Kohei Nishikawa
ISEOR / AOM (Academy Of Management) Divisions:Organizational Development & Change (Zoom) IESOR, Academy of Management, Organization Network, International Organization Development Change, iarLyon
Event date： 2020.6
This paper focuses on the change process of three family-own companies to understand how they transform in the process. Those are quite small, the size of which ranges from five to thirty employees to survive in the niche market. They recovered from on the brink of bankruptcy or out from a stagnated situation. Three CEOs tell us it was a struggle through which they tried to get back their meaningful work and spiritual lives. After finishing their transformation, without having remarkable financial performance, the case tells us the crucible change process itself is a joy of the internal reflection through their in-depth change from the heart and that is all about.
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The Case Nishio Glass and Mirror: Looking in the Glass to Craft Meaningful Work
Kohei Nishikawa
International Conference on Management Cases (The University of Birla Institute of Management Technpology) Birla Institute of Management Technology
Event date： 2019.12
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Social welfare businesses: Bitter sweet pills
Kohei Nishikawa
International Conference on Management Cases (The University of Birla Institute of Management Technpology) Birla Institute of Management Technology
Event date： 2018.11
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The Reflection to Scale Up to Be Better off
The Reflection to Scale Up to Be Better off
International Conference on Management Cases (The University of Birla Institute of Management Technpology) Birla Institute of Management Technology
Event date： 2017.11 - 2017.12
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Nakatsuka Metal & Foil Co. Ltd,.: An Awakening Small Family-Owned Japanese Company in the Traditional Marke
Kohei Nishikawa
International Conference on Management Cases
Event date： 2016.12
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Creating Meaningful Organizations: Role of Values, Spirituality, Mindfulness and Leadership
Creating Meaningful Organizations: Role of Values, Spirituality, Mindfulness and Leadership
Academy of Management
Event date： 2016.8
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Expanding the Conversation: Values-in-Use in 21st Century Organizational Change
Expanding the Conversation: Values-in-Use in 21st Century Organizational Change
Academy of Management
Event date： 2016.8
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Crafting Meaningful International Teaching Collaborations
Crafting Meaningful International Teaching Collaborations
Academy of Management
Event date： 2016.8
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Case on 'One Green': An Endeavour to Open Mindset in the Company and Society in Japan
Kohei Nishikawa
International Conference on Management Cases
Event date： 2015.12
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Case Study: JR Kyusyu
ken Nishikawa
International Conference on Management Cases
Event date： 2013.12
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Advances of the OD: Organizational Level: How does OD intervene in Society?:
ken Nishikawa
International OD Association
Event date： 2013.9
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Case Analysis of a Large Japanese Organizational Change in Transportation Sector from Longitudinal Intervention Processes
ken Nishikawa:Yoshihiro Kawamoto
Asia OD Network
Event date： 2012.10
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Cultural Competency and Consulting Practice in Cultures Outside Our Own
Kate Cowie, Susan Domotor, Katherine Farquhar, Ken Nisikawa, Andrew Simpson
OD Network
Event date： 2011.10 - 2011.11
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Cultural Competency and Consulting Practice in Other Cultures
NISHIKAWA Kohei
OD Network
Event date： 2011.10
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組織開発(Organization Development)の概略
西川耕平
人材育成学会第20回研究会 (産業能率大学) 人材育成学会
Event date： 2011.2
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A Historical Framework of the Evolution of OD Theories and Practices
NISHIKAWA Kohei
Workshop of Japanese Academy of Human Resource Development
Event date： 2011
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組織開発(Organization Development)の現状と実践可能性
西川耕平
実践経営学会年次大会 (広島コンベンションセンター) 実践経営学会
Event date： 2010.9
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Non-Conventional Organization in Jap
ODWS 2010 in Hugary, International OD Association
Event date： 2010.8