Confucian Culture and Business Organization in East Asia
Three University Course 2012 Fall(winter semester in UT)
Prof. WEN Haiming (Philosophy, Renmin University)
Prof. SHIMIZU Takashi (Economics, The University of Tokyo)
Prof. HAN Kyung-Koo (Cultural Anthropology, Seoul National University)
October 10. [1] HAN from Beijing / SHIMIZU's semester begins in Tokyo
◆Religion, Culture and Economy / East Asian Origin of Capitalism
[Lecture themes] the relation between culture - religion, values, world views – and economy, the
attempt to search for the origin of capitalism in East Asia
[Readings Recommended]
Weber, Max.The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
◆Confucianism and Modernization
[Lecture themes] functional equivalent, Confucianism and modernization, Differences in the practice
of Confucianism in East Asian countries, ethos of warriors, scholars, and bureaucrats.
[Readings Required]
Kim, Kwang-Ok 1996 “The Reproduction of Confucian Culture in Contemporary Korea: An
Anthropological Study” in Tu, Wei-ming ed. Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity: Moral
Education and Economic Culture in Japan and the Four Mini-Dragons. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press
Haboush, Jahyun Kim 1991 “The Confucianization of Korean Society." in Rozman,Gilbert ed. The
East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation. Princeton:Princeton University
Press
Robinson, Michael 1991 “Perceptions of Confucianism in Twentieth-Century Korea” in Rozman,
Gilbert ed. The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation. Princeton:
Princeton University Press
[Readings Recommended]
Bellah, Robert 1957 Tokugawa Religion: The Values of Pre-industrial Japan.Glencoe, Ill: The Free
Press
Morishima, Michio 1982 Why Has Japan 'Succeeded'? Western Technology and the Japanese Ethos.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
October 17. [2] WEN from Seoul
◆Confucianism and Business
◆The Book of Changes and Philosophy of Management
October 24. [3] WEN from Beijing
◆Daoism and Philosophy of Management
◆The Art of War and Philosophy of Management
October 31. [4] SHMIZU from Tokyo
◆[Topics] Merchants in Edo era, Ei-ichi Shibusawa (Entrepreneur and bureaucrat),Managerial
familism, I-ye (family)
[Readings Required]
Kimura, M. (2005) "Ethical Challenges Facing Japanese Businesses: Histotical and Contemporary
Observations," Asian Perspective, 29(1),135-155.
Ornatowski, G. K. (1996) "Confucian ethics and economic development: A study of the adaptation of
Confucian values to modern Japanese economic ideology and institutions," Journal of
Socio-Economics, 25(5), 571-590,
[Readings Recommended]
Osamu Saito (2010) "The stem family and labour markets: Reflections on households and firms in
Japan's economic development," The History of the Family, 16(4), 466-480.
Hazama, H. (1997). The History of Labour Management in Japan. London: Macmillan.
November 7 [5] HAN from Tokyo
◆Confucian Entrepreneur?
[Lecture themes] early business leaders - not for profit, but for the nation?
[Readings Recommended]
Kim, Choong Soon 1998 A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur: A Life History of Kim Songsu,
1891-1955. SUNY Series in Korean Studies. Albany: SUNY Press
[pp.59-72. Chapter 3 The Establishment of an Enterprise for Korean Modernization]
Eckert, Carter J. 1991 Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean
Capitalism, 1876-1945. Seattle: University of Washington Press
◆Jaebeol (Conglomerate) and Korean Culture
[Lecture themes] ethnographic approach to corporate culture. family ideology, feelings
[Readings: Required]
Janelli, Roger and Dawnhee Yim 1993 Making Capitalism: The Social and Cultural Construction of
a South Korean Conglomerate. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
[pp. 19-52 1. Representations of Korean Culture. pp. 124-244 4. Control from the Top. 5. Control at
the Middle. 6. Responses from Below I. 7. Responses from Below II. Conclusions]
[Readings Recommended]
Cho, Y.-H., & Yoon, J. 2001. The origin and function of dynamic collectivism: An analysis of Korean
corporate culture. Asia Pacific Business Review, 7(4): 70–-88.
November 14 [6] WEN from Beijing
◆Chinese Buddhism and Philosophy of Management
◆Modern Chinese Philosophy of Management
November 21 [7] SHMIZU from Tokyo
◆[Topics] Zaibatsu, Communitarianism, Production Community, Wartime regulations
[Readings: Required]
Sugayama, S. (1995) "Work Rules, Wages and Single Status: The Shaping of the 'Japanese
Employment System' ," Business History, 37(2), 120-140.
Dore, Ronald P. (1975) “Authority, function, and status in British and Japanese factories,”
International Studies of Management and Organization, 5(1), 6-34.
[Readings Recommended]
Nakamura, T., Odaka, K., and N. S. Brannen (2003) Economic History of Japan 1914-1955, A Dual
Structure. Oxford Univ. Press.
November 28 [8] HAN from Seoul
◆Asian Values and Capitalism
[Lecture themes] Asian value debate. Japanese Management System. Orientalism and
Occidentalism.
[Readings: Required]
Kim, Choong Soon 1998 Culture of Korean Industry: An Ethnography of Poongsan Corporation.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press [pp.199-222: 6. Labor Relation. 7. The Culture of Korean
Industry. Epilogue]
[Readings: Recommended]
Kim, Sang Jun 2002 [Debate] Reconsidering the Term "Asian Values" and Reformulating the
Debate: What s Ethical in "Confucian Ethics"? Korean Journal (Vol.42. No.4 Winter, 2002
pp.231~242)
Han, Seung-Mi 2001 Commentary on "Asian Values" and Confucian Discourse. Korea Journal
(Vol.41. No.3 Autumn, 2001 pp.213~215)
Lee, Seung-Hwan 2001 "Asian Values" and Confucian Discourse. Korea Journal (Vol.41. No.3
Autumn, 2001 pp.198~212)
Bae, Kyuhan. 1987 Automobile Workers in Korea. Seoul: Seoul National University : The Institute of
Social Sciences.
◆From Here to Where?
[Lecture themes] corporate culture of venture industry. Asian Financial Crisis and Asian values.
global standard and national culture.
[Readings: Required]
Han Kyung-Koo 2000 "The Politics of Network and Social Trust: A Case Study in the Organizational
Culture of Korean Venture Industry" Korea Journal (Vol.40. No.1 Spring, 2000 pp.353~365)
December 5 [9] SHIMIZU from Seoul
◆Japanese Corporate Systems and Japanese Value
[Topics] Japanese corporate systems, long-term relationship, "shu-sha(entering into a company)"
[Readings: Required]
Whitley, Richard C. (1990) “Eastern Asian enterprise structures and the comparative analysis of
forms of business organization,” Organization Studies, 11(1), 47-74.
[Readings: Recommended]
Ouchi, Willaim G. (1981) Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
December 12 end of the course
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[Readings for Prof. Wen’s lectures]
WEN Haming 2012 Chinese Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Liu, Li 2008 "Yang and Yin in Communication: Toward a Typology and Logic of Persuasion in
China." Diogenes 2008: 55
Durlabhji, Subhash 2004 "The Tao of Organization Behavior." Journal of Business Ethics 52(4)
Foo, Check Teck 2008 "The Art of War: System of Systems Engineering Perspectives." Chinese
Management Studies 2(4)
Bai, Xuezhu and William Roberts 2011 "Taoism and Its Model of Traits of Successful Leaders."
Journal of Management Development 30(7/8)
Chia, Robert 2003 "From Knowledge-Creation to the Perfecting of Action: Tao, Basho and Pure
Experience as the Ultimate Ground of Knowing." Human Relations 56(8)
Cheung, Chau-kiu and Andrew Chi-fai Chan 2005 "Philosophical Foundations of Eminent Hong
Kong Chinese CEOs' Leadership." Journal of Business Ethics 60.
Ip, Po Keung 2009 "Is Confucianism Good for Business Ethics in China?" Journal of Business Ethics
(2009) 88
Du, Rong; Shizhong Ai and Cathal M. Brugha 2011 "Integrating Taoist Yin-Yang thinking with
Western nomology: A moderating model of trust in conflict management." Chinese Management
Studies Vol. 5 No. 1, 2011
Zhao, Shuming 1994 "Human Resource Management in China." Asia Pacific Journal of Human
Resources 32(3)
Suen, Henry; Sai-On Cheung, Reuben Mondejar 2006 "Managing ethical behaviour in construction
organizations in Asia: How do the teachings of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism and
Globalization influence ethics management?" International Journal of Project Management 25
(2007) 257–.265
Zhu, Yunxia 2009 "Confucian Ethics Exhibited in the Discourse of Chinese Business and Marketing
Communication." Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 88:517-528
Dr. Stawicki, Jerzy; Prof. Ding Ronggui, Management School Shandong University, Otto Zieglmeier,
Oz-Consulting 2007 "What Western Project Management Can Learn from Chinese Culture,
Philosophy and Management Approach" Paper presented at the XXI IPMA World Congress,
Krakóow