Download or read book The great authors of management control in Japan written by Johei Oshita and published by Éditions EMS. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This section briefly discusses the work of five great authors of management control in Japan. In particular, the interrelationships among the tools, techniques and concepts introduced by these great authors will be discussed and a matter of argument in the field of management control will be clarified. The five are Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990), Masaaki Imai (1930-), Yasuhiro Monden (1940-), Michiharu Sakurai (1940-) and Akira Nishimura(1938-). The discussion that follows will be in the order of the names mentioned.