2022 Volume 2022 Issue 134 Pages 16-27
This study aims to identify the factors for establishing interdepartmental cooperation in diversified paddy field farms. In this study through participant observations and semi-structured interviews with corporation A in Hokuriku region. Corporation A is a diversified paddy field farm which established interdepartmental cooperation.
At corporation A, employees were actively engaged in the work of their assigned departments and in the work of other departments. From participant observations at corporation A, the following factors were found to contribute to the establishment of interdepartmental cooperation.
First, in the case of works for which the scope of roles can be clearly define, the personal system was designed to share the results of those works between executives and employees. Secondly, in the case of works for which clear roles could not be specified in advance, the personnel system was designed to evaluate employee’s attitude toward cooperative behavior. In addition, in order to achieve both of these goals, it was necessary for the corporation to have a flexible staffing system that allows employees to prioritize the work of their assigned departments even when they are asked to cooperate with another department.
