The purpose of this article is to articulate the ongoing structural changes of Human Resource Management (HRM) in Japanese companies and to redefine the role of white collar workers from both a critical and clinical point of view.
Through a case study of Human Resource Management in a book publishing company, it was found that;
(1) White collar workers should be dealt with as specialists rather than general managers.
(2) Career development programs for training white collar wokers to be specialists are necessary, and
(3) Roles should not be restricted to managerial but diversified to staff and specialist roles.
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