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If Japan Can . . . Why Can't We?

• 1980 ----- color ----- 78 min ----- 16mm
• Examines American productivity, contrasting it to Japanese productivity and the social system that supports it. Probes possible reasons why the United States has slipped in per capita GNP. Presents a rounded portrait of productivity and its social, political and moral considerations. Reports on projects in Japan and the United States designed to give workers a greater measure of responsibility and participation in the design and conduct of their labors. Examines the contributions Dr. W. Edwards Diming has made to the rise in Japanese productivity. His theories on quality control have been echoed here in the Quality of Work Life Movement. (Produced by NBC News)
• Topics: (Industry, Japan, Management)

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