Fukue, Natsuko. (2009). Japanese women still hitting a glass and bamboo ceiling in the boardroom. The Japan Times, Retrieved from http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20091111a4.html
It's likely that Mr. Fukue used a quote to state his thesis. "The glass ceiling in boards of directors remains in Japanese large companies," Irene Natividad, chairwoman of CWDI, told reporters in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
The claim seems to be Policy.
His argument is appealing to reason 'logos' [better performance for J-companies to be globally competitive].
Again he used a quote in his conclusion from same person.
What I think:
I think his approach in this argument is weak. His main arguing is to allow women to hold director positions in big Japanese companies in order to be successful and "globally competitive".
Well this claim is obviously not true; in his article he mentioned Toyota as an example of companies that doesn't have even one woman director. Clearly Toyota is one of world's biggest companies, it's 3rd globally according to Forbes ranking. Not only Toyota, but many other Japanese companies are already successful and competing all over the world. In addition, Japan is second largest economy in the world.
4 comments:
Interesting. Are you familiar with the idiom "glass ceiling"? This is a common controversial topic in American business.
I think it like a simile for a transparent ceiling which keep women of being promoted to higher job positions. At least in this country it's as much as in Japan according to the writer !!
I meant it's NOT as much as in Japan :).
You topic is difficult
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