Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 65 ( 2012 ) 253 – 259
1877-0428 © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Selection and peer-review under responsibility of JIBES University, Jakarta
doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.119
International Congress on Interdisciplinary Business and Social Science 2012
(ICIBSoS 2012)
The Role of Japanese Human Resource Planning Practices for
Increasing Industrial Competitiveness
Didik Purwadi*
Industrial System Management Laboratrory
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Jalan Flora 1 Bulaksumur Yogyakarta 55281 Indonesia
Abstract
Recently, many companies have been making adjustment for increasing their competitiveness through getting smart
performance. Human resource planning should be done by companies to determine the dynamic equilibrium between
demand and supply human resources in order to anticipate the change of business environment. Firstly, this paper
will discuss the characteristics of Japanese style of management, especially for dealing with human resource
planning. Then provide a deep discussion on the practices of Japanese human resource planning. Finally it will
evaluate the role of human resource planning practices for increasing industrial competitiveness.
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Keywords : Japanese management, Human Resource Planning, industrial competitiveness,
1. Introduction
1.1. Background
Agroindustrial development in Indonesia is influenced by the mainstream Asia business which
includes Asian firms expanding overseas, internationalization of emerging-market firms (Peng et al,
2010). The success of a company now more than ever depends on the quality of its workforce.
* Industrial System Management Laboratory. Tel.: +62 812 1551 1700; fax: +62 274 55 1220.
E-mail address: didik@ugm.ac.id.
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