Similarities and Differences
This comparative study of Japanese and indigenous companies in Thailand and Malaysia exposed similarities and differences. General trends relate to skills and the methods of forming them were identical. A dependence on OJT made the companies studied alike in providing working with experience over the long term. Similarities were also discernible in the early development of an integrated system. But major gaps exist between countries. Breadth of experience was narrower in Thailand and Malaysia than in Japan, and depth of experience shallower—only a few Thai and Malaysia blue-collar workers can deal with problems or change.