Production Recovery Movement and Management Council: The Origins of Labor-Management Communication in Japan

• 영문명: 生産復興運動と経営協議会 : 日本労使コミュニケーションの起源
• 발행기관: 한일경상학회
• 저자명: 선재원(Jae-Won Sun)
• 간행물 정보: 『한일경상논집』제109권, 35~45쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경영학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.11.30

국문 초록

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to clarify how Japanese labor-management communication practices began to take root during the process of labor union participation in the production recovery movement, which was part of the national movement in postwar Japan. Research design, data, and methodology: This paper analyzes strategies that effectively recognize labor unions as legitimate negotiating partners in achieving the shared government-labor-management goal of production recovery, economic democratization strategies that facilitate smooth labor-management communication within management associations, and the formation of management councils as the foundational organizations of the production recovery movement and their actual implementation within companies. It thereby clarifies the formation process of postwar Japan's labor-management communication practices. Results: The Management Councils, which served as the foundational organizations for strengthening labor-management communication immediately after World War II, initially began to be organized voluntarily within individual companies. Based on this, the Central Labor Relations Commission ultimately disseminated the “Management Council Guidelines” nationwide. This was done by responding to a proposal put forward by the national labor union organization, which had obtained the understanding of management associations. Implications: The experience immediately following World War II, where government, labor, and management were compelled to engage in voluntary communication despite differing positions in order to achieve the goals of the Production Recovery Movement, is considered to have significantly influenced the subsequent formation of Japan's labor-management communication system. The impact of Japan's “strategic choices” in labor-management-government relations during the reconstruction period on Japanese labor-management communication has achieved tripartite consultation through “strategic choices” in responding to economic crises from the reconstruction period to the present-offers valuable insights even for regions where formal tripartite institutions have not functioned effectively, such as South Korea.

목차

1. はじめに

2. 労働組合の生産復興運動に対する戦略

3. 経営者団体 ｢同友会｣の経済民主化戦略

4. 生産復興運動の実態

5. 生産復興運動と経営協議会

6. おわりに

References

키워드

Production Recovery Movement Management Council Labor-Management Communication Japan