{"product_id":"shoshaman-a-tale-of-corporate-japan-3-voices-from-asia-9780520071421","title":"Shoshaman A Tale of Corporate Japan 3 Voices from","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen--high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies--serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they? Shoshaman takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inhabit it. Written by a senior executive in a major sogo shosha, this absorbing novel reveals, as no textbook can, the strategies required to win the race to the top. It also makes painfully clear the ethical and psychological choices that such a race demands. The cast of characters is as varied as the corporate world itself, from the devoted Ojima, who has been passed over by the company, to the spirited Masako, who strikes out on her own. The hero, Nakasato Michio, finds that the road to success is long and perilous, as he tries to satisfy his ambitions while remaining faithful to his values. First published as Kigyoka sarariman in 1986 and made into a prize-winning television miniseries in 1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION The Japanese Business Novel\u003cbr\u003e By Chieko Mulhern \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PROLOGUE The Intruder\u003cbr\u003e April \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ONE New York\u003cbr\u003e March \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e TWO The Turning Point\u003cbr\u003e Fifteen Years Ago \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THREE Black Hair\u003cbr\u003e April \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FOUR Lost Years\u003cbr\u003e April \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FIVE Between Entrepreneur and Salaryman\u003cbr\u003e May \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SIX Our People\u003cbr\u003e Early June\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EPILOGUE The Insubordinate Loyalist\u003cbr\u003e Late June\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AFTERWORD\u003cbr\u003e ABOUT THE AUTHOR","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359040897367,"sku":"9780520071421","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520071421.jpg?v=1754123342","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shoshaman-a-tale-of-corporate-japan-3-voices-from-asia-9780520071421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}