Knowledge@ASB - Disaster Management: Who's Calling the Shots in Japan?
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Many outstanding questions concern the accidents at the Fukishima nuclear power plant in the wake of the March earthquake, tsunami and ongoing aftershocks in Japan. Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan has criticised the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company and its executives for their handling of the situation and in recent days the company has apologized for the nuclear crisis. But it's not surprising that top-level executive decision-making has come under scrutiny in Japan, says Hodaka Morita, a professor at the Australian School of Business and an Australian research fellow. Recent economic history has made many Japanese workers better at calling the shots than their bosses, he claims.
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