Management of Service Industries in Japan showcases the performance of non-manufacturing industries or service industries in contemporary Japan, specifically on how their performances have improved. The book covers three fields: Part 1: Advanced Service Management in the Service industries (management of convenience store chain Seven-Eleven in Japan, the hotel industry, the sales finance business and auto sales business of Toyota, as well as the application of Toyota production system to life insurance company); Part 2: Advanced Service Management in the Public and Non-Profit Organizations (performance evaluation of local governments in Japan, BSC (balance scorecard) in local government hospitals in Japan, and cost and pricing policy of a telecommunications company); Part 3: General Concepts and Techniques Applied to the Service Management (Japanese-like "hospitality" in the retail industry, service level agreement (SLA) in IT and shared service companies, and ICT (Information & Communication Technology) applied to BPN (Business Process Network) of service industry).
