Corporate Culture and Training: The Seibu Experience

Abstract

Looks at the relationship between the organizational culture and the success of a training programme. Finds that, if the corporate culture element is not incorporated in the training programme, it might lead to a total failure. Demonstrates this conclusion in a case study of the Seibu Department Store (HK) Ltd, which adopted a total Japanese style of training programme for their first batch of Hong Kong graduate management trainees, who were found to be a total failure at the end of the programme.

Citation

Au, M. and Yan Chong, C. (1993), "Corporate Culture and Training: The Seibu Experience", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 17 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599310032808