Yoichi Ueno (1883-1957), founder of SANNO Institute of Management, a scholar in the fields of management science and industrial psychology. He has been called the "father of Japanese administrative science".

A graduate of the Philosophy Faculty of Tokyo Imperial University([[Tokyo University]]), with a specialization in psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

, Mr. Ueno shifted his research focus to issues in business administration and management, and became a specialist in scientific management

Scientific management

Scientific management, also called Taylorism, was a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management...

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His son Ichiro Ueno pioneered Japanese quality assurance

Quality Assurance

Quality assurance, or QA for short, is the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being attained by the production process...

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Experience

Japanese SANNO INSTITUTE was founded in 1925 by Yoichi Ueno.

In 1942 Yoichi Ueno founded SANNO UNIVERSITY.

In 1950, SANNO UNIVERSITY was reformed positively,and Jiyugaoka Sanno College

Jiyugaoka Sanno College

is a private junior college in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan....

was founded at the same time.

Reference

• Wood, John C. and Michael C. F.W. Taylor: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management, Routledge, 2002. ISBN 978-0415248242

Chapter "On Japanese Management Philosophy: Scientific Management in Japan" - Pages 375-385

External links

• Yoichi Ueno