Articles by Tom Nevins and Consultants
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Articles by Tom Nevins and Consultants
English Language Articles
Published articles are compiled in many other of Mr. Nevins books. See “Table of Contents” under publications section.
- Is Working in Japan a Challenge?! Institut Francais du Japon October 2017
- Doing Hard Labor in Japan ICA Japan March 2017
- Stay Put? Make a move? Eurobiz, September 2016
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Your Biggest Leverage and Trouble Comes from Bad People, Personnel Costs and Policies, and Ill-Managed Unions BCCJ Acumen, May 2012
- A Young Nation BCCJ Acumen, April 2012
- The Most Common Employee and Work Rules Questions Answered – Part 7 Success Stories, April 2012
- The Most Common Employee and Work Rules Questions Answered – Part 1 Success Stories, September 2011
- Why I’m Staying in Japan BCCJ Acumen, December 2011
- Don’t Miss the Japan Surprise Eurobiz, September 2011
- Make or Break Personnel Decisions, Eurobiz, September 2010
- People Power – 12 Ways to Keep You and Your Firm on Top in Japan, Success Stories, June 2010
- People Power – the Key to Corporate Success, Eurobiz, May 2010
- A Word (or Two) to the Wise, Eurobiz, January 2010
- How We Can Eliminate Our Search Competition search-consult, 2009
- Summarizing Search Fees and Situations in Different Markets Contributed to Grapevine, Fall 2008
- Increasing Labor Pains (Part III): Increasing Difficulties in Firing and Increasing Wage Differentials, BLCCJ Newsletter, Winter 2007, Vol. 8
- Increasing Labor Pains (Part II): Increasing Overtime Rates, BLCCJ Newsletter, Autumn 2007, Vol. 7
- More Difficult to Fire, and a Rising Mandatory Retirement Age – Part Two, Success Stories, August 2007
- Overtime Rates Go Up With the White Collar Exemption Dumped – Part One, Success Stories, June 2007
- Increasing Labor Pains (Part 1): Increasing Wage Differentials, and Increasing Retirement Ages BLCCJ Newsletter, Spring 2007
- The Danger of Standing Alone without ‘Business Support’ BLCCJ Newsletter, Spring 2006
- The Scariest Thing is Not Knowing What We Don’t Know, but We’re Not Scared at All, because We Don’t Know It ACCJ Journal, (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan), December 2005
- A Smorgasbord of Things to Know If You’re Running a Firm in Japan (Parts 1-3) Success Stories, April-May-June, 2005
- Two Potentially Troublesome Issues at your Company BLCCJ Newsletter (Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan), Winter 2004
- Trip to National Tax Agency to Cut-back a Retirement Benefit (Tokyo Weekender)
- Should Japan be rated below Botswana? (Japan Times)
- How the Game is Played (Cornell Enterprise)
- A Japan Acquisition That (Luckily) Never Closed (Success Stories Japan)
- How We Hire Well (Success Stories Japan)
- Labor on a Leash? (Management Magazine)
- People Management Is What It’s All About (Stanford University)
- Taking Charge in Japan (Canadian Chamber)
- (ILR Report, Cornell University)
- The Future of a Changing Japan—where Japan and America should go— The Journal of the ACCJ
- Downsizing Dilemma: Hard Decisions For Tough Times The Journal of the BCCJ
- People Management Is What It’s All About
Look Japan - Depend on front-line supervisors as your eyes, ears and spokesman The Japan Economic Journal
- Manpower Sourcing in Japan
The Journal of the BCCJ - The Future of a Changing Japan-where Japan and America should go- Look Japan
- Making Mission Impossible Possible, A report on the ACCJ/JETRO Investment Development Mission to the United States The Journal of the ACCJ
- Market Realities Shaped, and New Equal Opportunity Law The Journal of the ACCJ
- Is Leisure All in A Day’s Work?
Kazutoshi Koshiro, Bernd Reddies, Peter Tasker and Thomas Nevins, Nikkei - Executive Recruiting: What’s in a Title?
FocusJapan - Headhunting Japan’s Elusive Graduates
FocusJapan - Headhunting The Samurai
The Journal of the BCCJ - Personnel Management: Recruiting, Paying, Managing And Firing in Japan Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry
- Winning the Personnel War: Rules of Employment Tokyo Business Today
- The Japanese Executive Search Trap
- Look Before You Leap Tokyo
- Innovation—Make It A Multifunctional Affair, American Insiders in Japan Tom Peters On Achieving Excellence
- Making allowances The Japan Times
- Pay Smart and Get Your Money’s Worth The Journal of the ACCJ
- Travel to the Japanese Countryside—Progress in our Village—Kiyosato The Imperial (hotel)
- ABCs of Communication Between Westerner and Japanese The Japan Times
- Buying Land or a House in Japan The Journal of the ACCJ
- Advertisement: Campaign strategies for winning the personnel war The Japan Times
- Pointers and Pitfalls in Pay Packages Trade & Culture
- Evaluating the Japanese Job Candidate Trade & Culture
- Doing Hard Labor in Japan ICA Japan March 2017
There are Japanese articles on Japanese page.
in German:
- Gleitende Arbeitszeiten als Option? Pensionen fur Vorstandsmitglieder JapanMarkt, March 2006
- Vorsicht bei Abfindungen JapanMarkt, February 2006
- Kundigung von Personal in Japan nun schwieriger denn je JapanMarkt, September 2005
- Ruckgang der Aktienkurse veranlasst Firmen zu Anderungen in der betrieblichen Altersversorgung JapanMarkt, May 2005
- Behorden greifen durch bei Uberstunden JapanMarkt (The German Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Japan), April 2005
- There are Japanese articles on Japanese page.
in French:
- N’attendez pas que la coupe soit pleine, France Japon Eco #114, Spring 2008
- Gerer son personnel: des ploblemes si humains, France Japon Eco #113, Winter 2007
- Remuneration: attention aux pieges, France Japon Eco #112, Autumn 2007
- Eviter les errerurs couteuses France Japon Eco #111, Summer 2007
- Techniques De L’Entretien France Japon Eco 110, Spring 2007
- Trouver La Bonne Personne Pour Le Bon Emploi France Japon Eco 109, Winter 2006
- Reussir son Recrutement, Reussir Son Implantation Au Japon France Japon Eco 108, Autumn 2006
- Reussir son Recrutement France Japon Eco 107 (The French Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Japan), Summer 2006
- EVITER LES ERREURS COÛTEUSES—lettres d’embauche, contrats, attribution des indemnités et allocations GESTION DU PERSONNEL—problèmes humains et problèmes financiers France Japan Eco #43, Summer 1990
- ELA MAIN D’ŒUVRE—Inventaire, planification et possibilités de recrutement TROUVER LA BONNE PERSONNE POUR LE BON EMPLOI—Faire correspondre profils et entretiens France Japan Eco #42, Spring 1990