ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ENABLING KNOWLEDGE CREATION-COMPARATIVE STUDY OF JAPAN-U.S COMPANIES-

本研究旨在阐明有效组织学习和人力资源开发的促成因素。在本研究中，每年召开六次学习会。此外，3位海外研究合作者(美国大学的Mrozckowski和Linowes教授，以及查普曼大学的塔格尔教授)参与了问卷和访谈项目的意见交流和母语检查，并对研究假设和框架提出了宝贵的意见。受访的管理人员为日美大公司的171人，纸质及网页式问卷的有效回覆为1106。此外，为了补充统计分析对假设模型的验证，有必要考虑定性分析。因此，首席调查员走访了相关的美国公司和美国合作者，以获取对本研究结果的反馈和对本研究的讨论。此外，2007年12月22日在东京经济大学策划并举行了公开论坛，以向公众展示我们的研究成果，并通过问答环节与100多名参与者交流意见。此外，受第12届年会(3月29日举行)的委托，首席调查员就这一研究成果进行了专题讲座。这项研究为学术和实践社会做出了贡献，澄清了知识创造的促成因素，并确定了日美公司在知识创造方面实际使用与公认的愿望之间存在差距的背景和原因。

This study has been investigated to clarify the enabling factors in , effective organizational learning and HRD. In this research, study meetings have been hold six times every year. Besides, 3 overseas research collaborators (Prof. Mrozckowski and Linowes of American University, and Prof. Tuggle of Chapman University) has participated in the exchange of opinions and native English check for the questionnaire and interview items with precious comments for the research hypotheses and framework.The interview questionnaire was carried out for 28 automobile and information appliances companies in Japan and the US during 2005- 2006. The interviewed administrators became 171 persons in major Japan-US companies, and the effective response of paper and web type questionnaire was 1106.In addition, in order to complement verification of the hypothetical model by statistical analysis, it is necessary to consider qualitative analysis. That is why, head investigator visited relevant US companies and American collaborators to obtain the feedback on research results and discussion of this study.Besides, the open forum was planned and held at Tokyo Keizai University on December 22, 2007, in order to present our study results to the public and exchange the views with more than 100 participants through Q&A session.Moreover, the head investigator gave a special lecture on this result of research, entrusted by the 12th annual conference (held March 29, 2008) of the Japanese Knowledge Management Society.This study has contributed to academic and practical societies by clarifying the enabling factors for knowl edge creation and identifying the background and reasons for the gap between real use and recognized desires on knowledge creation in Japan-US companies.