企业文化理论起源于美国,但美国学者之所以研究日本的企业文化,是因为美国企业面临着日本企业在产品和市场上的严峻挑战和巨大威胁,需要寻找生存与发展的新的思路。工业革命虽源于英国,但美国却以其得天独厚之地理历史条件而后来居上。其工业发展速度,在上一世纪末即已远出诸国之上,现代管理之雏型,即随之形成,以泰罗为代表之“科学管理”运动发祥于此,以哈佛商学院为代表之高级教育制度也由此首创。尤其二次大战后,美国挟其经 The theory of corporate culture originates in the United States. However, the reason why American scholars study the Japanese corporate culture is that American enterprises are faced with harsh challenges and huge threats to Japanese enterprises in products and markets. New ideas for survival and development are needed. Although the industrial revolution originated in the United Kingdom, the United States came from behind with its unique geographical and historical conditions. At the end of the last century, the pace of its industrial development was far beyond the borders of all nations. The embryonic form of modern management, that is, the “scientific management” movement represented by Taylor, came into being. As the representative of the higher education system is also the first. In particular, after the Second World War, the United States relied on it