Changes in organizations due to management mechanization (case studies of life insurance companies in Japan)

Abstract

This research looks back at the history of Japan’s management machinery and explores how innovation during those times brought about changes and impacted organizations and human resource development. In addition, this research explores characteristics from the viewpoint of management information systems and office automation. Further, this research focuses on the life insurance industry in Japan and explores from the perspective of management information systems and office automation. The purpose of this research is to derive clues as to how to adapt the organization and human resources to next-generation technological innovation. About a century ago, organizations advanced mechanization and the recording of information during times when the world situation in politics, economics, and finance was worse than now. This research positioned the introduction of mechanization and that of artificial intelligence as synonyms, which, strictly speaking, should have a limitation. However, there is much to learn about the adaptation of information technology from the advocates of Japan, as Japan had been economically stagnant after the war, and is now a major IT nation in the world.