13120. JAPANESE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Based on a comparative analysis of Ballon's (1992) Foreign Competition in Japan and White & Trevor's (1983) Under Japanese Management, this report examines Japanese human resources management (and its contrast with Western-style human resources management), focusing closely on the question of whether Japanese-style human resources management provides Japanese organizations with a "competitive advantage" over Western organizations. The scope of these two books allows for an examination of Japanese versus Western human resources strategies in both Japan and a Western setting (Britain). KEYWORDS: japan hrm comparative management. 14 pages, 21 footnotes, 2 bibliographic sources.