Nobuo Noda (野田 信夫, Noda Nobuo, April 24, 1893 – 1993) was a prominent Japanese business scholar[1] professor of management at the Seikei University and president of the Seikei University in Tokyo,[2] known as one of Japan's longstanding leaders in the field of management theory,[3] a specialist in productivity matters.
[5] In those early days at Mitsubishi, Noda made studies of the time and motion work of the Westinghouse Electric Company.
[7] In 1949 Noda was appointed deputy director of the Economic Stabilization Board.
[6] In 1963 Nobuo Noda was awarded the Taylor Key by the Society for Advancement of Management, in New York.
Noda was considered in those days as "another early leader of Japan's management movement.