Cross-cultural Communication and Power Distance
Executive Summary
This assignment is to analyze the U.S. culture and Japanese culture by using Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions and Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions. According to the Wal-Mart’s Japanese strategy case to distinguish the difference culture in Japan compare with U.S. There are some problems that Wal-Mart may encounter which are Japan's current distribution system, people’s traditional thinking of low price equate low quality and people would not going big shopping. The inherent risks of Wal-Mart’s entry strategies include trust, communication, and power problems. Further more, the advantages of crossing culture diversity that are more creativity, more and better ideas, better decision making can strengthen an organization’s culture.
A. Analyze the Japanese culture and its impact on American MNC’s organizational culture and management?
According to Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions U.S. is a small power distance, individualism, weak uncertainty, masculine country. Basing on Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions, U.S. is Universalism, Individualism, specific, achievement, and low scores emotional but high score neutral. The small power distance and achievement make American MNC become a guided missile organizational culture. In U.S. firms the distance between employees and managers are so small, group and work together is paramount in society and people are rewarded according to their achievements. Guide missile culture is characterized by strong emphasis on equality in the workplace and orientation to the task. It is oriented to work, which typically is undertaken by teams or project groups.
B. Analyze the Japanese culture and its impact on the Japanese MNC’s organizational culture and management
Using Hofstede’s 5culture dimensions to analysis Japanese culture, it is a large power distance, collectivist, strong uncertainty avoidance, masculine country. Using Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions, Japan is low score
This assignment is to analyze the U.S. culture and Japanese culture by using Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions and Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions. According to the Wal-Mart’s Japanese strategy case to distinguish the difference culture in Japan compare with U.S. There are some problems that Wal-Mart may encounter which are Japan's current distribution system, people’s traditional thinking of low price equate low quality and people would not going big shopping. The inherent risks of Wal-Mart’s entry strategies include trust, communication, and power problems. Further more, the advantages of crossing culture diversity that are more creativity, more and better ideas, better decision making can strengthen an organization’s culture.
A. Analyze the Japanese culture and its impact on American MNC’s organizational culture and management?
According to Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions U.S. is a small power distance, individualism, weak uncertainty, masculine country. Basing on Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions, U.S. is Universalism, Individualism, specific, achievement, and low scores emotional but high score neutral. The small power distance and achievement make American MNC become a guided missile organizational culture. In U.S. firms the distance between employees and managers are so small, group and work together is paramount in society and people are rewarded according to their achievements. Guide missile culture is characterized by strong emphasis on equality in the workplace and orientation to the task. It is oriented to work, which typically is undertaken by teams or project groups.
B. Analyze the Japanese culture and its impact on the Japanese MNC’s organizational culture and management
Using Hofstede’s 5culture dimensions to analysis Japanese culture, it is a large power distance, collectivist, strong uncertainty avoidance, masculine country. Using Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions, Japan is low score