gung ho
B.
i. Collectivism vs. Individual: The differences between the two cultures in the movie are that the Japanese believed in working hard to better benefit the company. They showed up on time and they showed up everyday. The Americans were only concerned with how much they were getting paid and would come in late and leave early. ii. The first difference that I noticed in the two cultures was the business etiquette when Stevenson first walked into the meeting room and spoke very disrespectfully and was not dressed in a professional manner. Whereas the Japanese are typically always very polite and patient. iii. Examples of High and low context cultures are found throughout the movie especially in the front end before the two cultures start to begin to understand each other. The low context culture can be taken from the scene I described in the meeting room. Stevenson used language and terms that no one else in the board room was familiar with. An example of high culture context would be how the Japanese communicate mostly through body language such as bowing when greeting. iv. Role of women: In the movie Japanese women are expected to stay out of business discussions and let the men handle it but as seen in the movie when Audrey did not leave the table as the men were having a meeting.
v. The differences in work values are similar to those for Collectivism vs. Individual but to add to it the Japanese were very structured and focused on quality assurance and the Americans seemed like they could care less about the quality of work as long as they got paid there was not much pride in their work. vi. One difference that I noticed in the movie was that the American workers were motivated by listening to music while working but the Japanese believed that concentration on only the task at hand is of utmost importance. vii. An example of uncertainty avoidance would be B.
i. Collectivism vs. Individual: The differences between the two cultures in the movie are
i. Collectivism vs. Individual: The differences between the two cultures in the movie are that the Japanese believed in working hard to better benefit the company. They showed up on time and they showed up everyday. The Americans were only concerned with how much they were getting paid and would come in late and leave early. ii. The first difference that I noticed in the two cultures was the business etiquette when Stevenson first walked into the meeting room and spoke very disrespectfully and was not dressed in a professional manner. Whereas the Japanese are typically always very polite and patient. iii. Examples of High and low context cultures are found throughout the movie especially in the front end before the two cultures start to begin to understand each other. The low context culture can be taken from the scene I described in the meeting room. Stevenson used language and terms that no one else in the board room was familiar with. An example of high culture context would be how the Japanese communicate mostly through body language such as bowing when greeting. iv. Role of women: In the movie Japanese women are expected to stay out of business discussions and let the men handle it but as seen in the movie when Audrey did not leave the table as the men were having a meeting.
v. The differences in work values are similar to those for Collectivism vs. Individual but to add to it the Japanese were very structured and focused on quality assurance and the Americans seemed like they could care less about the quality of work as long as they got paid there was not much pride in their work. vi. One difference that I noticed in the movie was that the American workers were motivated by listening to music while working but the Japanese believed that concentration on only the task at hand is of utmost importance. vii. An example of uncertainty avoidance would be B.
i. Collectivism vs. Individual: The differences between the two cultures in the movie are