Group Behavior in GUNG HO OUTLINE OF REPORT I. Introduction II. Research Question III. Discussion of the Main Framework: Group Behavior Model IV. Analysis and Interpretation V. Conclusion I. INTRODUCTION In the movie Gung Ho‚ Hunt Stevenson is sent to Tokyo to convince the Assan Motors Corporation to take over the recently closed Hadleyville auto plant. The Japanese company agrees‚ and upon the arrival of their management team in the US many changes are introduced‚ among them lower
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Gung-Ho means “Work together” Introduction Gung Ho demonstrates a cross-cultural relationship between the Americans and the Japanese people working together towards the goal. In this movie‚ a Japanese car manufacturer company takes over an American car manufacturing plant. The American workers were in conflict with the Japanese style of management. Situation Hunt Stevenson takes the leadership role and becomes the liaison between the Japanese executive team and the American workers. At first
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27‚ 2011 Gung-Ho And Office Space: How NOT To Manage Chapter 1 of James C. McCroskey’s “Organizational Communication for Survival” states that “some people believe ‘competent communication’ is ‘competent communication’ no matter where it is practiced”. (1) I believe this to be entirely untrue. Subordinate to subordinate communication differs greatly from subordinate to supervisor communication. As is true for different cultures communicating. In the movies “Office Space” and “Gung-Ho” we see two
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At InBev‚ a Gung-Ho Culture Rules American Icon Anheuser‚ A Potential Target‚ Faces Prospect of Big Changes By MATT MOFFETT May 28‚ 2008; Page B1 Diadema‚ Brazil Brazilian-managed beverage giant InBev NV isn’t a household name in the U.S. now‚ but if it proceeds with its unsolicited bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos.‚ its high-octane corporate culture could easily overwhelm the iconic U.S. brewer. |[pic] | |Bloomberg News/Landov
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Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066‚ which permitted the military to circumvent the constitutional safeguards of American citizens in the name of national defense. The order set into motion the exclusion from certain areas‚ and the evacuation and mass incarceration of 120‚000 persons of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast‚ most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. These
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Visiting the Japanese American Museum was an extremely moving and often gut wrenching roller coaster ride of emotions both of happiness and sadness alike. The stories of triumph were ostensibly plastered along the walls in glass cases‚ but so too were the stories of terror and internment of Japanese Americans on no further grounds than their original origin. The Japanese were interned in barracks to supposedly prevent espionage from the US to Japan. The internment of the Japanese was akin to the
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Japanese-Americans as a Minority Japanese-Americans are a minority group consisting of people with ethnic ties to the archipelago of Japan‚ in eastern Asia. According to Pew Research Center (2012)‚ there were approximately 1‚304‚286 Japanese-Americans living in the United States in 2011. With the overall trend of Asian-American populations rising (Pew Research Center‚ 2012)‚ this number has certainly gone up‚ especially due to‚ according to Toji (2003)‚ those with mixed ancestry. Japanese-Americans
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CMS March/April 2009 Japanese and American Management: A Contrast of Styles Japanese management integrates work with their personal lives. Japanese management sees themselves as company representatives at all times. Thus‚ during introductions‚ a manager is introduced by the Japanese company first‚ followed by the manager’s surname. For example‚ a Japanese manager working at Honda is introduced as “Honda no Kato-san desu‚” or Honda’s Mr. Kato. Contrast that with an American introduction‚ “this is
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During WWII‚ Japanese-Americans were discriminated against solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Although mistreated‚ despised‚ and even imprisoned‚ the Japanese-Americans overcame tremendous hardships and approximately 33‚000 Japanese-Americans‚ both men and women‚ served valiantly in our Armed Forces‚ and nearly 800 of those having made the ultimate sacrifice. While there are numerous anecdotes‚ I will focus this paper on those Japanese-Americans who were part of the University of Hawaii
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years old. In this case‚ you may identify more with American culture and consider yourself to feel more like an American than anything else. Because a lot of Americans feel this way regardless of their family’s heritage‚ it is
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