Leonard Prescott‚ vice president and general manager of Weaver-Yamazaki Pharmaceutical of Japan‚ believed that John Higgins‚ his executive assistant‚ was losing effectiveness in representing the U.S. parent company because of an extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture‚ (Japan is shown in Map 2.5.) The parent company‚ Weaver Pharmaceutical‚ had extensive international operations and was one of the largest U.S. drug firms. Its competitive position depended heavily on research and
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2.0 Problems‚ Symptoms and Problem Statement 2.1 List of Problems 2.2.1 Firstly‚ the problem in this case study is that both Prescott and Higgins are good leaders but unfortunately they have a very diverse management style. Prescott wanted to implement the American management style that they use back in the Headquarters because he thinks that the company’s real contribution to Japanese society was in introducing new ideas and innovations. Whereas‚ Higgins on the other hand is more
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Jose Rodriguez QSO 680 1-4 Homework Case Analysis Film Prioritization Project Proposal 1: My Life with Dalai Lama Met all criteria for “must” objectives Mostly focused on the Life of the Dalai Lama No chance for action being that the character is religious Religious character may not be a capable personality No environmental concerns but some regarding wildlife Profit = 20.2% (80*8+50*18+20*24)% Main focus is on a religious figure No possible relationship for a theme park ride given a religious
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Animism and Supernatural Beings There are many aspects of Japanese culture that I like‚ but I think that interests me the most is the animist culture of Japan and all around it as its mythology and folklore. I find very interested to think that each object‚ each element of nature has a soul. I also think that the animist is very present in Japanese culture. Japan cultivates for a long time a narrow report with the nature‚ a nature strewed with religious references‚ animist‚ Buddhist and Shinto
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Teaching Material for Production Management Used at a trainers’ training for Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Centre of Armenia: SMEDNC July 2006 Written by Kazuchika SATO JICA Expert in Production Management Preface of the training course Production management includes all aspects of management techniques in manufacturing‚ which is necessary to understand for any engineers working in any enterprises. It is closely related with business and has been become
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Case: John Higgins 1. How would you describe Higgins’s and Prescott’s attitudes toward implementing U.S. personnel policies in the Japanese operations? Higgins and Prescott both have different opinions toward implementing U.S. personnel policies in the Japanese operations. I would describe Higgins’s attitude more against the U.S. personnel policies and more toward the Japanese ways of doing things‚ considering he would rather spend his time in Japan. I would describe Prescott’s attitude
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Chinese Cartoons VS Japanese Animations Since Hang Zhou held the first International animation exhibition of China in 2004‚ and set the target to make Hang Zhou an International animation city‚ the development of Chinese cartoons has been put under public attention. Recent years has seen rapid improvement in Chinese comics and cartoons. While compared with Japan‚ the well-recognized kingdom of comics and animations‚ Chinese cartoons seem to have a long way to go. In fact‚ Chinese animation has
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Hayao Miyazaki’s films and Environmentalism Miyazaki’s films have an underlying message of environmental understanding and awareness of spiritual elements that surround us in our world. Using animated films as a medium‚ he is able to convey this and society’s problems in an altered reality in which we all can relate to. I. Environmental consciousness Environmentalism is an ideology regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment‚ particularly
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JOHN HIGGINS – AN AMERICAN GOES NATIVE IN JAPAN In the fall of 1962‚ Mr. Leonard Prescott‚ vice-president and general manager of the Weaver-Yamazaki Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. of Japan‚ was considering what action‚ if any‚ to take regarding his executive assistant‚ Mr. John Higgins. In Mr. Prescott’s opinion‚ Mr. Higgins had been losing his effectiveness as one who was to represent the U.S. parent company because of his extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture. The Weaver Pharmaceutical
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SPECIAL REPORT The Impact of Japanese Comics and Animation in Asia By Ng Wai-ming Photo : © Fujiko Pro‚ © Nintendo‚ © SANRIO CO.‚ LTD. Japan is a manga superpower. It has replaced the United States as the world’s largest exporter of comics and animation. In Asia‚ Japanese comics and animation have been very popular and influential from the 1980s to the present. Nowadays‚ almost all Asian nations have their own editions of Japanese comics and their televisions show Japanese animated series
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