GUNG-HO Gung-Ho is a movie about the takeover of an American automobile factory in Hadleyville‚ Pennsylvania by a Japanese company. The term Gung Ho is a Chinese expression for “work together” which is what the movie is about. As the Americans and Japanese attempt to work together the viewers are able to see the cross-cultural conflicts and huge misunderstandings that happen throughout the movie because of the differences in culture‚ work attitude‚ management styles‚ and values between the two
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Gung Ho: U.S Vs Japanese Management Styles Gung Ho is an interesting movie‚ which utilizes humour to compare the managerial and cultural differences between the Japanese and the Americans. The theme of the movie is that a Japanese company takes over a failed American auto plant and saves a town from ruin. However‚ conflict arises due to the tremendously different cultures and work ethics of the two groups. A very important element in the movie is the portrayal of the collectivism of the Japanese
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Gung Ho I recently read "Gung Ho!" written by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. This book gives a unique perspective on the leader versus manager concepts. It depicts the struggles a General Manager faces as she is given the daunting task of running Walton Works # 2. This book shows how motivation‚ appreciation‚ and respect can help to transform a self-destructive plant into a thriving successful business. While on the surface Peggy Sinclair‚ the General Manager‚ thought that she was being
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Morgan York April 4‚ 2014 Gung Ho The film Gung Ho portrays the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation. The auto plant resides in Hadleyville‚ Pennsylvania and the plant supplied most of the town’s jobs. When the auto plant had shut down for nine months‚ the town relied on Hunt Stevenson to convince the Assan Motors Corporation to reopen the plant. When the Japanese arrived in Pennsylvania to begin work in the auto plant‚ things took an unexpected turn. Due to a conflict
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Gung HO There are many differences portrayed in the Japanese and American Cultures in this movie. One cultural difference is the collectivism vs. individualism idea. The Japanese do everything to better the company as a whole whereas the Americans focus on their own values The Japanese are shown as trying to the run the auto plant as efficiently as any other plant in Japan. The plant is owned by the Japanese and they want it to reflect their success. Therefore the company executives give preference
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Gung Ho This paper will examine the film Gung Ho through a cultural eye. We will try to show how Michael Keaton’s character Hunt‚ fails to understand Japanese culture. At the same the goal will be to show the variation in the behavior displayed compared to how it should have taken place. It is clear from the onset of the movie that Hunt has not been schooled in Japanese business etiquette and culture. From the time he arrives in Japan‚ he disrupts a management disciplinary session in which
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Donios‚ Antonette Joyce . 3N1 REACTION Paper GUNG ho The movie deals with the struggle of the Japanese managers and American autoworkers to “work together.” The culture clash in the movie is severe because there is a major difference between the American and the Japanese views on the principles and practices of management. The Japanese undergo into an strenuous management training program just to enter the business industry‚ their world revolve only on work and nothing else‚ they imply that
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Gung Ho is an American comedy movie released in 1986. The story of the movie is about the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation named “Assan Motors”. In a small town named “Hadleyville” in Pennsylvania‚ the local auto plant is closed for nine moths which supplied most of the jobs in the town. The former foreman of the plant goes to Tokyo and does a presentation to convince the “Assan Motors” corporation to re-open the plant and provide jobs for the town. The company agrees and
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Kelvin Rudy Organizations in the New Economy Section: 7 Mary E. Boone Analysis 1: Gung Ho February 21‚ 2010 INTRODUCTION "Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." - Dr. Geert Hofstede The movie Gung Ho (a Chinese expression for "work together"1)‚ demonstrates a cross-cultural relationship between the Americans and the Japanese working together towards achieving the goal of reviving an American car manufacturing
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lottery which promises to pay you $1 million (tax free) every year for the next ten years. Have you really won $10 million? No‚ because the present discounted value of these payments is necessarily less than $10 million as long as the interest rate is greater than zero. 3. If the interest rate is 10%‚ what is the present value of a security that pays you $1‚100 next year‚ $1‚210 the year after‚ and $1‚331 the year after that? PV = FV1/(1+i) + FV2/(1+i)2 + FV3/(1+i)3 PV = $1‚100/1.1 +
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