SUMMARY American companies want to reach the level of Japanese companies on business success. Japan has its own style of management‚ consisting of four main points. From America is the political pressure on Japan to more imports of goods and investing money in American industry. The result is a clash of two styles of managements. PROBLEM Difficulties in applying Japanese management techniques to the American employees. CAST OF CHARACTERS a. CEO 2M Mr.Yoshi Hajima b. Japanese model of management
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Cherry Blossom Festival The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual two weekends event. It locates at San Francisco Japantown Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Street. I went to the cherry blossom festival on April 17th with my family there was so fun. It feature live bands‚ food booths‚ parade‚ traditional Japanese music ‚ martial arts‚ dance‚ karate and other cultural performances. The sponsors are Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco and Northern California Cherry Blossom
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"Privilege is the greatest enemy of equality." This quote from a noted Austrian novelist‚ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach‚ perhaps describes the harm of "white privilege" on American society. By its very definition privilege is a grace bestowed on one over another (Webster‚ 2006). In that sense‚ privilege is in and of itself an opposition to equality. In racial terms‚ if one group has been historically privileged over another‚ there will never be equality between the groups until a catastrophic new
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Volcanic mountains are mountains that form when molten rock erupts onto the earth’s surface. They can either form on land or in the ocean. The Cascade Range in Washington‚ Oregon and northern California is composed of volcanic mountains. Some of the largest volcanic mountains are found along divergent boundaries‚ which form the mid-ocean ridges. The mid-ocean ridges have huge volcanic mountain chains that run through the Atlantic‚ Pacific and Indian Oceans. The mountains in the mid-ocean ridges can
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The novel A Jar of Dreams‚ by Yoshiko Uchida‚ is a multicultural book that is based on a Japanese and American culture. The setting of this book is set in California during the Depression‚ the time period where there were many prejudice against Japanese people. Rinko Tsujimura is an eleven year old girl. Since she is Japanese American‚ she is usually left out and made feel different by her classmates. Therefore‚ Rinko desperately tries to hide her Japanese culture by staying invisible‚ quiet‚ and
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What Motivate People to Vote? Voting is often inconvenient‚ it is personally costly. You have to take time to register and to learn about the candidates‚ and in the election day you may need to take time of your work to stand in long lines possibly in a bad weather ‚ all that knowing that perhaps your vote will note make a difference among all the millions votes. So why do millions of people expend their own time‚ energy‚ and money to cast a vote that will not make any difference in the
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Finding Asian America Asian American is the term that referring to people who live in America with the origin of coming from Asia. The term can be easily defined in such a way that I can pull it straight out from the English dictionary or online Wikipedia. But is there all to it? I guess there should be more than just some dry definitions that the dictionary gave me. The question “What does it mean to be Asian American?” is more of an interesting one to me‚ particularly after watching the film
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Pre-AP English “Ceremony- Rewrite” 3rd Semester B September 25th‚ 2012 Tradition is the illusion of permanence. It defines who people are and gives them a place in their community; it is an expression of belonging and individuality at the same time. In Ceremony‚ Leslie Marmon Silko exposes throughout the novel many Native American characters. Some follow the traditions and others are ashamed of them. Silko expresses that only the ones that follow them are the ones that find themselves. They
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Tuan Nguyen Dr. Suocai Su English 102 Fall 2012 The “Yellow Face” in Hollywood What comes in your mind when you think of an Asian American? The high possibility of the answers from a non-Asian Americans will fall into at least one of these characteristics: skinny small unattractive people with dark figures and slanted eyes‚ very nerdy‚ a Math expert and the inability to speak well English. Have you ever wondered how or when did you automatically stereotype this group of people? It’s called
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Annie Vo AP English Language & Composition 5‚ July 2013 Question 1 In Chief Seattle’s oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚ Seattle attempts to fight for equality for Native Americans despite their differences in social status with the Caucasians. Through the use of rhetorical strategies such as figurative language‚ organization‚ diction and tone‚ Seattle attacks the Governor’s malicious deeds‚ while at the same time praises him‚ and reminds him that the Native people‚ although presented
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