Comparing Medical Device Law & Regulations of Japan‚ EU and US Japan Competent Authority‚ Related Organization Population: 127 million Ministry of Health‚ Labor and Welfare( MHLW)‚ -Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau‚ - Office of Medical Device Control - Office of Compliance - Pharmaceutical Affairs office of each Government Prefectures - Review and Audit by Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency （PMDA）: about 30 specialists Registered Certification Body (RCB) :14 (JQA‚ TUV/RH ， TUV/SUD‚ BSI
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Germany: Hofstede Analysis Germany- Hofstede Analysis Germany is known for its majestic scenery and terrain. There is incredible chocolate‚ beer and of course‚ the unique architecture. All these things may be appealing to a firm‚ but an expanding company may discover complexities expanding into Germany‚ because “[w]hen you step into a foreign culture‚ suddenly things seem different. You don’t know what to do or say.” ( Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions). “If your organization is planning to
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Avoidance Index In 1991‚ a fifth dimension has been added – LTO – Long Term versus Short Term Orientation‚ which was initially known as Confucian Dynamism. In 2007‚ Minkov added a sixth dimension – IND: Indulgence versus Restraint‚ which was adopted by Hofstede et al. (2010). These dimensions were underpinned by variables that correlated across nations‚ not across individuals or organizations. For organizational cultures‚ entirely different dimensions were found as well. PDI reflects the consequences
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psychological antrhopology‚ 2nd edition. Waveland: Prospec Heights. Hofstede‚ G. (1980). Culture ’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. London: SAGE Publications. Hofstede‚ G. (1983). The cultural relativity of organizational practices and theories. Journal of International Business Studies‚ Fall‚ 75-90. Hofstede‚ G. (1991). Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. London: McGraw-Hill. Hofstede‚ G. (1996). Riding the waves of commerce: a test on Trompenaars ’ "model"
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Pornography : Canada vs. Japan "We think that child pornography‚ in any form‚ promotes values and sends the message that it is OK to sexually abuse children. It helps paedophiles to justify their ideas or behaviour and it desensitizes society as a whole." ( 1995. John Carr‚ a United Kingdom government adviser. ) The classification of sexual exploration ‚ the governments laws‚ and landmark cases all play a part in how the people perceive child pornography. "Japan is one of the world ’s
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Hofstede 1 Running Head: HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS: THE BASICS AND THE CRITICISMS ra oi M Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions: E. The Basics and the Criticisms Moira E. Hanna H Clemson University na an Hofstede 2 Abstract Hofstede’s model (1980) has been used widely in research in the past two decades. The culture-based model consists of four dimensions: power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism-collectivism‚ and masculinity-femininity. Each of these
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Hofstede Mini Questionnaire To prepare for the second tutorial please complete the following short questionnaire. Each answer has a scale from A to F. You need to circle one letter for each question. There is some guidance to explain each scale (eg very high anxiety etc)‚ and it important to identify the place on each scale that you feel best applies to you personally. This questionnaire was developed from an original instrument designed by Mead (2000‚ pp.103-105) 1. Suppose that your
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84:209–216 DOI 10.1007/s10551-008-9701-8 Ó Springer 2008 ‘‘Karoshi (Work to Death)’’ in Japan Atsuko Kanai ABSTRACT. Since the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy in the early 1990’s‚ the Japanese economy has only recovered slightly. This has direct implications for employment. Both the seniority wage system and the lifetime employment system‚ which were popular during the period of economic growth in Japan‚ unavoidably changed to an outcome-wage system. Now there is greater mobility in employment
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Culture‚ in my own opinion‚ is a unique system of values and norms that are believed by a group of people who live in the same society. Since culture is unique‚ Geert Hofstede tried to study the differences. After the study‚ he proposed five dimensions to measure the cultural difference between nations. The following parts will explain Hofstede Framework briefly. The first dimension is Power Distance. It is a tool to measure the power difference between levels in organization. In a group with high power
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American Norms vs. Japan Norms In sociology‚ when we discuss culture (which is the totality of learned socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior (Schaefer 2010:50))‚ we discuss how culture includes such things as; language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms. When sociologists studied culture they mainly looked upon the norms of society. Norms are "the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture guides the members in any given situation"(Cultural Norms). There are
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