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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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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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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1.Identify three scenes where you came across information on cultural differences between Japan and American workplaces. Please restrict each scene within 3-4 lines. ANS: From the Gung Ho Movie‚ it is not hard to recognize that there are lots of differences in culture‚ value‚ and work attitude between Japanese and American. Three scenes from the movie where the cultural differences are shown distinctly‚ are given below- 1. At work‚ Japanese production supervisors make the point that individual
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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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Gung Ho The movie “Gung Ho” is about a Japanese automobile company called the “Assan Motors” beginning to do business in the United States where cultural problem occurs between the Japanese managers and American employees. In the start of the movie‚ Hunt Stevenson goes to Japan and asks the firm owners to re-open the auto plant. After a little persuasion by Hunt Stevenson‚ the Japanese owners agree to run the business in the United States‚ but make assurance that the company will be directed by
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Analysis of the Movie Gung Ho Stephen Draughon MKTG 3852 July 22‚ 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 I. American and Japanese cultural values compared and contrasted. .......................................
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and Etiquette [online] available at http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/spain-country-profile.html http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/06/spains-national-obsession-with-mobiles-texting165.html accessed on 10/11/11 Miller S‚ (2002) Spain ’s women make gains in workplace and home [online] available at
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Hofstede Cultural Dimension imensions * Description for each of Hofstede’s Dimensions listed below Indonesia has Power Distance (PDI) as its highest ranking Hofstede Dimension at 78. The high Power Distance (PDI) is indicative of a high level of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily forced upon the population‚ but rather accepted by the society as part of their cultural heritage. The average Power Distance for the greater Asian countries is 71
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