Researching National Cultures: a comparison of Japanese and Australian national cultures Introduction In an increasingly global world‚ people will inevitably find themselves working within and across cultures. The national culture in which a person identifies with and is immersed in‚ has been proven to have a profound impact on an individual’s values and behaviours‚ this in-turn impacts on understanding of other . An ability to discern and understand potential variances in culture‚ without adopting
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The internment of Japanese Americans was not a necessary response to the attacks on Pearl Harbor because of the psychological‚ political‚ and economical impact on Washington State. Imagine being woken up by a police officer in the morning forcing you to evacuate‚ giving you 48 hours to pack to pack. How would you feel having someone telling you this unexpectedly when it usually takes weeks or even a month to move? Japanese internment is the forcing of 110‚000 to 120‚000 Japanese Americans during
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Americans were divided about Japanese internment when it was occurring and Americans today are still divided. In the beginning of World War II‚ approximately 120‚000 Japanese Americans were forced to relocate to internment camps. President FDR signed the Executive Order 9066 which made them evacuate the West Coast in which they resided in. This order was signed two months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941. Some believe that this was necessary to make America more secure
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organizational cultures. The tourist firm relied on Hosftede’s framework. Because Japanese are collectivistic while Danish are individualistic‚ the Danish director had to consider whether provide guidance to Danish staffs or strict control to Japanese staffs‚ instead using individual competencies for all employees. Another example‚ the audio-visual firm took a chance of gender differentiation between Denmark and Japan to recruit suitable talents for their Tokyo office because it knows Japanese prefer masculine
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Date: March 10‚ 2017 To: Prof. Jeffery Higgins From: Isebor Frank Subject: Research Proposal on Japanese- American Internment Introduction Most Americans know the story of Anne Frank; the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust who posthumously gained prominence through the publication of The Dairy of a young Girl‚ her experience in hiding during the occupation of the Netherlands by Germany in World War II. It is one of the world’s most widely known books and has been the basis for several
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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Understanding Culture The biggest challenge the social scientists face is reaching a consensus over the definition of culture. Among sociologists ad anthropologists‚ debate has raged for several academic generations about the proper definition of the term “culture”. Ralph Linton (1945)‚ an American anthropologist said that culture is ’the sum total of knowledge‚ attitudes and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a particular society ’.[1] Ward Goodenough (1957)
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Keith Salenski Jen Stauss History 201 May 31‚ 2005 Japanese Internment Camps in WWII For over a century‚ the United States has been one of the most powerful and influential states on the globe. However‚ every nation has made mistakes in its past. Throughout our country’s history‚ certain groups have had to endure horrible injustices: the enslavement of African-Americans‚ the removal of Native Americans‚ and discrimination against immigrants‚ women‚ homosexuals‚ and every other minority.
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each other’s culture‚ thereby bringing the two different cultures to be more similar. For example‚ the popular culture‚ which originates from Western European and America‚ is often to be said to influence the developing Asian countries’ culture‚ and is often dubbed as Westernization (Leung et al‚ 2008). Conversely‚ there are many that argue also of cultural divergence; which is the belief that each nation’s culture are deeply rooted in the countries’ history‚ so that even if outside culture try to influence
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apartment and it made the whole family and ofcourse Kelly a bit disappointed. The other problem comes when she started to greet them‚2 germans‚2 americans and the rest were Japanese .the different ways of greeting‚ the awkwardness afterwards and the bad silences was also annoying for her. The next problem was that Japanese were shy or embarrassed at times‚ even though they could speak English ‚they seemed very quiet and hesitant. The next problem was that they thought “Kelly “ was a man and the
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