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The cultural value model that is being used in this outline is Hofstede’s Model. Although Japan and America have quite a few economic and technologic similarities, they contrast in many ways. The biggest difference between these two countries is Individualism vs. Collectivism. Hofstede himself finds that both of these cultures differ significantly on most these diminesions (Shah). PART 1: Compare and Contrast Cultural Values Power Distance Power distance in cultures refers to the way that power is

Before we delve deep in the designated people group, it is key to focus on Japan as a whole. Japan’s first contact with the gospel came through the Catholic Missionary Francis Xavier in 1549. Thanks to Portuguese traders the doors were opened for Jesuit missionaries to set foot on the islands of Japan. Interestingly, the trend of missionaries arriving in foreign locations, which would then be followed by trade, was not the case for Japan. Instead, trade preceded the missionaries and allowed them

In 8000 BCE, a small nation emerged in East Asia, in the Pacific Ocean. It has grown to an archipelago made out of over 6,000 islands, with 4 main islands. These islands have a tropical climate in the south and a temperate climate in the north. The land is mountainous and rocky, with volcanic or seismic activity almost every day. It began as a place full of hunters and gathers. Then in 300 BCE, rice production rose and allowed these groups to form a conglomerate nation known as Japan. After the nation

Young Japanese women and girls are suffering from the Yaeba Complex. Unlike their counterparts in many other developed nations who view straight teeth as perfection, the Japanese are instead opting to undergo the expensive and painful procedure of creating crooked teeth. In this essay, through the lenses of the growing Yaeba trend, I will account for the reasons that contribute to this seemingly weird Japanese obsession of a preference for an imperfect smile, and study the possible societal issues

I have decided to discuss the Japanese culture because we have the foreign exchange students visiting us October seventeenth though the nineteenth and I thought it would be nice to learn about their culture beforehand. I also would like to learn more about the Japanese culture because when I become a nurse, I want to be aware of cultural differences. I will be giving a brief overview of the culture, talking about their religion, community customs, family roles and organization, how they communicate

Globalisation has profound effects on culture. Tradition, customs, ideas and values from different countries all around the world can be experienced firsthand. However, writer Paul Pedersen suggests that “[e]xperiencing a new culture is a sudden and sometimes unpleasant feeling causing persons to reevaluate both the new host and their own home culture" (2) in his book The Five Stages of Culture Shock. This statement is applicable to Angela Carter's story “A Souvenir of Japan”, where the British female

The first topic is about a worker's relation towards his or her workmates with consideration of the working culture and environment. There are three principal factors which affects interpersonal relationship at workplace, I think; tendency of finding a value in working hard, the hidden but strict rule of having worship for the boss, and the subjection of women. I will take up each factor. First of all, I’ll describe the effect of Japanese tendency of finding value in working hard. One of the reason

United Transportation Table of Contents I. Table of Contents 2 II. Executive Summary 3 III. Company Overview 4 IV. Marketing Analysis.. 6 V. Marketing and Sales Plan 7 VI. Operations Segment 12 VII. Management Segment 13 VIII. Funds Required 14 Executive Summary United Transportation offers premier transportation services throughout the metro Detroit Area. Our company will provide personal transportation to all individuals but will focus on non-emergency medical transportation. There

Assignment #3: Powell Logistics Case Study A.   Defining the issue The immediate issue is to make a decision on the future of the family company. B. Analyzing the Case Data * The truck transportation industry is a vital part of the Canadian economy with $43 billion in sales annually and employing 400,000 people * The for-hire sector accounts for 40% of the transportation industry in Canada * The for-hire sector has 2 service offerings: TL – Truck load, only full load between 2

As I finished reading a rather intellectually stimulating article in a popular men's magazine, I flipped the page to reveal quite an interesting advertisement. My gaze fell upon the following print ad, which contained the photograph of a decrepit old man dressed in a black suit, wearing a diamond encrusted gold dollar sign ring, embraced by a wedding-gown clad, large breasted, peroxide bleached blond, young bimbo. Next to the shocking newly-weds was a new, cherry red Dodge Viper convertible, parked