Japan

L:-HI JEAN PAUL
J: HI. LENNIN
L.ITS BEEN SO LONG…. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
J: WELL, I WENT TO STUDY IN U.S …I´M WORKING FOR THERE AS BUSINESSMAN IN A BIG COMPANY
L. - WOW ITS NICE, HOW ARE YOU GOING FOR THERE???
J: I HAVE 1O YEARS LIVING IN U,S, I REALLY KNOW HOW BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WORKS AND TELL ME WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??
L: YOU HAVE A GOOD JOB,I´M LIVING IN TOKIO, DON’T YOU KNOW?, IHAVE A LOT OF WORK.
J.: TELL ME HOW IS THE MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN, I ALWAYS WANTED GOING TO JAPAN.
L: (DESCRIBE MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMS IN BUSINESS IN JAPAN)

, AND YOU TELL ME HOW IS THE WAY OF WORKING IN USA?
J_:( DESCRIBE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN AMERICA)
L--- WOW ITS SO DIFERENT FIRST DURING INTRUDUCTION A MANAGER IS INTRODUCED BY THE JAPANIES COMPANY FIRST,FOLLOWED BY THE MANAGER´S SURNAME.FOR EXAMPLE A JAPANES MANAGER WORKING AT
HONDA IS INTRODUCED AS “HONDA NO KATO – SAN DESU” OR HONDA´S MR KATO AND THE U,S HOW IS IT?

J.IN CONTRAST THAT, THE INTRUDUCTION IN USA IS FOR EXAMPLE” THIS IS MR GREEN OF BOEING”.
THIS CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE IS CULTURALLY INGRAINED AND STABLISHED THE TONE FOR CONTRASTING MANAGEMENT .

j. I´m hurried up, I have to go to the airport if I´ll losethe flight.
Ok jean paul ..good bye… i´ll take care a lot.
Ok lenni by
Japanese management characteristics

There are an endless number of features which we highlight the most important and meaningful to compare this approach with the West.

• One of the main features of group orientation and emphasis on group harmony. The interest of a group is placed on the individual. The man is bodyand soul and loyal to the group. A chief responsibility is to build, promote, reinforce and strengthen harmony.

• Another is the orientation to the community and overall concern for people. The company itself is concerned about privacy of their employees, while dealing with their performance at work.

• The collective decision by consensus is just one of the pillars of the organization. Thecompany is willing to share a wealth of information with all employees and allow them to integrate the decision-making process.

• The harmony could not be achieved without the allocation of tasks and group responsibilities, this plays an important role in group cohesion. A single job is not clearly defined, tasks are not in writing, liability is highly diffuse, group members decide how to giveindividually.

• The worker loyalty is achieved with the system nenko means lifetime employment. Workers are guaranteed a job until retirement. The company does not dismiss their workers, even when no longer productive and useful in a specific position. There will always be an activity that can be made, conseguírselas is the responsibility of management.

• Comprehensive wellness programs areanother pair to keep most satisfied the needs of workers and their families. The company provides all employees total wellness program, incorporating medical and recreational facilities, housing, loans and more.

• The promotion and seniority-based pay can only be properly understood when we leave the responsibility of management to place the employee in the position in which more productive. Thedetermination of promotions and wage levels is related to the age of the workers, not the ability or the results.

• However, added to the above there is also the job training as a form of employee development. The company provides training programs, continuing later in his career, all his workers to develop skills useful to the company.

• Another element is job rotation. The company promotesjob rotation for employees to perform different jobs within the same, to be developed as generalists rather than specialists (Iwata, 1982, p1-19).

In groups there are three layers of relationships depending on firm size and age of the group. Human relationships are based on relations of familiarity which results in the long term, stable relationships are preferred to the harmonious and...