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JAPANESE BUSINESS CLUTURE

Josh Darling, Airk Drake, Cesar Pano-Garcia, Nate Page, Liz Tallington. JAPANESE BUSINESS CLUTURE. Salt Lake Community College English 2100. Outline. Airk Greetings Dress Standards Cesar Business Dinning Pre-History Nate Post-History High Context Culture Josh Self Identity

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JAPANESE BUSINESS CLUTURE

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  1. Josh Darling, Airk Drake, Cesar Pano-Garcia, Nate Page, Liz Tallington JAPANESE BUSINESS CLUTURE Salt Lake Community College English 2100

  2. Outline • Airk • Greetings • Dress Standards • Cesar • Business Dinning • Pre-History • Nate • Post-History • High Context Culture • Josh • Self Identity • Woman in the Japanese Business World • Time Orientation • Liz • Communication • Gift Giving

  3. Greetings • Handshakes are not common in Japan • Nodding, Bowing or Kneeling • Bows are determined by social status • Greetings, Request, Thanks, Respect.

  4. Dress Standards • Japan has a very formal culture. • Be Conservative • Men • Classy Business Suit • Good quality • Woman • Dress or Skirt • Limit accessories

  5. Business Dinning • Importance of chopsticks • Placement • Separating Food Prayers • Before “Itadakimasu” • After “ Gachisosama” • No Tipping

  6. Pre-History • Edo Period • Sakoku • 250-Years of peace • Meiji • “greatest leap forward”

  7. Post-World War II • Economic Depression led to Japanese involvement in WWII • General MacArthur was first Supreme Commander • Peace treaty of 1952 • The Korean War

  8. High Context Culture • Group oriented progress • Implicit knowledge vs. explicit communication • Planning and starting projects • Praise and appreciation

  9. Japanese Self Identity, Time Orientation, and Business women

  10. Self Identity • Japanese Culture is a homogenous society. • Huge mid class and small upper and lower classes. • “Credential society” where education is regarded as most important criteria for employment and marriage.

  11. Time Orientation • Similar to the United states • If assigned work doesn’t get finished worker will stay late for no extra pay

  12. Women • Japanese family model “Men at work, women at home”. • Women make 30-40% less than men do. • Expected to perform lower grade tasks, and leave employment after marriage or child birth.

  13. Communication • Verbal Communication • Very formal • Use last names only. • Non-Verbal Communication • Eye contact • Silence is valued. • Physical space

  14. Gift Givinging • Gifts are customary • Wrapped and Unwrapped • Never 4 • Before and After • Give and receive properly

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