Zusammenfassung der Ressource
American vs. Japanese Business
- Purposes
- American
- To generate profit
- To provide personal satisfaction
- To stabilize the business itself as it expands
- To generate employee satisfaction
- To generate consumer satisfaction
- Japanese
- To generate profit
- To stay organized and competitve
- Relationship between managers and workers
- American
- Boss must work hard to gain respect and favor of his worker
- Democratic way of running a business
- Japanese
- Boss tends to be the teacher
- Boss tends to be the one who gives instructions
- Working Efficiency/productivity
- American
- Flexible productivity achieved by correctly managing human resources
- Japanese
- both work towards high efficiency
- Exceptional productivity due to insane working
- perspective of a business
- American
- Working for personal satisfactions
- Working for generation of income
- a business is just a part of one's life
- Japanese
- Company is everything
- Leaders must not fail others' expectations
- A worker must work hard to build a strong base for the company
- workers must acquire teamwork
- Each one must be independent while completing tasks
- Product Quality
- American
- High, but may have some imperfections
- Japanese
- High, but some may result vulnerable due to the lack of capital resources
- Cultural differences
- American
- Handshakes and smiles to express friendliness
- boss must encourage workers
- straight to the topic
- Japanese
- Business cards and bows to express respect for others
- Serious expressions to gain respect
- sometimes starts with small things