JAPANESE BUSINESS

CLUTUREJosh Darling, Airk Drake, Cesar Pano-Garcia,

Nate Page, Liz Tallington

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• Woman in the Japanese Business World• Time Orientation

• Liz• Communication• Gift Giving

Greetings•Handshakes are not common in Japan•Nodding, Bowing or Kneeling

•Bows are determined by social status•Greetings, Request, Thanks, Respect.

Dress Standards• Japan has a very formal culture.•Be Conservative•Men•Classy Business Suit•Good quality

•Woman•Dress or Skirt•Limit accessories

Business Dinning•Prayers•Before “Itadakimasu”•After “ Gachisosama”•Importance of chopsticks•Avoid•Chopsticks placement•Overdrinking•No Tipping

Pre-History•16th Century Japan

•Edo•Sakoku (250-Years of peace_

•Meiji•“greatest leap forward”

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

High Context Culture•Group oriented progress

• Implicit knowledge vs. explicit communication

•Planning and starting projects

•Praise and appreciation

Japanese Self Identity, Time

Orientation, and Business women

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.

Time Orientation•Similar to the United states

• If assigned work doesn’t get finished worker will stay late for no extra pay

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.

Communication and Gift Giving

Communication•Verbal Communication•Very formal•Use last names only.

•Non-Verbal Communication•Eye contact•Silence is valued.•Physical space

Gift Giving•Gifts are customary•Wrapped and Unwrapped•Never 4•Before and After•Give and receive properly

Wrap Up•Greeting•Bowing

•Dress Standards•Men and Woman

•Self Identity•Communication•Gift Giving

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