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The Different Management Styles between East and West

The Different Management Styles between East and West. Second Economic Forum Casa Asia World Trade Center Barcelona, Spain November 22, 2004. Japanese English. I can understand your opinion. I have a different opinion. Let me think about it. Forget about it. Let me try.

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The Different Management Styles between East and West

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  1. The Different Management Styles between East and West Second Economic Forum Casa Asia World Trade Center Barcelona, Spain November 22, 2004

  2. Japanese English • I can understand your opinion. • I have a different opinion. • Let me think about it. • Forget about it. • Let me try. • It will be refused. • Yes, Yes. • Thank you for your agreement.

  3. Two Different Cultures ＷＥＳＴＥＲＮ ＡＳIＡＮ ＨＵＮＴＥＲ ＦＡＲＭＥＲ ＩＮＤＩＶＩＳＵＡＬ ＧＲＯＵＰ

  4. DecisionMaking Process PROJECT DECISSION MAKING ASIAN WESTEN TIME

  5. What are the differences? • EAST WEST • RELIGION Multi Mono • BEHAVOIR Modest Selfish • VISIONWide-angle Telescope • CONTRACT Flexible Solid • COMMUNICATION Indirect Direct

  6. Communication • EAST WEST We I How Why Jain(Ja+Nein) Yes or No Complicated Simple

  7. Discussions • Asians are seldom seen in favor of Discussions. They don’t confront others in public (Lose face). You learn more by listening than speaking. • “Speech is silver, silence is gold.” • “The eagle with brain will never shows the claws.”

  8. How the differences are formed? • Since the time of infant baby. • East: Mother sleeps with the baby. • West:Mother sleeps separate. • Child education. • East: Always taught the relation with others. • West: Always be independent.

  9. Cultural Differences • Monochrome Culture • Polychrome Culture • Prof. Edward Hall, Univ. of New Mexico

  10. Differences between Monochrome and Polychrome • Monochrome Polychrome • One thing at a time. Many things at a time. • Punctual Not punctual • Low context inf. High context information • Stick to the plan Change plan often • Respect others Family, close friends come first • Respect rules Rules can be changed

  11. High and Low Context Low Context (Monochrome) 9 10 = + Stored Information Transferred Information 1 1 9 + = 10 High Context (Polychrome)

  12. DecisionMaking Process PROJECT DECISSION MAKING ASIAN WESTEN TIME

  13. EAST & WESTMONO & POLYCHROME MONOCHROME GERMAN SWISS SWEDEN WEST EAST JAPAN CHINA KOREA SPAIN FRANCE ITALY POLYCHROME

  14. French Style

  15. Japanese Style Washing Machine Conventional New Innovation Propeller turns Drum turns Cloth stays still Cloth Moves

  16. Ideal Management Style SHEPHERD FARMER HUNTER

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