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A German-Japanese (ad)venture
Cifatte, Chiara
Colmenero, Shanti
Franken, Monique
Pirttiniemi , Janne
Sakowsky, Marc-Denis
Zelionka, Rolandas
Content
Don´t rock the boat
If you can´t beat them, join them
If the going gets rough, the tough guys get going
The pillars & core values of Japanese business life
Helpfulness of pillars & values during economic downturns
Don´t rock the boat
Advantages Disadvantages
• Use an attitude more cooperative
• Predictability of the consensus
• Lack of strong/minority opinions
• Not showing emotions can cause
misunderstandings
This sentence refers to the warning of
not destabilize a situation by making
trouble.
If you can´t beat them, join them
Advantages Disadvantages
• Allows weaker parties to survive
• Provides more power, influence
• Helps to fight other adversaries
• Helps to achieve goals easier
• Could be hard to collaborate
between parties
• Could be opinion disagreements
between parties
• Smaller party could lose their
identity
Idiom used to describe the overwhelming power of one’s adversaries and therefore it is recommended to join their cause rather than fight for your own in order to survive in the surrounding environment.
If the going gets rough, the tough
guys get going
Advantages Disadvantage
• Motivation to reach the goal
• Continue and adjust
• Decisiveness
•The possibility to loose the
contribution of people who are not
tough
• Lost of flexibility
When situation gets difficult the most
competent and strongest characters are
more prone to act
According to Hofstede Japan is a collectivistic culture
No individual efforts are made to change their plan and get tough in rough situations
The problem is rather solved as a group
The Japanese are not straight forward in their business communication, therefore though language in tough situations is not likely to be shown
If the going gets rough, the tough
guys get going
The pillars & core values of
Japanese business life
Long-term orientation◦ Company is like a family for employees
◦ Long-term strategies
Principle of harmony◦ “Wa” is the harmony, the preservation of good
relationships despite differences in opinion
Consultation system◦ “Ringi seido” is a collective way of taking decision in job
Lack of trade unions◦ No welfare system
◦ No strikes
Helpfulness of pillars & values
during economic downturns
Helpful Detrimental
•The employees have security
because of responsibility of
employer
• Employees are very loyal to the
company
•The employees have the ¨know
how¨ of the company
• Economical planning is not short
sighted
• During downturns the company is
reluctant to make employees
redundant
• During changing situations the
company needs to train own
employees which takes time and
effort
• Sudden changes in economical
situation
Long-term orientation
Helpful Detrimental
• Comfortable atmosphere for the
employees
• Discussion until agreement is
reached
• Discussions to reach agreements
can cause irritations and takes a lot
of time (unable to make fast
decisions)
Principle of harmony
Consultation system
Helpful Detrimental
• Every employee has a say, ideas and
suggestions are taken in
consideration
• Ideas from all hierarchy levels in the
company
• Process takes a lot of time and
acquires involvement of a lot of
individuals
• Inflexible system
Lack of trade union
Helpful Detrimental
• Companies are able to make
unpopular decisions and there is no
opposition to the company power
• Employees have no association
who might be able to help them in
case of reducing the staff
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