Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in BusinessSince its original publication, Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in Business, the pioneering work on the subject, has been the standard guide for Westerners doing business with the Japanese--either here or abroad. In this new edition Boyd Lafayette De Mente, who has been living and working in Japan for more than twenty-five years, examines those characteristics that epitomize the Japanese character and business personality. De Mente explains how concepts from daily life extend to dealings in business and how loyalty to the family and nation applies to professional relationships as well. Throughout this book De Mente offers invaluable advice to Westerners wishing to do business with the Japanese. In an all new chapter De Mente compares the Japanese and Western approaches to business pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each. This is the one book on Japanese business structure and practices that offers explanations for what appears to many foreigners to be confusing and contradictory behavior by their Japanese counterparts. As part of a rationale for Japan's economic achievements, De Mente has formulated "Japan's Five Commandments for Success," which he presents here for the first time. No other hook is as informative about the cultural factors that shape business practices in Japan. The insights that De Mente has gathered as the results of his long experience in Japan are presented on every page. No one who goes East with the intention of doing business with the Japanese should do so without first consulting Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in Business. "I am delighted to see this revised and expanded edition of a book that has become something of a classic over the decades. Boyd De Mente's long experience in Japan . . . has given him a keen insight into the cultural factors that shaped and still control management practices in Japan." -- Yasutaka Sai, Vice President International Japan Management Association "This book is 'must' reading for anyone with even a marginal interest in Japan and Japanese business." -- William K. Nickoson, President Asia Dynamics (Japan) Ltd. "Until foreign businesspeople fully understand and learn how to cope with the cultural factors underlying Japanese society, particularly such elements as discrimination and egotism, they will not be able to understand or work effectively with the Japanese. Boyd De Mente's Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in Business provides the basis for this understanding, along with practical advice on bridging cultural differences." -- John Artise, Vice President Drake Beam Morin, Inc. |
Contents
Tate Shakai Living and Working in | 22 |
Wa Peace and Harmony in | 36 |
Kaisha The Japanese Company | 58 |
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Seminar Papers, Issues 39-47 University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Dept. of Geography No preview available - 2008 |
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Akio Morita amae amakudari American attitudes bars become behavior bucho business in Japan clan communication concept Confucian cultural customers deal develop drinking economic employees English especially ethics executive face factor feel feudal Japan firms Foreign businessmen function fundoshi geisha gifts graduates hanko harmony hire human important individual industrial Japa Japanese business Japanese businessmen Japanese etiquette Japanese language Japanese management Japanese society kacho kind Konosuke Matsushita language larger Japanese companies literally means lives Matsushita meet meibutsu ment miso mizu shobai name-cards Nemawashi nese ness obligations one's oyabun panies parties person political practice principles promoted rank refers relations relationship responsibility result role samurai samurai warrior seniority Shinto Shogun shokaijo Sobetsu social someone superior term things tion Tokyo traditional Japanese tsukiai typical Japanese usually vertical Western businessmen women word workers Yamato Damashii