Working for a Japanese Company: Insights Into the Multiculture Workplace

by Robert M. March

Book Overview

Providing a look into the complex world of the multicultural, Japanese-ownedrganization, this book examines differenced in employee relations,anagement methods and interpersonal behaviour. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770020856
• ISBN13: 9784770020857
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

A Perfect Fit

I am an American working for the top Japanese executives at a Japanese-owned company in the U.S. I landed this job due to 18 years prior experience working with the Japanese. Many things have changed in the Japanese-American working atmosphere since this book was published in 1992. The younger Japanese are much more open, pro-American and savvy. And, at least in my company, the Japanese have made a great effort to apply "when in Rome." But still, with many older Japanese (50+) expatriates working in America, there can be cultural misunderstandings. I've personally experienced several embarrassing situations that might have been avoided if I had read this book earlier. An unexpected part of my job has been as a liaison between the Japanese and Americans, fielding questions that the Americans have about the Japanese and visa versa. So, because of this book, I can better answer these questions, and my position here has therefore been gaining in value. Author, Robert M. March, has done a great deal to improve international relations - this book would go far to help relationships anywhere. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to work for the Japanese.