1.Identify three scenes where you came across information on cultural differences between Japan and American workplaces. Please restrict each scene within 3-4 lines. ANS: From the Gung Ho Movie‚ it is not hard to recognize that there are lots of differences in culture‚ value‚ and work attitude between Japanese and American. Three scenes from the movie where the cultural differences are shown distinctly‚ are given below- 1. At work‚ Japanese production supervisors make the point that individual
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TU Braunschweig Film Analysis and Interpretaion Dr. Lucia Krämer Wise 2011/2012 Komplexe Hausarbeit The language in The Big Lebowski as a representation of a way of life Tabea Hrdina 4017747 05.06.12 Table of contents Chapter Page 1. Introduction...................................................................................1 2. Language and Identity....................................................................2 3
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Ho-Chunk Nation The Ho-Chunk Nation’s culture and beliefs have sustained them for centuries which make their tribe one of the strongest Native American Tribes in the United States today. Their tribe is made up of 7‚071 members‚ due to the devotion of the tribe elders passing along traditions to the younger generations. Today‚ the Ho-Chunk Nation is a non-reservation tribe with 3‚407 acres of trust land and 5‚310 acres of taxable land. The Tribe had to repurchase this land that they once owned from
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Gung-Ho means “Work together” Introduction Gung Ho demonstrates a cross-cultural relationship between the Americans and the Japanese people working together towards the goal. In this movie‚ a Japanese car manufacturer company takes over an American car manufacturing plant. The American workers were in conflict with the Japanese style of management. Situation Hunt Stevenson takes the leadership role and becomes the liaison between the Japanese executive team and the American workers. At first
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the Japanese. After that the Viet Minh was created and controlled by Ho Chi Minh. The Viet minh started the august reolution to take control over the government. This ended the Nguyen dynasty. Ho chhi minh tried to declare Vietnam independent but it was never recognized. This was all part of the war in Vietnam form 1945-1946 and the French Vietnamese war that lasted into the mid 50’s. According to Michael Hunt‚ what was Ho Chi Minh’s goal in employing the Communist revolutionary lessons? Did
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Ho Chi Minh‚ regarded by many historians as one of the greater leaders of people rose from poor obscurity to lead and emancipate the people of Vietnam. Born Nguyen Sinh Cung into a mandarin family in Nghe An‚ Central Vietnam in 1890 ‚ Ho’s beginnings were amongst the lower class. He was educated at the Lycee Quoc-hoc‚ a nationalist school in Hue‚ founded by the Minister Ngo Dinh Kha father of Ngo Dinh Diem who would later become the USA’s puppet ruler of South Vietnam . Ho travelled the world
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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1869) Background to Vietnam’s Nationalist Movements Ancient Vietnam * Vietnam was once ruled by the Han and Tang Dynasties of China for over a thousand years until 939‚ and then from 1407 to 1428 * As such the Vietnamese had a strong sense of national identity‚ and also frequently put up violent resistance to foreign rulers. In the end Vietnamese resolve always overcame the patience and resources of the foreign rulers. * Northern Vietnam was ruled by the Trinh family
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27‚ 2011 Gung-Ho And Office Space: How NOT To Manage Chapter 1 of James C. McCroskey’s “Organizational Communication for Survival” states that “some people believe ‘competent communication’ is ‘competent communication’ no matter where it is practiced”. (1) I believe this to be entirely untrue. Subordinate to subordinate communication differs greatly from subordinate to supervisor communication. As is true for different cultures communicating. In the movies “Office Space” and “Gung-Ho” we see two
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Difference between American and Japanese Culture In class we have recently just finished the movie Gung-Ho that illustrates to us the many difference between American and Japanese cultures. Although this movie focused on the difference between the work cultures‚ we still learn about the difference in way of life. In the movie Gung-Ho‚ a Japanese motor company comes to America to manufacture cars for the U.S. With in the first day of operations we see that the Japanese have a very different
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Ho chi minh ¨Ho Chi Minh was born Nguyen Tat Tanh in Vietnam in 1890. His father‚ Nguyen Sinh Huy was a teacher employed by the French. ¨He had a reputation for being extremely intelligent but his unwillingness to learn the French language resulted in the loss of his job. To survive‚ Nguyen Sinh Huy was forced to travel throughout Vietnam‚ offering his services to the peasants. This usually involved writing letters and providing medical care. ¨As a nationalist‚ Nguyen taught his children to resist
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