1.What were the triggers of cultural change in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural change starting to affect traditional values in Japan? In the 1990s when Japanese economic growth slowed down for a long time firms where forced to change the way of doing business. They started to fire older employees. The younger generation‚ which grow up wealthy‚ saw this process and concluded that loyalty to one company might be not the best for themselves. The difference between the postwar generation and
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COMMENTS THE TRANSNATIONAL APPLICATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS: A CULTURAL BARRIER IN JAPAN JACQUELINE M. EFRON* 1. INTRODUCTION Globalization is shaping the world in which we live.’ Although globalization began as an economic process‚ it has turned into a cultural‚ political‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and humanistic event.2 Globalization has forced corporations to expand their operations across geographical borders‚’ and has resulted in an increase in the number of multinational
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References: Welsh‚ Ron. How Cultural Differences Affect Your Global Marketing Message. Raw Power Writing. Retrieved from: http://www.rawpowerwriting.com/article.asp?id=9 Entering a Foreign Market. Advice Center. BDC Entrepreneurs First. Retrieved: http://www.bdc.ca/en/advice_centre/articles/Pages/exporting_entering
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Japan Cultural Profile: Japan Alejandra Valencia-Gomez Student ID: 958609 Cross Cultural Communication‚ Section B Professor Gibson Tuesday 15 November‚ 2011 When entering a guest country‚ customs are not exactly‚ or nowhere near‚ the same as what they are back home. However‚ there are always general guidelines to aid your time in your welcoming country. For example‚ in Japan avoiding confrontation is essential. The Japanese will often withhold from expressing their true feelings in order
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CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON JAPAN. Cultural influences are geographical‚ historical as well as familiar features that have an effect on the assessment and intercession processes. These influences are always reflected in the society. In this case‚ cultural influences on Japan come from the ambitious Han dynasty in China‚ Korean customs‚ the spread of the Mongols‚ and the birth of Islamic advancement. All those events are reflected in Japan’s culture today which makes Japan a complicate country to develop
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Changes in Shogunate Japan During the Shogunate period (794-1867) of Japan a number of important changes took place in the areas of social structure‚ military and religion. Shogunate Japan was a time of war and warriors in the early 794CE till 1867CE. Japan was once joint to the main land by 2 land bridges but after the last ice age they became under water and Japan is now made up of small island is to the off scores of China towards the east. These listed changes affected and impacted Shogunate
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Significant Cultural Changes in the Renaissance/Reformation that Demonstrate the Aspects of Humanism Humanism is a new education in which was reformed to give more attention to the Greeks and the Romans‚ and to help many to lead a more virtuous lifestyle. This intellectual movement rapidly gained popularity because the citizens of Italy liked the idea of having a greater worth as an individual. A change in education in which exemplified the greater knowledge of the classics and the outlawing of
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LIFESTYLE CHANGES IN JAPAN 1 Like many other countries‚ Japan is in the midst of major social change. The area of Japanese life that has changed the most since World War II is the family. The greatest shifts have been seen in women’s lives‚ but men’s lives have been altered as well. Changes in Women’s Lives 2 Two of the most significant changes in the lives of Japanese women are the extension of their average lifespan and the decrease in the average number of children they have. In 1935 the
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Organization Culture And Change Organizational culture – a popular but also a very complex concept – has been identified as an influential factor affecting the successes and failures of organizational change efforts. Organizational culture could be looked at as the pattern of shared valued‚ beliefs and assumptions considered being the appropriate way to think and act within an organization (Schneider‚ 1985). In other words‚ culture: the pattern of shared values‚ beliefs and assumptions considered
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Cultural changes that occurred during the time period of 600-1450 C.E. along the Indian Ocean trade route was that Islam was introduced and Buddhism was founded and spread along the route. As for cultural continuities‚ the caste system during this time period‚ and the use of the language Sanskrit remained the same during this era. One change along the Indian Ocean trade route was that there was the introduction of Islam in Southeast Asia‚ the Swahili city states‚ and of course‚ India. Islam had
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