A 6 page tutorial paper that addresses a student-presented scenario about a small company expanding to Japan. The writer discusses the need to learn the customs and to practice them if the company is to be successful. Examples are provided related to cultural differences in business practices between the two countries. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the host nation. He successfully moved the company into the national market and believes that the only problems will relate to operating at a distance. As a consultant, the writer
must persuade Mr. Smart that understanding the culture of the company must be amenable to the culture of the country. It will also be cost-effective. Of the nations listed, Japan
will be used as the example.] [Tutorial: In presenting a proposal to this type of business owner, it might help to begin with a tragedy that really happened as a
result of not knowing and understanding the culture of the host nation, even though it was in a different company. The purpose is for shock value. We will write the
paper as though we were presenting a report both verbally and in written form.] Mr. Smart, Id like to tell you a story about something that happened in China just
a few years ago. The manager of a large U.S. company that is operating in China learned that an employee was stealing from the company. Historically, in the United States,
the companys policy was to fire the employee and report the theft to the local police. The manager in China followed the companys policy - she fired the employee who
was stealing and called the local authorities to report it. She filled out all the required documents regarding what the employee had stolen. The manager subsequently called the authorities to
find out what had happened to the now ex-employee. To her extreme horror, she learned that the employee had been executed. The penalty for stealing was the death penalty
(Digh, 1997). I doubt that there is object an employee could steal that the companys executives would deem a death sentence was an appropriate punishment. This is obviously an