Essays about: "japanese management style"

Found 5 essays containing the words japanese management style.

  1. 1. Culture and Transnationalism: Exploring the Effects of Perceived Cultural Difference on Business Operations Between Dutch and Japanese Professionals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Olivier Duineveld; [2023]
    Keywords : Transnationalism; cultural challenges; othering; sensemaking; schemata; identity; Japan; The Netherlands; Business and Management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The trend towards greater globalisation brings the matter of cultural identity to the foreground. Transnational corporations or business networks are culturally diverse places where cultural othering – simply put, the assumption that someone is fundamentally different from you based on the cultural identity projected on- or associated with them – can significantly impact operations across the hierarchy. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Observation of the Superior-subordinate Relations in Japanese Companies in Japan and Sweden: Comparative Case Study on Nikon and Sony Mobile

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Alina Shteynbok; [2013]
    Keywords : institutional theory; the process of institutionalization; Geert Hofstede s cultural dimensions theory; management practices; joint ventures; Nikon Corporation; Sony Mobile; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to research and compare the situation of management practices in Japanese companies in Japan and in Japanese companies abroad after a joint venture termination, particularly in Sweden. The changing in management style when Japanese companies go abroad is a highly researched topic. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Influence of Power Distance on Leadership Behaviours and Styles : Case Studies of Japanese and French companies operating in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE)

    Author : Sandhiya Goolaup; Tural Ismayilov; [2012]
    Keywords : leadership styles; power distance; cross cultural leadership; leadership behaviours; path goal theory;

    Abstract : As a result of globalization and increase interdependence of the world economies, people from different cultures are interacting more frequently. However, most problems and misunderstandings occur when members of one culture assumes that their own unconscious values and beliefs are equally appropriate in other cultures. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Japan to Sweden; Lean Product Development System in Cultural Contexts

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Oraphin Preechachanchai; Promporn Wangwacharakul; [2011]
    Keywords : Lean; Product development; Lean Product Development System; LPDS; Japanese LPDS; Swedish LPDS; Change management; Creativity fostering;

    Abstract : Irresistibly, Lean has been well-known among manufacturers around the world for quite sometimes due to Toyota success story of Toyota Production System (TPS) or so-called Lean manufacturing. Now that many organizations are going toward the concept of Lean enterprise, this thesis tries to study about Lean Product Development System (LPDS) which is a part it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Japansk trädgårdsdesign i Sverige : en förlorad känsla

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Author : Keiko Düring; [2008]
    Keywords : japansk trädgårdsdesign; japanska gestaltningsprinciper; japansk trädgårdskonst; teträdgårdar; stenträdgårdar;

    Abstract : This is a BA thesis in landscape planning at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate why Japanese gardens, created in Sweden, often lack the feeling connected with Japanese gardens. READ MORE