differents between japan and usa

1. COMPARISON OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
IN U.S.A AND JAPAN
Presentation by,
Vishnu v s
Ist sem MBA

2. JAPAN
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific
Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North
Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk
in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.

3. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the
United States (US), America, or simply the States, is a federal republic
consisting of 50 states, 16 territories, and a federal district.

4. speeD v/S Consistency
Speed vs. Consistency
Generally U.S. company’s decision
making is quick. Superiors give some
great leeway to subordinates so that
they can decide and make decisions
quickly. Unfortunately there are some
errors that can come because of that.
Japanese company’s decision
making is in stages along their
corporate hierarchy. Their decisions
are very cautious and conservative
and sometimes slower than U.S.
companies. These stages are backed
by plenty of meetings and
documentation. This minimizes error
and brings consistency at all levels.

5. Roles & Responsibilities
Roles & Responsibilities for
Individual vs. Group
The U.S. company’s roles are very
individualized. Contribution of
individual is very important as
linked to company goals.
Japanese companies require
individual contribution to the whole
group but recognize that the whole
group must succeed otherwise the
individual’s contribution has no
meaning.

6. RisK TakerS v/S risk Adverse cultureS
If we ask something to achieve for
them, they’ll say “We can do it”
even they thought they can do it
50-70% probabilities. After they
accepted, they try to achieve as
close to 100%.
Risk Takers vs. Risk Adverse
cultures
If the Japanese feel that it’s
possible to achieve most likely
100%, they don’t say “Yes”. Their
agreement is careful because they
want to be accurate. They make
sure it is exactly 100%What the
Japanese say is important. If they
are not right it will reflect bad on
them.

7. Time Spent
US companies aim to do
meetings efficiently as much as
they can. The meetings are
fewer and less time. If meetings
are too plenty the people seem
to resist them.
Time Spent Collaborating vs.
Collaborating Time Spent
Meetings are very common in
large companies. They value the
process to agree with everyone
who is related to their project, so
they have many meetings and
spend a lot of time in meetings.

8. CommunicatioN
Remote vs. Face-to-Face
communications
Contacting clients by email or on
the phone seems to be more
natural in conducting business
relationships.
They respect meeting each
other face to face. It is important
to them for conducting business
relationships.

9. StructurE
Loose vs Structured Working
Styles
Basically the working style is
almost the same as Japan. It is
very flexible, where working from
home is very normal. They have a
cubicles for each employee which
focuses on a persons
independence-high walls,
isolation, and spaciousness.
Most Japanese companies work
regular office hours and they don’t
permit working at home. The work
environment is set like a school
class where the head of the
department is at the top of a row
of desks. There are group
oriented- no walls, no cubicles
and closeness.

10. RewarD
Self-Sponsored vs. CompanySponsored Retirement Rewards
employee salary system, This
system is one of the things that does
not encourage people to stay with
companies. One exception is the
pension systems in the US.
Japanese are encouraged to stay in
one company by the monetary
rewards. These are company
sponsored payments independent of
the person’s salary. The longer they
stay the higher the company
sponsored payout is to them.

11. Personal life v/S work lifE
Personal Life vs. Professional Life
Family and personal time is the
priority in the US. Work-Life balance
is a must. There is some socializing
outside of work but not as a group.
In Japan, priority is on the work life.
It is given work is the center of life.

12. Did you KnoW..?
Japan's literacy rate is almost 100%.
Coffee is very popular and Japan imports approximately 85% of
Jamaica's annual coffee production
Many couples in Japan celebrate Christmas like Valentine's Day. It is definitely more of
a "lovers" holiday in Japan

13. Did you knoW..?
Twenty-seven percent
on the moon.
of Americans believe we never landed
Liberty was a gift from france, the
seven rays on her
crown represents the seven continents
The current flag of the U.S.A was designed
old for a school project.
by a 17- year