1. Gung Ho
When East Meets West!

2. GUNG HO
TOPIC 3 - LEADERSHIP

3. GUNG HO
PREPARE A SUMMARIZATION OF THE MOVIE
• WHAT CONCLUSIONS CAN YOU DRAW
FROM THE MOVIE?
• IS THERE ANY BIAS IN THE MOVIE?

4. COMPARE & CONTRAST
JAPAN VS. U.S
Workers
Policies
Respect
Families
Culture
Lifestyle
Other

5. INDIVIDUALISM VS
COLLECTIVISM
Define Individualism & Collectivism
• How do the differences between individualism and
collectivism affect the working relationships between the
Japanese and the Americans? Providence evidence

6. HIGH VS LOW
CONTEXT STYLES?
• Provide examples of the
Americans low context
(direct) communication
style
• Provide examples of the
Japanese high context
(indirect)
communication style

7. HIGH VS LOWER
POWER DISTANCE
STYLES
Provide examples between the two
distance styles of communication
Japanese - higher
American - lower

8. MASCULINITY VS.
FEMININITY STYLES
Achievement & Success Perfectionism & Workaholism

9. UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
INDEX
Culture’s Ability to Deal with Uncertain Situations.

10. LONG VS. SHORT-TERM
ORIENTATION
• How Society Maintains Some Links to its Past
• Deals with Challenges of Both the Present and Future

11. INDULGENCE
VS.
RESTRAINT
• Society that allows relatively free gratification of drives related to enjoying
life and having fun
• Suppresses gratification of needs

12. PROVIDE EVIDENCE
HUNT VS KAZIHIRO?
HOW DOES IT AFFECT THEIR GROUPS &
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
ADOPTING PARTS OF ONE
ANOTHER’S CULTURE

13. TAKE A SIDE
Management
American
Japanese
• Strengths, Weaknesses
• Provide examples