What do American engineers want?
High turnover among the engineering staff is becoming a headache. Other than just money, it seems that American engineers want something else that their Japanese employers may not be...
High turnover among the engineering staff is becoming a headache. Other than just money, it seems that American engineers want something else that their Japanese employers may not be...
Three common issues at Japanese firms –job descriptions, office layout, and correcting of work, may seem unrelated, but actually they all stem from the Japanese concept of organizational roles....
Japan is no longer the completely male-dominated workplace that many outside of Japan think it to be. Businesspeople from outside Japan need to be aware of is the...
In Japan it is rare for a company to use any job descriptions. In fact, many employees don’t even have titles…because Japanese companies do little external hiring, there are...
Japanese HR departments are simply not equipped to learn enough about employees’ skills and interests to match them carefully to positions. As a result, large numbers of Japanese are...
In Japan training is viewed as impractical and not relevant, individually-oriented and thus selfish....
Take matters into your own hands. You may not be able to change the rotation system, but you can change what you yourself do about it. Accept frequent...
In a typical American-style job interview “selling yourself” and “tooting your own horn” are expected behaviors. Coming from a country where modesty is considered to be an important virtue,...
Putting up with difficulties versus speaking out about them -- contrasting approaches in Japanese and American businesses...
A flexible attitude toward job responsibilities is essential to working successfully in Japan...
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