Japanese business keywords

Defining Nemawashi

Articles, Japanese business keywords, Working with Japanese by Rochelle Kopp

Similar to the phrase “getting everyone on the same page”, all decisions are made by group consensus, each part of the organization is listened to and its needs addressed, through...

ho-ren-so working with a Japanese supervisor manager in business

Are you being micromanaged? no, it’s “horenso”

Articles, Japanese business keywords by Rochelle Kopp

What looks like interference may simply be "horenso," an acronym for ongoing consultation that is fundamental in Japanese business...

Gurobaru jinzai ikusei – new Japanese HR trend

Articles, Global management, HR management, Japanese business keywords by Rochelle Kopp

For many Japanese companies it has become apparent that the most attractive prospects for continued growth and success are to be found outside Japan....

Oidashibeya – Japanese Purgatory

Articles, HR management, Japanese business keywords by Rochelle Kopp

Employees are typically placed in a room, often windowless...

What to do with the window gazing tribe

Articles, HR management, Japanese business keywords by Pernille Rudlin

Honne and Tatemae

Articles, Japanese business keywords, Japanese culture by Rochelle Kopp

My biggest concern about including honne and tatemae when explaining Japanese culture to non-Japanese is that it makes it sound like Japanese have a unique propensity to be liars...

Power harassment – Japanese workplace bullying

Articles, HR management, Japanese business keywords by Rochelle Kopp

For many Japanese, the only kind of management style they have ever experienced is one in which subordinates are treated harshly and no complaints are tolerated. . This...

When Japanese say “We must confirm”—what does this mean?

Articles, Cross-cultural communication, Japanese business keywords by Patricia Pringle

Your Japanese colleagues probably have a pretty good command of English, but they may not be aware of the nuances a seemingly simple sentence such as “We must confirm” may...

Power harassment

Articles, HR management, Japanese business keywords by Rochelle Kopp

Communication Kaizen

Articles, Japanese business, Japanese business keywords by Patricia Pringle

If we approached the communication between the Japanese and Americans in our organizations with the same open spirit and common sense, we could increase our communication productivity and avoid misunderstandings....

Japanese business keywords

Defining Nemawashi

Are you being micromanaged? no, it’s “horenso”

Gurobaru jinzai ikusei – new Japanese HR trend

Oidashibeya – Japanese Purgatory

What to do with the window gazing tribe

Honne and Tatemae

Power harassment – Japanese workplace bullying

When Japanese say “We must confirm”—what does this mean?

Power harassment

Communication Kaizen

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