First of all, read and study the following drills mentioned during the
conversation. Then, click on PLAY to listen and repeat them aloud.
If you ask any Japanese businessman what he does,
he will almost invariably answer by saying, "I am a Sony man"
instead of telling you whether he's an engineer or an accountant.
The people are the only resource Japan possesses.
Once you are employed or hired by the company, you
remain with this company until your retirement.
In general, in a Japanese corporation, everybody is
more or less trained to be a generalist rather than a specialist.
They arrive at an agreement, the consensus, and
then everybody is involved in the process. It's not like an American way
of decision making by one big executive or the president.
STEP 7
Activities with Answers
A.
Listen to Ms. Tomomi
Moriwake giving a number of tips for
doing business with the Japanese. Click
on each audio and complete the chart
with the recommendations she makes and
the reasons she gives by choosing the
best alternative. Finally, check your
answers with the audio transcriptions.
