How to Succeed in a Japanese Company(日资公司就职面面观)

If you are one in the growing ranks of Americans working for or doing business with the nearly 10,000 Japanese-owned companies operating in the United States, here is frank and timely guidance. How to Succeed in a Japanese Company explains the nuances and intricacies of topics such as Japanese history and psychology, the protocol of gift-giving and dining, sexual discrimination in the workplace, saving face in awkward situations, avoiding dead-end jobs, climbing the corporate ladder, and much more. The author's expert advice culminates with her Seven Strategies for Success, basic rules you can follow in almost any culture-clashing business situation. ...

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If you are one in the growing ranks of Americans working for or doing business with the nearly 10,000 Japanese-owned companies operating in the United States, here is frank and timely guidance. How to Succeed in a Japanese Company explains the nuances and intricacies of topics such as Japanese history and psychology, the protocol of gift-giving and dining, sexual discrimination in the workplace, saving face in awkward situations, avoiding dead-end jobs, climbing the corporate ladder, and much more. The author's expert advice culminates with her Seven Strategies for Success, basic rules you can follow in almost any culture-clashing business situation.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Why the Japanese Are Different From Us
2 The New Financial Giants of the Twentieth Century
3 The Japan of 1001 Faces
4 Playing the Work Game by Japanese Rules
5 Sex and the Japanese Salaryman
6 Through a Glass Darkly: How Japan and America View Each Other
7 The Japanese Pride and Prejudice
8 The Story of an American Working for the Japanese
9 Union Blues Japanese Style
10 Why Women Are Over the Hill and Out the Door at Thirty
11 The Art of Business Dining Japanese Style
12 Seven Strategies for Success
13 Hitch Your Star to the Rising Sun
Glossary of Japanese Terms
Bibliography
Addresses of Japanese Organizations and Institutions
Index 241