1) Destiny –
According to the U.S culture they believe that a person has full control on his destiny & thus believes that one can create one’s destiny no matter how charged they gate,
I AM CAPTAIN OF MY FATE,
I AM MASTER OF MY SOUL,
However Indian believes that they have no control on their destiny due to the law of karma which highlights one is born to repay ones death and all the pleasure and pain one gets is due to the accumulation of the right or wrong of one’s past life
On the other hand Japanese culture believes in co creating ones destiny, to group efforts. They believe in synergy which comes from brain storming and the belief, “many hands make light work”.
2) Decision Making –
U.S culture stresses on the “left” brainthinking or I.Q. and on a rational. Logical approach to decision which is based on facts & figures. Indian cultures has always nourished the “right” brainthiking which is based on ones emotional intelligence it is based in the “inner voice of conscience” commonly known as “gut feeling” to intuition.
Japanese culture on the other hand is based on “brainstorming” where in quality circles a common problem in a company is taken up and all participate in finding a solution which can be implemented.
3) Conflict Resolution –
In the U.S. culture they believe in respecting each other yet openly disagreeing. This way they put across their views to each other and resolve any conflicts.
However in India, we believe in suppressing, not communicating our disagreements by maintaining silence and status quo we resolve our differences.
In Japan they believe in having a dialogue where everyone is free to express their views and thus are able to resolve conflicts in a very mature way.
4) Respect –
According to the U.S culture one is given respect to one’s self and for one’s merit they also believe in dignity of labor and freedom of speech they do not respect someone just because of seniority.
Indians and Japanese cultures show lot of reverence for elders and for seniority. Even the promotions in the company are on merit.
5) Management –
Orientation of the U.S.is based on increasing the bottom line, profits, reducing cost and all this targets are quantitative which does not considers human dynamics.
On the other hand in India, it is more based on human development on soft skills and a balance between man and machine.
Similarly according to the Japanese culture – there is a holistic attitude which aims at using effectively all the resources.
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