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- Quality vs. Cost vs. in Japan
- May 7th, 2013Category: Culture
- “Have you been to that Taiwanese restaurant out on Route 6? You have to go – it’s so cheap!” I was pretty skeptical – in my native UK there are many things you might say to recommend a restaurant but “cheapness” isn’t generally one of them. In the end, I was pers ... » Continue Reading
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- Why Japan is Winning and “Western Management” isn’t.
- March 22nd, 2013Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- “Why was ‘Sunday Trading’ banned in England but never in Scotland?” I remember being completely stumped when the head of the MBA/MSc Programme at Queen Margaret University, Richard Bent, asked our class this question. The history of religion in Scotland and Engla ... » Continue Reading
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- Does “Management” Exist in Corporate Japan?
- March 8th, 2013Category: Teaching in Japan, Work, Work Tips
- What's the Japanese word for "Project Management"? Well, if you say the English words with a Japanese accent, you are probably pretty close. Like so many technical words of foreign origin, the Japanese simply render an approximation of the term with their "loan w ... » Continue Reading
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- Jinmyaku (Networking) and Saabisu
- January 25th, 2013Category: Culture, Networking Events, Work Tips
- To get ahead in Japan, it isn’t who you know – it’s how long you’ve known them! Traditional Japanese values dictate that the length of a relationship almost always correlates with the depth and importance of the relationship, and so the Japanese system of develop ... » Continue Reading
