3. Work style
1 hour interactive module on understanding the Japanese cooperative, streamlined and process oriented way of working - kaizen, 5S
- Vocabulary test - how many of these Japanese concepts do you know?
- Assess your own preferences for:
- Value of time - is it important to be on time and not waste time, or to be flexible?
- Process orientation - is there one right way of doing things, or is the result more important than how you did it?
- Independent action - should employees be capable of working independently or should they keep their manager in the loop?
- Twenty minute video of a narrated slideshow in English on working with Japanese colleagues and managers covering concepts such as the 5 S system, problem solving and kaizen with case studies illustrating different cultural preferences for how teams work together
- Country backgrounds for each preference for Japan, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA and Vietnam
- A course certificate certifying 1 hour of Continuing Professional Development is available
What people have said about this course:
"I found it professionally beneficial and could get much out of it" (Japanese ICT company, India)
"It was a very good course providing us with deep insight about the working style of the Japanese people" (Subject Matter Expert, Japanese ICT company, India)
Your Instructor
Pernille Rudlin was brought up partly in Japan and partly in the UK. She is fluent in spoken and written Japanese, and lived in Japan for 9 years.
She has worked for two of Japan's largest multinationals in a variety of roles from sales to marketing to HR to corporate planning.
Pernille Rudlin holds a B.A.(Hons) from Oxford University in Modern History and Economics and an M.B.A. from INSEAD and she is the author of several books and articles on cross cultural communications and business.
Since starting Japan Intercultural Consulting’s operations in Europe in 2004, Pernille has conducted seminars for Japanese and European companies in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA, on Japanese cultural topics, post merger integration and on working with different European cultures.
She is a non-executive director of Japan House London, a Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiative and a trustee of the Japan Society of the UK.