Navigating the Japanese company
NEW! 1 hour module on navigating the Japanese company as an employee or partner
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Whether you've just joined a Japanese company, are preparing for a recruitment interview with Japanese company or looking to partner with a Japanese company, this course will help you understand and navigate Japanese corporate culture from etiquette to decision making. It also takes a look at the challenges Japanese companies face and how they are changing.
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.
Course Curriculum
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Preview1. Introduction (3:05)
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Start2. Japanese corporate culture (6:57)
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Start3. Group and individual orientation (4:27)
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Start4. Process vs result (6:04)
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Start5. Decision making style (6:12)
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Start6. Verbal and nonverbal communication (6:00)
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Start7. Direct and indirect communication and conflict (6:00)
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Start8 Communication tips (7:01)
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Start9. Japanese business etiquette (6:23)
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Start10. Key processes - Hansei (5:39)
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Start11. Key processes - Horenso (2:49)
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Start12. Review (5:16)