Preparing your business assignment in Japan
Course target
Non-Japanese staff working in enterprises in Japan
This course is designed for Non-Japanese staff working in an enterprise in Japan to gain business skills and knowledge regarding business etiquette, Japanese enterprise work culture, Japanese way of business communication style etc. Through our exercises and case studies in this course, your Non-Japanese staff will be able to make a smooth start of their business in Japan and can prevent possible conflicts due to differences in work culture and work values.
To gain basic business skills to work in Japan (business etiquette, Japanese work value, communication style)
To gain communication competency in cross-cultural work environment
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Course Outline (Sample) Day1 |
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1. Develop attitude /emotional skills for cross-cultural work environment (1)your cultural gap experience (2)Process of adaptation stage (3)Types of negative responses |
Short exercise (20min): your cultural experience. Lecture (20 min): Reading Short exercise(35min):
Recognize types of ineffective responses Short exercise(20min): Analyze your adaptation stage, cross cultural coping skill |
2. Develop cognitive skills for cross-cultural work environment (1) layer of culture Organization Model/ your role Business Value(Quality requirements, "Customer is God?", modesty), etc. Communication style |
Lecture (30min)Culture onion Reading 4.3 Cultural challenge at work Short exercise(30min) : Activity 2.6 stereotypes Short exercise(60 min): Analyzing your business value Lecture (80min) :Reading 1.1 Business Culture Briefing Japan Exercises/ Role-playing (40min) Activity 5.Ho-Ren-So? |
Course Outline (Sample) |
Method |
2. Develop cognitive skills for cross-cultural work environment | Case Study : |
Cross-Cultural Trouble cases with Japanese counterparts | Case Study :
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3. Develop effective cross-cultural communication (1) Communication theory (2) Communication skills
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Lecture (60 min): Reading 8.2 Cross-cultural and virtual communication skills
Exercise(120min): Active listening Questioning, paraphrase etc. Lecture & Role play (60 min): Case: a staff being late for a meeting
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Upon your request. Please contact us for details.
In a meeting/conference room of your company.
55,000JPY(tax included)/hour
- Free pre-visit of our management consultant to plan your customized program.
Free teaching materials. (Text will be sent via e-mail as PDF data. Please print them making available to the course participants)
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Please mail to
Hitonomori Co., Ltd. @Kaigai Jinzai Net. Noda (Ms.)