LEVI STRAUSS JAPAN K.K. CASE REPORT TIME CONTEXT : May 1993 POINT OF VIEW : Mr. A. John Chappell President and Representative Director MAIN PROBLEM: Levi Strauss Japan K.K. is faced with the dilemma of shrinkage of jeans market. It appeared that after two years of shrinkage (1990‚ 1991) the market contracted further in 1992. SECONDARY PROBLEMS: 1. Part of the shrinkage of the market can be attributed to the very selective way of choosing retail outlet and sales agents of Levi
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people lived when rice introduced to Japan. Therefore‚ communities or villages began to form and it consisting of farming families. These villages became tightly organized groups which turned out to be the basis of the Japanese societal structure that still survives on into modern times (Varley‚ 2000‚ 5). So the formation of the Japanese society had begun and there is no doubt that the Yayoi period [ca.400 BC – 250 AD] laid the foundation for what later became the Japan of today (Ohnuki-Tierney‚
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1. Beginning of elderly care insurance in Japan Nowadays‚ many developed countries are all faced with a problem: aging of population‚ among which‚ Japanese is the country with the most serious aging in the world. The ones who were born during the baby boom in World War II will be 65 years old soon‚ so that the population of the elderly in Japan will increase rapidly. Meanwhile‚ the birth rate in Japan has continued to drop since from 1980s. The decreasing of birth rate and the increasing of elderly
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Chapter 2 – Culture Summary The concept of culture is sometimes easier to grasp by description rather than definition. All human groups possess culture‚ which consists of the language‚ beliefs‚ values‚ norms‚ and material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. Although the particulars of culture may differ from one group to another‚ culture itself is universal-all societies develop shared‚ learned ways of perceiving and participating in the world around them. Culture can be subdivided
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CULTURE What Makes Us Strangers When We Are Away from Home? Culture – is an abstract concept. You can’t touch it or see most of it‚ and much of it can’t be measured. But it has molded each of us into whom and what we are. The way we dress‚ what we eat for dinner and how we eat it‚ how we speak‚ what color we paint our houses‚ and what we think about these things. - is dynamic and adaptive. COMPONENTS of CULTURE 1. Cognitive Process Learning‚ knowledge and perceiving What people think‚ how
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The History of Children’s Day In Japan • This is a national holiday in Japan celebrated on May 5th. Started in 1948‚ Children’s Day is a festive day dedicated to celebrating the health and happiness of all children. The holiday is believed to have begun in china where they would hang medicinal herbs to ward off childhood diseases. In Japan it is often celebrated by giving children kites and hanging streamers. In Japan‚ the Children’s Festival was originally called the “Boy’s Festival” while
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Culture can be basically defined as a pattern of learned behavior and ideas acquired by people as members of society. Culture was created in order to accommodate human beings in different society and establish their identity. Culture is not accustomed to one specific characteristic. It has a multiple dimensions. The way we talk‚ dress‚ eat‚ sleep‚ work and our knowledge and skills can be accustomed to our culture. These human manners are not uniform all over the place so‚ they change over time
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Culture in organisational change Culture of different countries: Hofstede (1980) and his power distance rating. Nestle – have offices in Switzerland and the Phillipines‚ and need to implement changes from top down in the Phillipines compared to Switzerland – as there is a high power distance (Hofstede 1980) so the staff would not take note of the changes if it was not communicated from Management NHS – trying to implement similar culture to Virginia Mason‚ which is based on the Toyota Production
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Japan has the oldest life expectancy in the world. That means people in Japan live a really really long time. Men live to 79 years old. Women live a little over 86 years old. What in the world causes Japanese people to live so long? After WWII‚ Japan had one of the lowest life expectancies in the world‚ which suggests it’s not genetics that keeps them alive for so long (the guy in the picture above just turned 113). It’s not even that Japanese people visit doctors 12+ times a year. The answer is
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Ch. 2 Characteristics of Culture The Concept of Culture Culture is Learned Culture is Shared Culture is Based on Symbols Culture Gives Meaning to Reality Functions of Culture Culture and Change Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism What is Culture? Superstructure: Superstructure A culture’s worldview‚ including morals and values‚ oftentimes grounded in religion Social structure: structure The rule-governed relationships—with all their rights and obligations—that hold members of a society
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