EXPATRIATE IN JAPAN

国外居住者日本

Flavien BORDE Frédéric BRENNER Yasmine EL AHMADI Marion HARDUIN Roxane GALLENNE

Table of contents

Introduction

page 1

I)

Analysis and explanation of cultural differences A. B. C. D. Components of culture Hofstede’s cultural typology Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions High and low context culture page 2 page 3 page 5 page 6

II)

Implications and pratical recommandations

page 7

Conclusion

page 11

Bibliography

Exhibits

Introduction According to Hofstede, “Culture is the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another. Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values.”

The aim of the report is to help French managers working with Japanese cultures and to understand a number of cross-cultural differences. It is relevant here to notice that there are lot of differences between two countries as Japan and France, which has to be taken into consideration before doing business in Japan. The choice of this country was made for two reasons. First of all, it is a fascinating country by its wealth culture and economic. Then, the fact of making this analysis can make us travel and understand better our future relations with Japanese companies. To analyze the Japanese’s situation it is important to know some general information. Japan has a population of approximately 125 million people packed tightly into a rather small geographic area. Japan’s form of government is parliamentarian democracy under the rule of a constitutional monarch. The Prime Minister is the chief government officer. Japan is the third world economic power. Japan is also a developed country, with a very high standard of living and the biggest life expectancy to the world. However, problems appear: a lower birth rate and the highest weight of the national debt to the world. The following parts will be an analysis of the cultural differences between Japan