Gung Ho‚ Movie Analysis – Group 6 LLSMS2065B Cross-Cultural Competences and Management Group project – Film analysis Gung Ho (1986) Professors Marie-Thérèse Claes Ina Ehnert Louvain School of Management ‐ Academic year 2012‐2013 1 Gung Ho‚ Movie Analysis – Group 6 Table of Content Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 1. Presentation of the movie‚ “Gung Ho” ....
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The Gung Ho Movie‚ starring Michael Keaton‚ is a great representation of the cultural differences that may arise between businesses when working together internationally. This movie‚ more specifically‚ expresses differences between the business approaches of America companies compared to Japanese companies. The plot is based on an American car factory that was shutdown and purchased by a Japanese company‚ Assan Motors. The factory is a lead source for the economy in the Midwestern town it is based
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Creating Synergy in my life Gung Ho was a wonderful book of approach for developing and improving organizational culture and performance. Author uses three reassessment guideposts to explain the way to create an organization that contains productive and committed and employees. Three reassessment guideposts are spirit of the squirrel‚ way of the beaver‚ and gift of the goose. As I read the book‚ I evaluated myself‚ whether the 3 principles are applicable to my life or my church is applying the
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"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." - Dr. Geert Hofstede (Beyond your Borders). The movie Gung Ho (a Chinese expression for "work together")‚ demonstrates a cross-cultural relationship between the Americans and the Japanese working together towards achieving the goal of reviving an American car manufacturing plant (Assan Motors) (Definition of Gung Ho). However‚ conflict arises due to the tremendously different
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Christayani R. (112012006) Intercultural Encounter in a Working Place Living together with people from different cultural context will expose us to the differences of the culture clearer rather than its similarities (Pattiwael‚ 2015). This kind of situation is faced by the Americans and the Japanese people who have experienced an intercultural encounter in the movie of “Gung Ho”. Gung Ho is a movie that tells about the clash of cultures after a certain group of Japanese work together with American
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GUNG-HO Gung-Ho is a movie about the takeover of an American automobile factory in Hadleyville‚ Pennsylvania by a Japanese company. The term Gung Ho is a Chinese expression for “work together” which is what the movie is about. As the Americans and Japanese attempt to work together the viewers are able to see the cross-cultural conflicts and huge misunderstandings that happen throughout the movie because of the differences in culture‚ work attitude‚ management styles‚ and values between the two
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Gung Ho The movie Gung Ho portrayed the takeover of an American car factory by a Japanese corporation. It shows a clash of cultures between the Americans and the Japanese after Hunt Stevenson successfully convinced the Japanese to reopen the automobile factory in a small town. When the Japanese employers show up‚ they expect that the Americans share the same type of work ethics that they have practiced. On the first day of the joint venture‚ Kazihiro addresses the American workers: "We must build
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Gung Ho! By Ken Blanchard Gung Ho was a story about a small town factory that was underperforming‚ and a new manager and seasoned employee who used the below principals to turn the plant into a world-class process. The Spirit of the Squirrel Ï Worthwhile work X Important X Leading to shared goals X Value-driven Ï I try to ensure the work I do is driving value for the firm‚ and find ways to reduce unnecessary tasks that create additional administrative burden on others. For example
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Japanese values. What impact do these values have on Japanese business dealings? To what extent is it important for non-Japanese to be aware of Japanese values? As far as my understanding of the movie Gung Ho‚ there are some basic Japanese values worth being analyzed for example‚ Japanese shows high level of politeness. During the early scene of the Japanese making their way out of the airplane‚ the Americans spreads out red carpet and the Japanese naturally take off their shoes. Japanese also tend
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Group Behavior in GUNG HO OUTLINE OF REPORT I. Introduction II. Research Question III. Discussion of the Main Framework: Group Behavior Model IV. Analysis and Interpretation V. Conclusion I. INTRODUCTION In the movie Gung Ho‚ Hunt Stevenson is sent to Tokyo to convince the Assan Motors Corporation to take over the recently closed Hadleyville auto plant. The Japanese company agrees‚ and upon the arrival of their management team in the US many changes are introduced‚ among them lower
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