Men-Women and Japanese-American Intercultural Communication - Analysis

Men-Wo custody and Japanese-the Statesn Intercultural Communication - Analysis of the Mitsubishi Case accessionIt was my first day in high school. Standing alone in the middle of the play ground looking for anyone I know or can talk to, my eyes was searching all over the place. A pretty blond girl standing alone was a guesswork that, for sure, attracted my attention then. The moment my eyes adage her, my mind started thought of ship canal to talk to her. After some time wasted thinking, I truism a girl I know improvementing the blond. Not will to waste such opportunity, I marched forward toward them. We had a nice claver through which I got to know the blond girl. She turned out to be a very nice and friendly French girl who erect arrived to Egypt few days ago. Not being able to forget her for the peace of mind of the day even before I sleep, I kept thinking how I would ask her out the next day. After long night hours, morning finally came and I was off to school. Although I though the lines I would open my conversation with her more times, I kept hesitating whether to approach her or non when I saw her the next morning. To my surprise, the moment she saw me, she actually called on me, walked towards me saying hi while giving me a kiss on the cheek. With this, I understood that she actually likes me too and she wouldnt reject my invitation for going out together. However, I was astonished when she replied I aim a boyfriend. That was near confusing. To me, the kiss on the cheek was a clear message that I adore you. It was only years later that I understood that for the French, a kiss on the cheek is just saying hi. This kiss just meant totally different things for both of us. Unfortunately, this intercultural miscommunication does not only happen in personal relationships it also occurs in many inter subject deals with millions of dollars on stack. One such example is the famous content of Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing in America. In this paper, I will try to break down the Mitsubishi case as a consequence of intercultural miscommunication between American men and American women cultures, and the Japanese and American cultures.Mitsubishi Case SummaryMitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America (MMMA) started in 1985 as a $500 million 50-50 joint venture, called Diamond-Star, between Chrysler Corporation of the United States and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) ... ...tanding Japanese business practices. Business Horizons Nov-Dec 1992 < http//www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1038/is_n6_v35/ai_13246882>Goode, Erica. How Culture Molds Habits of Thought. New York Times August 8, 2000 http//www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/080800hth-behavior-culture.html>Hofstede, G.H. Cultures consequences International Differences in work-related values. capital of the United Kingdom Sages, 1980.Maltz, Daniel N., and Ruth A. Borker. A Cultural Approach To Male-Female Miscommunication. In Language and favorable Ident ity. modify by John J. Gumperz. Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press, 1982, pp. 196-216.Stewart, Edward C. The Japanese Culture of Organizational Communication. In Organization Communication Emerging Perspectives II. Edited by Lee Thayer. Norwood, N.J. Ablex publication Corporation, 1987, pp. 136-182.Taylor, Jared. Shadows of the Rising Sun. New York Quill Books, 1983.Ulfhielm, Fredrik. Spoken Japanese Linguistic crop on Work Group, Leadership, and Decision-Making. In Organization Communication Emerging Perspectives II. Edited by Lee Thayer. Norwood, N.J. Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1987, pp.107-135.