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TopicsforFinalOralExam(3-4minseach)

1.JeanSafari,anAmericanmanager,wasinvestigatingaseriouserrormadebya

JapaneseworkerattheJapanesesubsidiary（子公司）ofaUSmultinational（

跨

国公司）.Acomponent（零件）hadbeeninsertedupsidedown（颠倒，混乱）

andtheentirebatch（一组）hadbeenpulledoutofproductiontobereworked.

Thecostofthiswashigh.JeanaskedtheJapaneseplantdirectoraboutwhich

employeehadmadetheerror.Hadshebeenidentified?Whatactionwasbeing

takenagainsther?Shewasamazedwhenthedirectorclaimednottoknow.“The

wholeworkgrouphasacceptedresponsibility,”hetoldher.Howdoyou

understandthisexplanation?

==Aswehaveseen,whenaskedwhohadmadetheerror,theJapaneseworker

answered”thewholeworkgrouphasacceptedresponsibility.”However,Jean’s

questionmeanswhichonepersonistoblameforthismistake.Thiscasereflects

thedifferencesbetweenindividualismandcollectivism.JeanisanAmerican

managerwhiletheworkerisJapanese.AmericanculturedeterminesAmerican

attitudeassociatedwithindividualism,theythinkeachpersonseperatedfrom

others,theyusuallythinkintermsof“I”.So,theywillthinkgrouphasrelatively

littleinfluenceonthebehaviorofgroupmembers.That’swhyJeanaskedwhich

employeehadmadetheerror,youknowit’swhichonepeople.Ontheothe