Relationships and rules Japanese ways of dealing in business has to do with their culture and religion (Shint and

Buddhism) which both apply unity of people and the importance of relatives in a general sense. Japanese tend to be a particular nation in a sense that they treat each other as a brother, a sister, a friend, a husband or a wife; therefore when a person get in trouble, they would have the action to contribute as a group and act as related people would do in this kind of situation, in which they share an importance relationship between each other and take the responsibility as a group not individually. Exceptions can be made in which they will help and cooperate in each others problems rather than taking a punishment towards that person. Japanese also think and act on the basis in which that a related or close person is more important than a rule; exceptions can be made when that close person get into trouble. Japanese culture and American culture are extremely different when it comes to universal versus particular. Americans are the extreme universal culture, in which if a person made a mistake that would be his/her responsibility for not trying harder or avoiding the mistake, also rules are rules that apply to every single person no exceptions for any kind of related relationships. American culture tends to be an extreme business culture that seen as a harsh culture in other countries. On the other hand Japanese culture tend to be the opposite of the American culture, in which if a person get into trouble the whole group would take responsibilities and would consider that persons mistake as a group mistake for not looking hard enough after that person and that they would all contribute and protect that person from any kind of trouble even if it costs them all of their jobs. Comparing American to Japanese culture, American culture tend prefer to deal with rules rather than giving importance to relationships on the other hand Japanese culture are the opposite of the American culture when it comes to business dealing and managing. A sign of respect and honor toward each other in the Japanese culture is to assign the team leader on the basis of age and experience in life rather that the certificate that person holds and in which all of their problems and suggestion or any other matter would go to that person and on the basis of that the whole group will contribute into working towards that particular problem or goal without telling the upper management in some cases if it might put one of the team member into punishment; this shows what a unity nation Japanese people are. The way of dealing in a business shows universalism versus particular. Contracts shows the way of dealings and all that related to doing business between two parties, in America it has to be on paper with lawyers to make sure that both parties stick to their word and stay to their side of the deal or otherwise price will be costly. On the other hand in Japan a spoken word between the two heads bosses of the two parties is more than enough in which they consider it as a word oh honor. Concerning the trip time in business; in America it takes less than a day since they arent really interested in building a relationship but a business deal, but in Japan it takes couple of days to build a trust worthy relationship between the two parties and any haste in the process might get the Japanese suspicious and therefore they might end deal. The role in the head office to the particular nations such as Japan tend to form in each group their own personal standards of specific rules, through relationships and towards their leader. Generally the more the culture is a particularist the more commitment between employees and employer. However in universal cultures such as America the communications between employees and employers seems farther than those systems found in particular cultures; plus workers seem to prefer to work individually rather than in groups.