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organization and its stockholders or others who have interests in the company (1996). This seemingly differs from traditional meas...
finds that her conscience has problems with this assignment and she ultimately rebels. Paralleling Janes story is that of Akiko...
of her people when she states that "Fetuses should be buried properly in accordance with socially accepted ideas even when they ar...
inhumanities against our fighting forces" (Benson V1-V2). Supporters for dropping the bomb have conveniently skewed the fac...
only option it seems is for him and Ohatsu to commit suicide. In the last lines of the poem he laments:...
giri. Osan says, "I could see that you were drifting towards suicide. I felt so unhappy that I wrote a letter, begging her as one ...
would sit down and hold negations. This was a situation where neither side would actually win, but it is this confrontational styl...
in which: "most of the meaning is either implied by the physical setting or presumed...
greatest focus currently is China, a country that will likely become the second largest consumers of automobiles by 2010 (behind t...
Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...
multiple courses, intermission in a garden and then the "solemn thick Tea Ceremony," which is followed by the less solemn thin Tea...
on Japanese cooking, one can derive the healthy benefits with more prepared supermarket finds in the frozen section. For example, ...
instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...
books to protect and career opportunities exist. Still, many women find themselves in the bedroom rather than in the boardroom. Th...
such as the "F and F" project - Futures and Frontiers. Through this project, the company asked all employees to contribute ideas a...
4. Izuhara, M. (2000). Family Change and Housing in Post-War Japanese Society. Burlington, VT: Ashegate Publishing. This analy...
years of hard work they were still more than five thousand dollars in debt - by leaving her Hawaiian hell, however, she could no m...
entire society will suffer. Why limit the contributions of half the population because of the tradition of male dominance? Becau...
on problem solving using teams as just mentioned, and Shewharts wheel - plan, do, check, act; recognition of the need for continuo...
the likes of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns (Wiener, 1998). In 1961, Yoko returned to Japan with Cage in order ...
into Zen Buddhism, which absorbed much of its metaphysical orientation from Taoist teachings (Suzuki 4). Unlike Indian Buddhism,...
would take place there ("Bushido," 2005). It would be with the ending of the Edo period that loyalty and restraint would emerge as...
There was Pearl Harbor and there was the internment in the United States to boot. During the cold war days, there was a great deal...
period (Kyoto International Community House, 2005). Japan was far more humid than China it seems and as such these designs were qu...
trust and empower employees. Looking to theory Zuboff (1988) saw structures that were flatter and gave employers more discretion a...
63). Through incremental decrees, the Meiji government moved toward creating a highly centralized, bureaucratic government. Duri...
a renowned Japanese architect who makes his home in Osaka. The new museum is "dedicated to the relics and techniques of ancient Ja...
gap through which women continued to receive and even some praise from men in regards to their abilities as writers (Reichhold). ...
or may not be one that would be assisted by implementing TQM. If the corporate umbrella means a single management style, then, TQM...
to examine that education system. A specific emphasis will be placed on the phenomena we know as "exam hell", a process through w...