Japanese Business Culture

Japan-Indonesia Companies’ Approach of Doing Business in the Global World

(In Relationship with Each Culture)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

Nowadays, business is an integral part of the world. There are many companies which are run in various fields. And usually, every company in this world has different way of doing the business, can be influenced by factors such as: culture, social-economic, political, etc.

Webster's Dictionary defines companies culture as the shared attributes, goals and practices that characterizes a company or corporation and the company occupies a uniquely important place in both in Japanese business culture and society

In this paper, mostly it will discuss about characteristics of both Japanese and Indonesian

The difference we can notice is that they are all very service oriented and of course service is a pillar of Japanese business culture. In many western countries, personal service has become something that people must pay for with tips - in Japan there is no tipping, personal service is literally 'part of the

First of all, it should be understood that there is no single Indonesian culture. Indonesia with its 17,000 islands and hundreds of different ethnic groups is a vast collection of different peoples and cultures. Thus, you must always know who you are dealing with.

Most Indonesians tend to look toward the past as an example for today. There is a strong belief in tradition but also in rules and regulations that need to be followed regardless of practicality. In Indonesia the proper aspect of humanity is to be expressive and emotional although that expressiveness and emotionalism lives just under the surface. This means that it can be difficult to determine the emotional state of most Indonesian workers, but that strong emotions can surface in ways that may be confusing to the other countries’ supervisor.

Social relationships tend to be twofold in Indonesian culture. First there is a strong authoritarian framework with natural born leaders and natural born followers. These relationships are clearly defined. However, within each particular group there is a strong belief that the community makes decisions in order to avoid individual