Autocratic Leadership Style In Gung Ho

Gung Ho Commentary

1) Based on this movie, how would you describe the culture—values and beliefs about what is “right” and “wrong”—in Japanese companies?

Based on the movie, Japanese society has a high degree of Power Distance Index (PDI). Therefore, they take a hierarchical order as right in their companies. In Japanese companies, every employee has a particular position which is unquestionable and unjustifiable. The Japanese culture finds it right to adopt collectivism and work as a tightly-connected community where people are loyal and accountable to their families or some group to watch over them. As shown in the movie, Japanese is a masculine society, but finds it right to approach work as a team plus consensus-inclined instead of demonstrating

Alternatively, what would be an effective leadership style in American organizations?

An autocratic leadership style would fit in Japanese companies because they value processes. Through an autocratic leadership approach, they will value accord decision-making because they are a collectivistic culture. A professional management style would be ideal for the American organization. The professional style is good for management participation as well as employee involvement, featured by the expressive involvement of the two parties with a mutual responsibility in attaining employee goals by achieving organizational goals. Through this style, the leaders depict an extensive and possibility approach to leadership where the leaders focus on two-way communication, honesty, trust and individual development.

4) Gung Ho means working together in Chinese. What tactics did the leaders of this factory use to get workers from different cultures to work

The Japanese and American culture and values crushed at some point in the workplace. The executive had a long-term orientation of establishing a firm that would last for many generations. For instance, from the movie he told Keaton that the company would never open although it was already opened. The executive also liked collectivism for instance when the wife of a manager of the factory was in labor, Kazihiro wanted to be with his wife but decided to stay for he considered the company to be