Answer the following questions about the movie:

1) What basic cultural differences existed between the Americans and the Japanese?

2) Were there cultural characteristics that each group envied about the other group? What were they?

3)What created the impetus for the two groups to work together in the end? How could managers utilize such a unifying force early in the formation of a multicultural team?

4. Go to the web site www.geert-hofstede.com and compare compare and contrast their cultural profiles of the US and Japan. Are these adequately portrayed in the movie? Explain.... (You can find maps under the culture tab)