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SOUTHERN CULTURE CONTAINED ELEMENTS THAT PROVED DYSFUNCTIONAL TO WINNING A PRE-MODERN WAR FOR SECESSION. SOUTHERN CAVALIERS WERE OFTEN MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AND SEARCH FOR HONOR AND POPULARITY. ROBERT E. LEE LOST THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BECAUSE JEB STUART WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS HONOR THAN WITH FOLLOWING ORDERS. OTHER GENERALS REFUSED TO COOPERATE AND REFUSED TO PREVENT THE UNION CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS AND VICKSBURG.

Japanese Business Culture and Practices presents detailed insights and descriptions on the proper ways to conduct business with contemporary Japanese. It focuses on the traditional and nontraditional business-related practices, including the internal mechanisms of promotion and decision-making in Japanese corporations. From advice on how to avoid cultural misunderstandings and how to develop trust with Japanese colleagues, readers will gain in...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Cooperative Japanese -- Chapter 3. The Competitive Americans -- Chapter 4. Japanese Leadership and Authority Systems -- Chapter 5. The Individual and the Work Group in Japan -- Chapter 6. Practical Examples of Japanese Cooperation -- Chapter 7. Permanent Employment -- Chapter 8. Achieving Performance and High Productivity -- Chapter 9. Meetings in the Japanese Styl...

This bibliography provides over 1300 annotated entries on material covering all aspects of the culture of international business, focusing mainly on the literature published from 1980 to 1991. Topics covered include cross-cultural communication, cross-cultural training and negotiations.

Westerners wishing to conduct business in mainland China often find Chinese business practices and policies troublesome and bewildering. The Business Guide to Modern China anticipates the difficulties of establishing business relations and illustrates how to utilize the Chinese mindset and business orientation for personal business advantage.

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Sociologist Jon P. Alston outlines and explains Japanese business customs and etiquette and advises the intelligent businessman on how to get along smoothly in Japan.

Sociologist Jon P. Alston offers a unique and clear analysis of the weaknesses of scientific creationism and intelligent design by identifying what creationists say when they reject evidence for evolution. He also shows how scientific creationists accept non-scientific statements that contradict established scientific knowledge. Acceptance of anti-evolutionary knowledge also demands acceptance of a literal six-day creation and other statements...