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The firm's newest large outlet in Japan is located in Tokyo, Japan. Although the store has enormous potential, the salespeople (comprised of both Americans and Japanese) are not working together well and the negative attitudes of some team members are bringing others down and hindering team performance. Develop an employee motivation plan for this group, taking into consideration both American and Japanese motivation approaches, leadership, as well as group dynamics and communication. Consider both individual and team rewards. Also consider what the Japanese think of the Americans, and the Americans of the Japanese. Provide an
introduction that explains the source of some of the issues and be sure to state the intended outcome of the plan including business results.

-Statement of the Problem.

-What do the Japanese know about the Americans.

-What do the Americans know about the Japanese.

-Submit an employee motivation plan for this group, taking into consideration both cultures' national histories, motivation approaches, leadership, as well as group dynamics and communication (50 points)

-Conclusion

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Introduction:
There are cultural differences between American and Japanese sales persons. This is leading to conflicts and the productivity of the entire sales force suffers. This plan helps to reduce the negative attitudes among the American and Japanese sales persons and infuse in them a spirit of cooperation and collaboration so essential for success in the highly competitive Japanese market.
-Statement of the Problem.
The problem is that the salespeople comprising of the Japanese and Americans is not working well together. The team members have developed negative attitudes towards other member and are disrupting the team performance. This problem has been observed only in the sales-person, the interaction of the American and Japanese team members should improve and the sales force should be motivated so that the performance of the sales force in Japan improves.

-What do the Japanese know about the Americans.
There are some things that the Japanese feel ...

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