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Thinking Style Among U.S., Japanese and European Culture

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Compare and contrast the thinking style among U.S. culture, Japanese culture, and European culture.

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This solution discusses the differences in thinking styles among U.S., Japanese and European Cultures.

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The thinking style of U.S. culture is highly inductive. In cultures with inductive thinking style, people go from the specific to general. They reach a conclusion only after thoroughly analyzing facts through experimentation and observation. Thus, negotiation with U.S people proceeds in a systematic manner without rushing through the subject with major stress on numbers and statistics. The basic education of Americans is to instill creativity, and this shapes up their thinking ability. When posed with a problem, Americans try to ...

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