What are the major reasons for the differences in attitude?
Well Higgins would rather be in Japan then he would in the U.S. He wanted the opportunity to improve the "ugly American" image the he believe held abroad. Higgins had taken to the Japanese culture. He married a Japanese woman, moved to a strictly Japanese neighborhood, and was active in different activities throughout his neighborhood. Higgins was known to register complaints and demands for many of the employees. He also transferred an employee that was actually fired, and said that he had done what was expected of a superior in any Japanese company by assuring a subordinate's continued employment. Now Prescott on the other hand, was trying to stick by the U.S. policies. He believed that Higgins was taken to the Japanese culture to such a degree that he had lost the U.S point of view. Prescott believed that there were dynamic changes occurring in traditional Japanese customs and culture, and he was confident that many Japanese were not tied to existing cultural patterns as rigidly as Higgins seemed to think they were. Prescott felt that the company's real contribution to Japanese society was in introWhat are the major reasons for the differences in attitude?
Well Higgins would rather be in Japan then he would in the U.S. He wanted the opportunity to improve the "ugly American" image the he believe held abroad. Higgins had taken to the Japanese culture. He married a Japanese woman, moved to a strictly Japanese neighborhood, and was active in different activities throughout his neighborhood. Higgins was known to register complaints and demands for many of the employees. He also transferred an employee that was actually fired, and said that he had done what was expected of a superior in any Japanese ...