Your score is 40 on a scale of 0 to 100 = Preference for Tolerance for Ambiguity
Your score indicates that you have a moderate Tolerance for Ambiguity and might be willing to give up job security for more opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. If you work in countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, such as Japan, France, and Greece, you might react by creating a micro-environment that would shield you from the burden of what you might perceive as excessive structures, rules, and regulations. In countries with a high Need for Certainty, loyalty to an employer is seen as an advantage; a specialist career is preferred over a career in management.
The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
USA (46) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulation.
It says that my tolerance for ambiguous is moderate, but it might be better to work in countries with need a certainty. Therefore, Japan, France, and Greece seem to be good places for me to work. Indeed, the score in parentheses of Japan is high.
I agree with the results. I think I'm used to act under rules, and I think I'm good at keeping rules better than break it for programatic reasons. It means that working in the USA would not be so suitable for me much since it's one of the countries which is less bound by rules and regulation. I would say I'm not so flexible. Therefore, I think the results are right.
2008年7月16日水曜日
2008年7月9日水曜日
My Ideal Man
My ideal man has to be humorous, kind, cool, and intelligent.Especially, having a sence of humor is the most important thing for me because it will allow us to have even more fun to be together.
Also, kindness is important because I think that it helps to keep a good relationship. My ideal man should be kind to not only me, but to everyone.
It is perfect if the man who is humorous and kind has good-looking face and intelligence, but they are not so important.
2008年7月8日火曜日
family
a. When do children usually leave home?
I think children leave home if they decided to go to a college which is far away from their home. For this case, children have to live by their own. However, I think usually childern leave home after graduating a college.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are four people living in my home, and the stracture is that my fater, mother, younger sister, and me.
c. Do you have head of the family?
I think it's my father. He doesn't speak much, but usually the person who make a important decision is my father.
d. Who does the house work?
That's my mother. She cleans our house, cooks each meal, and does dishes. I think she does most of chores in our house. I do that just occasionally, which is not good. Family members shold help her more.
e. Who runs the family?
I think both my father and mother run this family. They make money for all of us, take care of children including me. I and my sister depend on our parents, and I think that we will do that even after leaving the home.
f.How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
We have three bed rooms on second floor and one room for a guest to sleep on first floor.
I think children leave home if they decided to go to a college which is far away from their home. For this case, children have to live by their own. However, I think usually childern leave home after graduating a college.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are four people living in my home, and the stracture is that my fater, mother, younger sister, and me.
c. Do you have head of the family?
I think it's my father. He doesn't speak much, but usually the person who make a important decision is my father.
d. Who does the house work?
That's my mother. She cleans our house, cooks each meal, and does dishes. I think she does most of chores in our house. I do that just occasionally, which is not good. Family members shold help her more.
e. Who runs the family?
I think both my father and mother run this family. They make money for all of us, take care of children including me. I and my sister depend on our parents, and I think that we will do that even after leaving the home.
f.How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
We have three bed rooms on second floor and one room for a guest to sleep on first floor.
2008年6月16日月曜日
Greetings
a.How do you greet members of your family?
I say "ohayo" in the morning and "oyasumi" at night.
b.Are the customs the same all over your country?
We all greet to someone, but the way could be different and the words are sometimes different because of the dialect.
c.How do you greet people who are important insociety?
I use "teinei-go" which is added "masu" for them.
d.Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?
I think we greet in same ways.
e.How do people greet someone they've just met?
We say "hajime-mashite," bow, shake hands, and exchange business cards.
f.Do you hug members of your family?
No, I don't.
I say "ohayo" in the morning and "oyasumi" at night.
b.Are the customs the same all over your country?
We all greet to someone, but the way could be different and the words are sometimes different because of the dialect.
c.How do you greet people who are important insociety?
I use "teinei-go" which is added "masu" for them.
d.Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?
I think we greet in same ways.
e.How do people greet someone they've just met?
We say "hajime-mashite," bow, shake hands, and exchange business cards.
f.Do you hug members of your family?
No, I don't.
Welcome Colgate University Students!
I talked with a nice buy, Jason Kammerdiener. It was very fun to talk to him because we had a lot of mutual subject like school life. While we talk, we learned a lot from each other. It's mostly about culture. I was surprised to hear that a baby just got to home from hospital don't sleep with his/her mother in same room. Jason was also surprised when I told the fact that we don't say "I love you" so much in Japan. However, since we had a lot in common, we enjoyed talking. I hope this kind of thing will happen again.
2008年6月10日火曜日
Buddhism
. How is your daily life affected by Buddhism? What do you do and why do you do it?
I pray in front of Household Buddhist alter every day because I always thank my ancestors.
I say sutra when I go to someone's funeral or memorial service. We do that because we admire Amitabha Buddha.
I say "itadaki masu" before eating and "gochisousamadeshita" after eating to show the appreciation for food.
I pray in front of Household Buddhist alter every day because I always thank my ancestors.
I say sutra when I go to someone's funeral or memorial service. We do that because we admire Amitabha Buddha.
I say "itadaki masu" before eating and "gochisousamadeshita" after eating to show the appreciation for food.
2008年6月9日月曜日
＞1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
Most of them, but not all. Sometimes they are slightly different.
＞2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum)
Now write the English translation.3.
嬉しい 悲しい 怒り 失望 辛い 興奮 憂鬱 満足 疲れる 退屈
happy, glad, pleasure/sad, unhappy, srrowful/angery, mad/disappointed, despair/hard, painful/excited/depressed/satisfied/tired/bored
＞Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
面倒くさい 切ない
Most of them, but not all. Sometimes they are slightly different.
＞2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum)
Now write the English translation.3.
嬉しい 悲しい 怒り 失望 辛い 興奮 憂鬱 満足 疲れる 退屈
happy, glad, pleasure/sad, unhappy, srrowful/angery, mad/disappointed, despair/hard, painful/excited/depressed/satisfied/tired/bored
＞Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
面倒くさい 切ない
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