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MARCH PROGRAM

Thursday, March 28th, 2002

PROGRAM:The Impact of Cultural Styles on Decision Making

PRESENTER: Drs. Milton J. Bennett & Janet Bennett, Ph.D. Co-Directors, The Intercultural Communication Institute & the Antioch M.A. Program in Intercultural Relations

PLACE: Reitaku University Tokyo Kenkyu Center (Shinjuku i-Land Tower 4th Floor)

LANGUAGE: English

FEE: member 1,000 yen \ non-member 2,000en membership

 
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The influence of culture on decision making has a profound impact on every organization, whether educational or corporate. To consider this impact, Janet and Milton Bennett will show a new video entitled "The Intercultural Conference Room, created by Jaime Wurzel, the well-known developer of "The Intercultural Classroom" video. In powerfully contrasting segments, the tape vividly portrays decision making in Japanese, Argentinean and U.S. American groups, who each struggle with an identical task in profoundly different styles. The culturally different approaches to the problem and its solution will be discussed, including the striking final segment which illustrates joint decision making among Japanese and Americans.

 
PRESENTER

Drs. Janet and Milton Bennett are co-directors of the Intercultural Communication Institute, which sponsors the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication. They design and conduct intercultural courses and training sessions for undergraduate and graduate degree programs, international educational exchange, social services, and corporations.

 
PLACE

i-Land Tower can be accessed directly from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi Line by following the underground path. From JR Shinjuku Station it is approximately a 10 minute walk. Once you get to the building, select an elevator that stops on the 4th floor. After you get off on the 4th floor, walk to the right until you get to the last door on your left.