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Originally Posted by Istvan diVega
Hardly.
The Japanese have always been sticklers for quality, probably more so than anybody. However, no nation can transition from being an insular, largely traditional, war-ravaged society to a mass-producer/exporter of high quality goods overnight. Japan accomplished that shift in an incredibly short time and if any American can be credited with helping them, it was professor W. Edwards Deming. |
True. I do understand that they do have a strong work ethic in Japan. Everyone is expected to do their job. I also understand that when they have afternoon tea at work there is a definite order in who drinks 1st. First the president of the company then the man next in authority etc. and woe to he who jumps ahead in line. I've never heard of Mr. Deming before. I've also heard that China not only has the 'just good enough' mentality, but that they have the mentality of 'we don't need the rest of the world' in order to come up with things either. How accurate that is I don't know. I don't doubt that part of the difference in mentality between Japan and China is also environmental. China is part of the Asian continent while Japan is a group of islands. If you're limited in the amount of land you have you're more likely to be innovative more often (IMO).