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The overview and characteristics of 6-Stage Theory of “Turning Differences into Value”

The characteristics of Organization Management for Generating the Future can be summarized as follows.

【1】Knowledge based on over 12 years of practical experience is developed into a theory concerning the utilization of cross-cultural employeess in Japan and overseas. The process of changing diversity into value is shown.

【2】Based on the integration of heterogeneity by highly homogeneous organizations, a specific methodology is set forth for changing differences into value and developing organizations that support this method.

【3】There are six stages: “Understanding”, “Trust”, “Suggestion”, “Development”, “Deepening” and “Enculturation”.

【4】There are five transitions between these stages: “(1) Adaptation of cross-cultural employees”, “(2) Adaptability of line management”, “(3) Transference of knowledge”, “(4) Adaptability of system”, and “(5) Organization innovation”.

【5】The framework is composed of two axes: learning theory (adaptive learning and generative learning ) and adjustment theory (formal adjustment and social adjustment).

The overview and characteristics of 6-Stage Theory of “Turning Differences into Value”

※Cultures are patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting, which are collectively shared with people who are within the same social environment. There are layers of cultural level like national, regional, ethnic, religious, linguistic, gender, generation and social class. In Six-Stage Theory employees whose cultural levels are different from the organization are defined as “cross-cultural employees”.

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