Gung ho movie questions and answers

Gung Ho Commentary

DUE: Thursday, April 20 at 5:05 PM on Isidore (upload) and in class (hard copy)

Unlike watching a movie for entertainment, this assignment requires you to mindfully pay attention to how leadership is expressed, and how people from different cultures differ in their leadership styles. Specifically, use the guide below to (1) describe leaders, (2) analyze effective and ineffective leadership styles, and (3) provide suggestions for improving leadership in cross-cultural situations. Use the entire movie to inform your answers.

Read this viewing guide BEFORE you begin watching the movie. AFTER watching the movie, write down your observations and analysis pertaining to each of these questions.

Instructions

· Read through the questions in this worksheet

· Watch the movie “Gung Ho”

· Use this worksheet to write down your answers to each of the questions

1) Based on this movie, how would you describe the culture—values and beliefs about what is “right” and “wrong”—in Japanese companies?

2) Based on this movie, how would you describe the culture—values and beliefs about what is “right” and “wrong”—in American companies?

3) Drawing on your answers on questions 1 and 2, what would be an effective leadership style in Japanese organizations? Alternatively, what would be an effective leadership style in American organizations?

4) Gung Ho means working together in Chinese. What tactics did the leaders of this factory use to get workers from different cultures to work together?

5) How would you describe Hunt’s leadership style at the beginning of the movie? What about the end of the movie? Support your answers with specific examples from the movie.

6) How would you describe the leadership style of the executives at Assan Motors (such as Kazihiro and Saito)? Support your answers with specific examples from the movie.

HW

4:

Gung

Ho

Commentary

DUE:

Thursday,

April

20

at

5:05

PM

on

Isidore

(upload)

and

in

class

(hard

copy)

Unlike

watching

a

movie

for

entertainment,

this

assignment

requires

you

to

mindfully

pay

attention

to

how

leadership

is

expressed,

and

how

people

from

different

cultures

differ

in

their

leadership

styles.

Specifically,

use

the

guide

below

to

(1)

describe

leaders,

(2)

analyze

effective

and

ineffective

leadership

styles,

and

(3)

provide

suggestions

for

improving

leadership

in

cross-cultural

situations.

Use

the

entire

movie

to

inform

your

answers.

Read

this

viewing

guide

BEFORE

you

begin

watching

the

movie.

AFTER

watching

the

movie,

write

down

your

observations

and

analysis

pertaining

to

each

of

these

questions.

Instructions

·

Read

through

the

questions

in

this

worksheet

·

Watch

the

movie

“

Gung

Ho

”

·

Use

this

worksheet

to

write

down

your

answers

to

each

of

the

questions