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    The document summarizes key points from the movie Gung Ho about a Japanese corporation taking over an American car plant. It discusses the atmosphere in the town before and after the takeover, and challenges managers on both sides faced with differing work cultures. The responder indicates they had a superior with a gung ho personality focused on results and intolerance of failure, but they see themselves as a servant leader, not gung ho.

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    The document summarizes key points from the movie Gung Ho about a Japanese corporation taking over an American car plant. It discusses the atmosphere in the town before and after the takeover, and challenges managers on both sides faced with differing work cultures. The responder indicates they had a superior with a gung ho personality focused on results and intolerance of failure, but they see themselves as a servant leader, not gung ho.

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    The document summarizes key points from the movie Gung Ho about a Japanese corporation taking over an American car plant. It discusses the atmosphere in the town before and after the takeover, and challenges managers on both sides faced with differing work cultures. The responder indicates they had a superior with a gung ho personality focused on results and intolerance of failure, but they see themselves as a servant leader, not gung ho.

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    Critical Thinking Questions:

    1. What was the movie Gung Ho about? What have you learned about leadership and management from
    this movie?
    The movie Gung Ho is about the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation named
    “Assan Motors”. Also, it is about principles, methods, and leadership styles in business. What I have
    learned from the movie were, leaders should have a strong and honest personality. Furthermore, leaders
    should be aware that integrity and honesty are at the foundation of exceptional leadership. They should
    set goals which are challenging but of course it needs to be realistic to boost someone’s motivation.
    Moreover, I have learned that being able to compromise and understand your colleagues are vital to the
    business’ success. Lastly, proper teamwork is needed. We should have collaborative mindset for the
    business’ long-lasting success.

    2. What was the atmosphere like in the town where the production plant was located (Hadleyville) prior to
    the Japanese takeover?
    The atmosphere was like a dull place because of closing of the auto factory, everybody owed their living
    one way or another to the auto factory. They work hard and then in 35 years operations the factory was
    being closed for nine months that’s why people are starting to move out of the town.

    3. What was the atmosphere like immediately following Assan Motors buying the plant (before actually
    starting production)?
    The environment become so festive. They even have a welcoming party to the Japanese. They welcome
    them happily, they also prepared red carpet for the Japanese people. Like their dreams were answered
    by the Japanese takeover of the auto factory.

    4. What was the atmosphere like once Assan Motors was operating the plant?
    Everybody was busy when the Assan Motors was started operations by the Japanese takeover. Planning
    everything, each and everyone has a duty to make. Japanese required a high standard of efficiency and
    quality of production from US workers.

    5. Discuss management challenges from both perspectives, identify two challenges each side faced as
    managers?
    As the auto factory began to operate and Japanese and American people start to work together, culture
    conflicts occur between them. On the Japanese side, they manage on a serious and strict way, like how
    they were trained back on their country. While on the American side, they choose to manage with humor
    and positive attitude. Japanese faced challenges on the American work culture, which is far different with
    Japanese work culture. Also, Americans find humorous and show attitudes of ignorance to the common
    routine of the Japanese people. They find it difficult to compromise with each other’s culture. When
    managing employees, treating them nice as friends would lead to build a good relationship between the
    manager and workers, and it could encourage the workers to work harder because it creates trust
    between them.

    6. Gung Ho is a great study for management from the perspective of ‘80s car manufacturing. This film
    helps to understand management issues in general. In the context of management, gung ho is an
    organization that is aggressive, ruthless, results-oriented, with low tolerance for mediocrity and failure. (a)
    Do you have a superior who has a gung ho personality? (b) Do you have a gung ho personality?
    Elaborate.
    a. In my previous job, I have superiors which has gung ho personality.
    b. In my current job, as leader, I see myself as a servant leader, opposite of gung ho leadership. Thus, I
    believe I don’t have gung ho personality.

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