Volume 4 Issue 3 ISSN 2186-277X

Japan’s first bilingual HR magazine published by The Japan HR Society (JHRS) THE AGENDA®

January-March 2015Print: ¥1,620Online: Free!

HR GlobalLeadership

STRONGERBOLDERBETTER The State of the JHRS Community Report 2015 04

Viewing Diversity ThroughDifferent Lenses 07

Creating a UnifiedBusiness Culture 09 Cultivating a Culture Somewhere Between Individualism and Collectivism 11

GLOCALIZING HRThe Role of Cultural Odor in Japanese Transnational Strategies 22

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To facilitate the exchange of up-to-date and relevant knowledge, information and resources affecting and influencing human resources (HR) professionals in Japan, and to become a bridge between Japanese and non-Japanese HR management systems so that we can facilitate the exchange of information and HR best practices, standards, and HR body of knowledge.

As Japan’s first and only bilingual HR magazine, The HR Agenda offers an incredibly unique platform. By sourcing material written in both English and Japanese, funding translation and encouraging bilingual submissions from contributors, we offer a genuinely two-way exchange. For a century and a half Japan has been translating Western knowledge into Japanese. We create a forum where Japanese voices can also be heard in international circles. Our aim is to understand both sides of the coin; all facets of an issue. We want to encourage collegiality through open-minded and sincere dialogue amongst our readers in Japan and overseas, and amongst HR professionals, researchers, and key opinion leaders throughout the world.

E D I T O R ’ S N O T EAtley Jonas

P U B L I S H E R S ’ S M E S S A G ESTRONGER. BOLDER. BETTER. The State of the JHRS Community Report 2015Jun Kabigting, mba/ms/hrmp

J H R S C O M M U N I T Y N E W SVIEWING DIVErsITY ThrOUGh DIFFErENT LENsEsElizabeth Handover

F E A T U R E S T O R I E SCrEaTING a UNIFIED bUsINEss CULTUrEStephen M. Paskoff & Tucker Miller

CULTIVaTING a CULTUrE sOmEWhErE bETWEEN INDIVIDUaLIsm aND COLLECTIVIsmSarah Parsons

H R L E G A L C L I N I CAVOIDING MISSTEPS IN WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS OR DOWNSIZINGAtty. Yoshikazu Sugino & Atty. Toby Mallen

A S K H RTOP DO’S AND DONT’S DURING “EXCHANGE PERIOD”Andrew Manterfield & Yoshi Matsui

H R R I S I N G S T A RTAKING CHANCES AND CHASING ACCIDENTS: Interview with Jin UshijimaThe HR Agenda

C O U N T R Y F O C U SGREEN TEA, BLACK TEA: HR Differences in the UK and JapanStephenie Overman

E D I T O R I A LGLOCALIZING HR: The Role of Cultural Odor in Japanese Transnational StrategiesAtley Jonas

B O O K R E V I E WTraNsFOrmaTIVE ChaNGE pOCKETbOOK by NImaLaN NaDEsaLINGaNAtley Jonas

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