Corporate culture of Japanese companies in the Czech Republic

This bachelor thesis focuses on the description of corporate cultures that are present in some of the Japanese companies found in the Czech Republic. The thesis is imaginarily divided into two parts. In the theoretical part the reader becomes familiar with the terms such as culture, corporate and organisational culture. It is largely influenced by a piece of work of Geert Hofstede and his perception of individual cultural dimensions. Moreover, it pays attention to the necessity of organisation within the company and to the description of characteristic features of the Japanese corporate culture and human resource management. Last, but not least it clarifies to the reader the business relations held between Japan and the Czech Republic. The aim of the practical part is to analyse the interviews with the representatives of individual companies differing significantly in their size, image and determinants of their particular corporate culture. It more precisely concerns the factors such as organisation technique, corporate structure, management and specific methods, procedures