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School Friends Department

friends info Other
University
friends departments

Gathers
Newspapers info from
other side

Project
notes Radio

Database TV

Wife’s
Relatives Golf
Old Judo family
teachers and
and
tennis
karate

I N F E S
O R M AT S O U R C
I O N

Figure 3.15 Information Sources: Listening Cultures ( Japan)

Listening cultures believe they have the right attitude toward information
gathering. They do not precipitate improvident action, they allow ideas to
mature and they are ultimately accommodating in their decisions. The success
of Japan and the four Asian tigers—South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sin-
gapore—as well as Finland’s prosperity, all bear witness to the resilience of the
listening cultures.