Presented for consideration are two maps illustrating the differences between Japanese office and American office.
Overall, it can be seen that a typical Japanese office tends to be designed with a view to managing employees more easily with undivided sections, whereas a typical American office embraces more privacy and let employees work in divided and settled sections. Additionally, the typical Japanese office may cost less budget to build up than the American one due to a reduced number of doors in the four corners.
The analysis will start with the northen side of the two maps, showing massive differences from roles to positions. With the Japanese office, the department manager plays an essential role in the system of the company, positioned in the top center of the map with a larger table than the two section managers’ that are located to the south of the department manager’s workspace, yet spiltted into two tables with one on the left and the other on the right of the map. The American office, nevertheless, prefer privacy to efficiency, with two section managers’ workspace, separated by a wall, is located to the northeast corner of the map. The printer, copier, and the storage room are all opposite to the section manager’s workspace, crossed by 4 isolated sections of employees.
Attention will now turn to the sourthern site of the map, depicting the additions of more rooms in the American office, compared to the Japanese one. The workspace for employees in Japan is undivided and positioned just adjacent to each other in the middle of the office. On the other side, the American office keep the design dedicated to privacy with 4 employees section in the middle of the room, surrounded by two conference rooms to the western side of the map, and the department manager section, unlike the Japanese’s one, located to the southeast corner of the map, just abover the door.