The map compares the layout of typical American and Japanese workplaces.
Overall, while the Japanese office is organized as a communal workspace with every employee in one department working in the same area; the American workplace is often more personalized with clear divisions between functional rooms and higher-ranking employee sections.
The Japanese office is organized in a top-to-bottom hierarchical order. The department manager has a workspace by the northern window. Below are two separate rectangular desks for two section managers, each surrounded by six staff workstations facing each other. Overall, the workspace is an open-plan layout with no workstation dividers.
Regarding the American office, partitions between sections are much more visible. The workplace is divided into three horizontal blocks of room. Situated by the right window is the management staff, namely two manager sections and a department manager from north to south. Along the opposite side of the room, a row of functional facilities is also situated by the left window, which consists of a printer-copier area, a storage room and two conference rooms below. In the central row lies eight separate employee cubicles, creating a clearly segmented workspace.