Whats nemewashi practices in the process of group decision-making ?
I found this article in the Internet : “When it comes to group decision making, Japanese companies sometimes do things very differently than others. For example, nemewashi is the Japanese practice of informally sounding out people’s ideas about a project or a course of action before a formal proposal is drawn up. When practiced before a meeting, nemewashi ensures that when members meet in person, the group will exhibit consensus rather than disagreement. Exhibiting consensus at a meeting is desirable in the Japanese culture. The way it works is that before the meeting, one or two employees interview all the invited participants to obtain their views. These employees are chosen for their neutrality on the project or action. Oftentimes it is the youngest employees who interview all the others. By circulating among the participants they not only get to know them and their views better, they also get to be known themselves. Japanese believe that it is outside of the meeting that they are m
