The diagrams below compare the layout of a typical Japanese office and a typical American office.

The given map shows the differences between the common

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layouts of

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people

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and

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people

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.

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, what sets the

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office

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layout apart from the

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plan is that in the former

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, all employees regardless of their position work in an open-plan

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,

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in the latter

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, there are separate

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for managers and staff members

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function

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. Looking first at the

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working space, its

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capacity, which can seat up to 15

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, is higher than that of the

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one

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, which is for 11

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. To the north of the

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are windows and in front of them lies the department

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workstation. It can be seen that the

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layout follows a hierarchical structure with the highest job level in the north and lower grades towards the south of the

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, namely section managers and staff members. Regarding the

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plan, windows are set on both sides of the

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compared to only

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line of windows placed in the

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office

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. The working zone, including 8 cubicles for employees,

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flanked by four function

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to the west and three

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rooms

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to the east. Those function

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serve

for

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different purposes with

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for

printer

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a printer

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copier,

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storage and two conference

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. To the east,

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can witness the difference in

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size related to

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levels, which is that the size of the department

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room

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is double that of the section

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