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DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 23, 1990                   TAG: 9005230541
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: EVENING 
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NISSAN SEGREGATES OFFICES BY NATIONALITY

A major Japanese corporation has moved to segregate its American and Japanese staffs at its Southern California offices, so that American employees report only to other Americans, while Japanese nationals report only to other Japanese officials.

According to recent internal company documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Nissan Motor's Carson, Calif.-based American sales and marketing subsidiary has decided to separate completely its employees by nationality and has also apparently increased the authority of its Japanese managers.

The memo also defines the role to be played by Japanese managers: The Japanese are there primarily to monitor the Americans' progress and to provide the sole link with Japan. The Japanese managers will, the memo says, assist in "the planning and checking of department activities, with the American staff carrying out and adjusting day-to-day operations."

Los Angeles Times 


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