| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The author conducted surveys to investigate English communication needs of small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs). One hundred eighty five companies responded to the questionnaire and representative from twenty six of them were interviewed. About half of the companies responded that English is the most important communication language at the workplace, even though their operations were mainly domestic or connected to Asian countries. The analyses revealed that SMEs holding a patent considered communication in English more important than companies without a patent. On the other hand, many SMEs expressed passive attitudes toward overseas operations due to their lack of qualified personnel for international communication.
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