The world's business cultures and how to unlock them [electronic resource] / Barry Tomalin and Mike Nicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomalin, Barry, 1942-

Contributor:

Nicks, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business etiquette.

Corporate culture.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Thorogood, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the aid of a specially developed model - The 5 C's Model - expert authors demonstrate how to get your communications right internationally and ensure that meetings, both face-to-face and virtual, go according to plan. Barry Tomalin and Mike Nicks offer strategies and tactics for getting people from different countries on your side, and detailing the knowledge you need to make the right impression and avoid giving offence. The authors provide a framework for understanding any culture in the world, but include specific chapters on the top 10 economies in the world in 2050, according to Morg

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Foreword; The authors; Contents; ONE Risky business; TWO How to unlock any culture in the world; THREE How people think; FOUR Cultural behaviour; FIVE How to increase your cultural sensitivity; SIX Communication; SEVEN Leadership and decision-making; EIGHT Teams, motivation and feedback; NINE Meetings and negotiations; TEN Gift-giving and hospitality; ELEVEN The top ten countries in 2050; Doing business in China; Doing business in the USA; Doing business in India; Doing business in Japan; Doing business in Brazil; Doing business in Russia

Doing business in the United KingdomDoing business in Germany; Doing business in France; Doing business in Italy; Fact files; Further reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268).

ISBN:

1-85418-625-6

OCLC:

505017403