3 options
Brazilians working with Americans : cultural case studies = Brasileiros que trabalham com americanos : estudos de casos culturais / Orlando R. Kelm and Mary E. Risner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelm, Orlando R., 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans--Employment--Brazil.
- Americans.
- Business etiquette--Brazil.
- Business etiquette.
- Business etiquette--United States.
- Business communication--Brazil.
- Business communication.
- Business communication--United States.
- Intercultural communication--Brazil--Case studies.
- Intercultural communication.
- Corporate culture--Brazil.
- Corporate culture.
- Corporate culture--United States.
- Foreign executives--Brazil--Case studies.
- Foreign executives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Doing business internationally requires understanding not only other languages, but even more so the business practices and cultures of other countries. In the case of Brazilians working with Americans, a fundamental difference for all parties to understand is that Brazilian business culture is based on developing personal relationships between business partners, while American businesspeople often prefer to get down to hard "facts and figures" quickly, with fewer personal preliminaries. Negotiating such differences is crucial to creating successful business relationships between the two countries, and this book is designed to help businesspeople do just that. Brazilians Working With Americans presents ten short case studies that effectively illustrate many of the cultural factors that come into play when North American business professionals work in Brazil. The authors summarize each case and the aspects of culture it involves, and American and Brazilian executives comment on the cultural differences highlighted by that case. A list of topics and questions for discussion also help draw out the lessons of each business situation. To make the book equally useful to Brazilians and Americans (whether businesspeople or language students), the entire text is presented in both English and Portuguese. In addition, Apple QuickTime movies of the executives' comments, which allow viewers to see and hear native speakers of both languages, are available on the Internet at www.laits.utexas.edu/orkelm/casos/intro.html.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents / Sumário
- Preface
- Prefácio
- Acknowledgments
- Agradecimentos
- 1. The Pressure’s On
- 2. World Ship
- 3. Burger World
- 4. Electro World
- 5. Petro Fibras
- 6. World Car
- 7. Donut World
- 8. Pizza World
- 9. World Auto Parts
- 10. Eco-Amusement World
- Glossary: English-Portuguese
- Glossário: Português-Inglês
- Suggested Readings / Leituras sugeridas
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196).
- ISBN:
- 0-292-79494-0
- OCLC:
- 646760639
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.