Por Alex Cureton-Griffiths

Para la mayoría de los extranjeros, el establecimiento de una red con el chino puede ser un poco resistente. Bien, los gracias a una pregunta que fijamos en las respuestas de LinkedIn, estamos esperando hacer las cosas un poco clarificante. En resumen:

No son ése diferente

La gente consigue así que cogió a menudo para arriba en las diferencias que ella no puede ver las semejanzas entre las culturas chinas y occidentales. Apenas sea usted mismo y no se preocupe de saltar a través del campo de minas cultural. Apenas como la mayor parte de nosotros iría fácil en el local que hizo pas sociales de un faux sin saber, el chino local no va a morder su cabeza apagado si usted puso accidentalmente su pie en él. Lea el resto de “qué los chinos quisieran que usted sepa sobre establecimiento de una red” o que fijara un comentario

Por Elaine Winters

¿Es usted responsable de preparar la impresión, los materiales electrónicos o visuales interactivos para una base del cliente que sea comercialización, vendiendo o enseñando a otras partes del mundo?

Esas preguntas y las respuestas se aplican a cada uno. En una economía global, éstos son desafíos de la igual-oportunidad.

It is becoming increasingly necessary for those who are responsible for the transmission and interpretation of information to educate themselves about what is expected in different cultures.

As you already understand, educating ourselves about other people means much more than knowing how to order the appropriate dish in a restaurant when entertaining clients from out of town.

Moving around the world professionally — virtually or physically — is a wonderful personal expansion tool; it can become far more productive when coupled with genuine cross-cultural interest. As always, the devil is in the detail.

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Living in a Chinese Family

It was one thing to work with Chinese people, have Chinese friends and Chinese clients, but one of my most enriching experiences was living as a member of a middle-class Chinese family.
 
For two years, I was married to a wonderful, beautiful and successful Shanghainese businesswoman, Michelle, who had a seven-year-old daughter.

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Ernie Tadla

Food is important in all cultures, but in China, it plays a paramount role as the tool for face and guanxi.

Business eating is where guanxi is established. To get to know another person and to build trust, eating together is necessary. The Chinese don’t eat at their desks, and they don’t rush out to the nearest fast-food joint. It is a specific time for talking and getting to know the other person. Typically, business is not discussed. That’s done during the many business meetings.

The business banquet is the pinnacle of guanxi building, celebrating, and or honoring guests. Read the rest of “China Chapter Seven: Dining in China” or post a comment

 After twenty-five years of management experience with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Bristol Myers-Squibb and Quadra Logic Technologies, (QLT), I became a “corporate refugee,” a middle-aged, middle manager who was downsized in the recession of the ’80s. There were thousands of us walking around in a daze. After years of education and successful corporate performance, we were out on the streets.

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