Culture Training
Doing business in foreign countries inevitably means exposure for foreign cultures and customs. How business reacts to these cultures often dictates whether or not that business is going to succeed in the foreign market. International business trainers face cultural issues when teaching American business skills and practices to foreign audiences. Often, things that are taken for granted when dealing with an American audience can be challenging for a foreign audience. The trainer needs to be able to understand what the cultural differences are that they will be dealing with and how to handle those differences so that no offense is caused and the objectives of the activity are met. This paper will outline some of the different cultural pitfalls that can occur when doing business internationally and will present a case of how to business can deal with these challenges. Hunt (n.d.) describes cultures as being comprised of values, beliefs and attitudes, and these attributes all contribute to cultural differences. International managers need to understand not only the surface-level differences but the differences in the underlying values, beliefs and attitudes that define the culture.
Cultural Mistakes and Challenges
Wade (2004) highlights a number of different cultural mistakes that can be made by people traveling to different cultures. One type of mistake that can be made is with symbols and gestures. Wade notes the famous case of Richard Nixon giving the "ok" sign when landing in Brazil, something that is considered to be an obscene gesture in that country....
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A useful recommendation in this sense is represented by the contracting of a local law firm to ease the company's penetration into the region and to help us understand and overcome the initial barriers. But aside from understanding and complying with the regulations, it is also essential to understand and comply with the cultural features. India is one of the oldest and most impressive global cultures. And its culture has
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They wanted to know the best places to go after work, and expected him to help them in that regard. Hanes finally told his Japanese trainers "he preferred not to mix business with pleasure." Within a couple days, the group requested another instructor. The critical issue here, one can quickly discern, is that Hanes did not do his homework on the Japanese business culture; if he had, he would know
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