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International Business Etiquette: Asia & The Pacific Rim
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International Business Etiquette: Asia & The Pacific Rim

Career Press, 1998 mais...

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Editorial Rating

7

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Recommendation

Ann Marie Sabath ever so politely documents the social and business etiquette practiced in 13 Asian and Pacific Rim countries. Chock full of practical "do’s and don’ts," the book includes plenty of basic information about each country, including history, air travel, telephone, currency, holidays, language, religion, time zones and weather. To fit so much into only 200 pages, the author presents only the most important highlights and writes in a concise, authoritative, yet upbeat style. getAbstract recommends this book to those doing business in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and to those doing business elsewhere with men and women from these countries. And, just remember what Mom said, "Mind your manners wherever you go so they’ll know you weren’t raised in a barn."

Take-Aways

  • Eastern business etiquette is more structured and more formal than etiquette in the West.
  • "Saving face" is important in most Eastern cultures.
  • Tipping is far less common in the East than in the West.

About the Author

Ann Marie Sabath is the author of Etiquette and Business Etiquette in Brief. She is the founder and president of At Ease, Inc., which specializes in domestic and international business etiquette. She has trained employees of many major companies, including Fidelity Investments, the Huffy Corporation, Saks Fifth Avenue, Deloitte and Touche, MCI Telecommunications and the Marriott Corporation.