GLOBAL BUSINESS

By: Deisy Rodriguez

Italy

Custom #1

When entering a business function, the most senior or eldest person present should always be given special treatment.

Custom #2

Meetings are often organized in the company offices after 10.00 am or in the early afternoon like 3.00 pm.

Custom #3

When doing business in Italy, dress to impress. It is no coincidence that Versace, Gucci, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana are all Italian fashion houses. Italians like to make an impression with their clothes. What you wear speaks a lot about the kind of person you are.

Translation

Ciao, il mio nome è Deisy Rodriguez.Welcome alla mia presentazione e grazie per coming.I parlerà a voi oggi le usanze commerciali di Italy.Italians, come la maggior parte delle persone dell'Europa meridionale, sono relazioni a fuoco. Essi preferiscono in genere per creare stretti rapporti prima di iniziare business.The sulla formazione di un ambiente congiunta di fiducia e rispetto è importante quanto lo scambio di conoscenze e dettagli su una specifica proposition.Before affari ogni speranza di un meeting di successo può verificarsi buone maniere devono essere seguite o ci sarà un rischio persistente di reato ha in grado di distruggere qualsiasi proposta commerciale.

Hello, my name is Deisy Rodriguez. Welcome to my presentation and thank you for coming. I will be talking to you today about the business customs of Italy. Italians, like most south European people, are relationship-focused. They typically prefer to create close relationships before starting on business. The formation of a joint environment of trust and reverence is as important as the exchange of knowledge and details about a specific business proposition. Before any hope of a successful meeting can occur proper manners must be followed or there will be a lingering risk of offense that can destroy any business proposal.

Japan

Custom #1

Accept a Japanese business card with respect, using both hands, saying 'Thank you' or 'Hajimemashite' as you do so.

Custom #2

never! Carry a small note book to write down notes.

Custom #3

Always arrive 10 minutes early for a meeting, more if the meeting will be with senior executives.

Translation

Hello, my name is Deisy Rodriguez. Welcome to my presentation and thank you for coming. I will be talking to you today about the business customs of Japan.When sitting down to a business meeting with your Asian counterparts, the seating arrangement will be determined by the status of the participants. Do not just sit anywhere; as the guest, you will be directed to the appropriate seat.As a general rule, the highest ranking person from the host side will sit at the head of the table. Then, other people will take their seats starting from the seats closest to him and working to the other end of the table. Those of higher status sit closest to the "head honcho".

Kon'nichiwa, watashinonamaeha Deisy Rodorigesudesu. Watashi no purezentēshon ni yōkoso to kite itadaki arigatōgozaimasu. Watashi wa Japan. When wa anata no Ajia no kauntāpāto to no bijinesumītingu ni suwatte no shō shūkan ni tsuite no kyō anata to hanashi o sa re, zaseki haichi wa, sankasha no jōtai ni yotte kettei sa remasu. Doko demo suwatte inai. Gesuto to shite, hosuto-gawa kara no saikō ranku no hito wa, tēburu no sentō ni suwatte, tekisetsuna seat. As gensoku ni okura remasu. Sonogo, hoka no hitobito wa kare ni mottomo chikai seki kara hajimari, tēburu no hantaisoku ni tsutomete jibun no seki ni narimasu. Takai chii no hito wa `heddo Honchō' ni mottomo chikai suwaru.

Russia

Custom #1

Putting your thumb through your index and middle fingers or making the "OK" sign are considered very rude gestures in Russia.

Custom #2

A "serious" businessperson is expected to look formal and conservative. Wearing very light or bright colors might make you appear lazy or unreliable to a Russian.

Custom #3 Russians are very proud of their culture

and enjoy opportunities to talk about their music, art, literature and dance. Knowledge about art, music and some Russian history is appreciated.

Translation

Hello, my name is Deisy Rodriguez. Welcome to my presentation and thank you for coming. I will be talking to you today about the business customs of Russia.First a small look into Russia's past,The Russian Federation has over 150 million people, and covers an area of greater than 6,592,800 sq. mi. The country has gone through many changes in recent years, as communism ended in 1991. Older Russians are generally quite pessimistic and don't have much faith in a better life in the future. Younger urban Russians have adopted a more Western outlook on life.

Zdravstvuyte , menya zovut Deisy Rodriges . Dobro pozhalovat' v moy prezentatsii i spasibo, chto prishli . YA budu govorit' s vami segodnya o biznes obychayev Russia.First nebol'shoy vzglyad v proshloye Rossii ,russkiy Federatsiya imeyet boleye 150 millionov chelovek , i zanimayet ploshchad' v boleye chem 6592800 kv mil' . Strana proshla cherez mnogiye izmeneniya v posledniye gody, kak kommunizm zakonchilsya v 1991 godu. Staryye russkiye , kak pravilo, dovol'no pessimistichno i ne ochen' veryu v luchshuyu zhizn' v budushchem. Molodyye gorodskiye russkiye prinyali boleye Western vzglyad na zhizn'.