Cultural Awareness Training for USA General topics 1. General knowledge on the USA - USA geography (no. of states, state capital/ important cities and states, landmarks, official languages, currency) - Individualism and diversity 2. First contact - Greetings, handshakes, addressing people - Body language, poses 3. Doing business in the US - Exchanging business cards - Attitudes towards the business: personal/impersonal relationships – Structures and hierarchy, work ethics - Attitudes to time; time perception – deadlines, punctuality - Values (professionalism, competence, accountability etc.) - Business practices, negotiations 4. Conversation - Interruption vs. overlapping - Adequate and inadequate subjects to talk about
topics to be covered in a training on American Culture for business purposes
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Cultural Awareness Training for USAGeneral topics1. General
knowledge on the USA- USA geography (no. of states, state capital/
important cities and states, landmarks, official languages,
currency)- Individualism and diversity
2. First contact- Greetings, handshakes, addressing people- Body
language, poses
3. Doing business in the US- Exchanging business cards-
Attitudes towards the business: personal/impersonal relationships
Structures and hierarchy, work ethics - Attitudes to time; time
perception deadlines, punctuality- Values (professionalism,
competence, accountability etc.)- Business practices,
negotiations
4. Conversation- Interruption vs. overlapping- Adequate and
inadequate subjects to talk about
