Course Summary
| Suited For | Assignee & spouse or several assignees |
| Participants | Group 1 - 4 |
| Key Points |
Influences on Chinese Culture Guanxi & Face Etiquette & Gifts Food & Drink Culture Inter-cultural Communication Working with Chinese Chinese Business Meetings Decision Making |
| Introduction | This combined course enables assignees, spouse and family to understand their new environment quicker, settle in faster & reduces HRM workload.
Covering all aspects of daily life and interactions with Chinese, the course includes a banquet style Chinese lunch and is very interactive. By covering daily life and business the assignee and spouse gain a better understanding of each other‘s day to day challenges which promotes mutual support and assignment success
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| Foundation | Culture Shock & Strategies Intro to Guanxi & Face Relationships with Chinese Cross cultural Communication Working with Chinese Etiquette & Gifts Food & Drink Culture |
| Development | Guanxi & Face Influences on Chinese Culture Managing Chinese Chinese Business Meetings Decision Making Adjustment/Adaptation |
| Advanced | Work/Life Balance in China Negotiating Communication Styles Specific Situations |
| As Used By | Cargill, Nike, RSA, Sirva, Trane, ECS, Tenneco, EcoWater |
Participant Comments:
"Excellent program. Very good information on cultural differences and how decisions are made. Should be very useful in improving work performance."
Managing Director - Asia Pacific
"Very good background on why things are the way they are. Very good to have both business and personal life information, and how they intertwine"
Director - Granulation
"Enlightening and very informative! I highly recommend to all expats coming to work in China."
F&A Manager Special Projects
"The course was well thought-through and very enlightening; very comprehensive! A great tool that should be mandatory for all expats."
Marketing Manager
"This was very helpful. I'm sure it will help me to develop relationships with the people I come across here, and has given me a much better understanding of how things are done in China."
Process Excellence Manager