Description
Your Pocket Guide to American Business, Customs & Etiquette
This is the electronic version of this book. The PDF can be downloaded immediately after purchase.
Passport USA contains detailed information about American business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more.
PASSPORT USA: BACK COVER
Success in international business is not just about your product and service or your terms and delivery schedule.
Success in international business is about people, traditions and relationships.
Passport USA will help you:
- Avoid cultural faux pas
- Learn about American values and beliefs
- Understand the reasons behind the actions
- Develop an effective negotiating style
Don’t leave without your Passport!
PASSPORT USA: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Chapter 1: Doing Business Across Cultures
USA Quick Look
Chapter 2: Country Facts
Chapter 3: The Americans
Chapter 4: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 5: Regional Differences
Business Environment
Chapter 6: Government & Business
Chapter 7: The Work Environment
Chapter 8: Women in Business
Chapter 9: Making Connections
Chapter 10: Strategies for Success
Chapter 11: Time
Chapter 12: Business Meetings
Chapter 13: Negotiating with Americans
Chapter 14: Business Outside the Law
Customs & Etiquette
Chapter 15: Names & Greetings
Chapter 16: Communication Styles
Chapter 17: Customs
Chapter 18: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 19: Reading the Americans
Chapter 20: Entertaining
Chapter 21: Socializing
Additional Information
Chapter 22: Basic American Phrases
Chapter 23: Correspondence
Chapter 24: Useful Telephone Numbers
Chapter 25: Books & Internet Addresses
PASSPORT USA: AUTHORS/CONTRIBUTORS
Dean Engel was a member of the faculty of New York University for many years and is the author of Global Human Resource Development(Prentice Hall, 1993). In Japan, Dean taught English at Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku (Tokyo Education University) and at Fukushima University. He was also a teacher trainer for the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education. Dean is the Managing Director of The East West Group, Inc., a consulting firm located in Mill Valley, California, specializing in cross-cultural business and human resource development. Larry K. Peterson is a New York-based wordsmith who writes about art, history, the media, popular culture, sports and dogs. A former editor of Fodor’s Travel Guides, he has recently edited The Truckers’ Road Atlas, The USA Today Golf Atlas, and Fodor’s/USA Today Four Sports Stadium Guide.
Series Editor: Barbara Szerlip
