Title Brazilians working with Americans : cultural case studies = Brasileiros que trabalham com americanos : estudos de casos culturais / Orlando R. Kelm and Mary E. Risner

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 196 pages) Summary Annotation Doing business internationally requires understanding not only other languages, but even more so the business practices and cultures of other countries. In the case of Brazilians working with Americans, a fundamental difference for all parties to understand is that Brazilian business culture is based on developing personal relationships between business partners, while American businesspeople often prefer to get down to hard "facts and figures" quickly, with fewer personal preliminaries. Negotiating such differences is crucial to creating successful business relationships between the two countries, and this book is designed to help businesspeople do just that.<i>Brazilians Working With Americans</i>presents ten short case studies that effectively illustrate many of the cultural factors that come into play when North American business professionals work in Brazil. The authors summarize each case And The aspects of culture it involves, and American and Brazilian executives comment on the cultural differences highlighted by that case. A list of topics and questions for discussion also help draw out the lessons of each business situation. To make the book equally useful to Brazilians and Americans (whether businesspeople or language students), The entire text is presented in both English and Portuguese. In addition, Apple QuickTime movies of the executives' comments, which allow viewers to see and hear native speakers of both languages, are available on the Internet at www.laits.utexas.edu/orkelm/casos/intro.html Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) Notes Text in English and Portuguese Print version record Subject Americans -- Employment -- Brazil Business etiquette -- Brazil Business etiquette -- United States Business communication -- Brazil Business communication -- United States Intercultural communication -- Brazil -- Case studies Corporate culture -- Brazil Corporate culture -- United States Foreign executives -- Brazil -- Case studies BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Americans -- Employment Business communication Business etiquette Corporate culture Foreign executives Intercultural communication Brazil United States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Risner, Mary E. ISBN 9780292794948 0292794940

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