Cultural differences in business entertaining includeissues such as person one entertains
Cultural differences in business entertaining include
issues such as person one entertains and where, S1.______
and how one entertains. In countries of which status S2.______
is important, it is not advisable to invite people of
different statuses to the same dinner party. Americans
will often invite people to their homes. Whereas in
some societies the home is considering too private, S3.______
unworthy, or embarrassingly small to serve as an
appropriate forum for business entertaining. In some
countries there is a "help yourself" approach to
entertain done in the home, This approach does not work S4.______
well when entertaining people whose culture teaches
them to wait to ask three times before accepting an S5.______
offer of food. In one instance, a Chinese guest went
an entire evening without eating as he was quite hungry S6.______
because he was too embarrassing to take food after S7.______
only being asked to do so once. In another case, an
American woman executive was entertaining at tea in S8.______
London. After having the tea served, the American
woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than
waiting to be served. The English woman was embarrassed S9.______
by the implication what she was not serving S10.______
quickly enough, In many countries in Asia, it is
common to go out after work and have a meal and a
few drinks in order to establish and maintain harmonious relationships.
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