Cultural differences - business

Indonesian people do not have a family name

• True

• False

In Gulf countries, men should greet women...

• By bowing

• By shaking their hand

• Just by waving both hands from a distance

• Verbally, without touching them

When British people "Perhaps I have taken too much of your time" in a meeting, it means that:

• It's time to end the meeting

• They want to extend the meeting

• They look for confirmation you appreciated the meeting

• The meeting was boring

In Denmark, it is acceptable to openly disagree with your manager in a meeting

• True

• False

In the afternoon, Indian people always enjoy drinking:

• Coffee

• Tea

• Warm sweet milk

• Dahl soup (yellow lentils)

In Japan, how should team members sit?

• Senior across senior, junior across junior

• Men and women alternatively

• Men on one side, women on another

• On the floor, never on chairs

For meetings, Germans prefer loose, open agendas to have time discussing, rather than a structured and rigid agenda

• True

• False

In China, how should you present and receive business cards?

• With both hands, carefully

• With the right hand only, carefully

• On a clean desk

• In an envelope, to keep it neat

Apart from France and Brazil, which other country enjoy long lunch breaks?

• Greece

• Russia

• Solomon islands

• Luxembourg

After you have exposed a point, if a Japanese keep asking you questions, it means:

• They're not sure to have understood what you meant

• They think you finished too quickly

• It's an invitation for you to give them tasks to do

• It's a polite way to say "no" to your request