Influence of Culture in Business

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Culture definition 3 The determinants of culture 4,5,6&7 Culture and the workplace 8 Conclusion 9 Reference 10 Introduction In order for one to have a successful business negotiation, cross cultural literacy is important. One has to understand what the society’s culture entails and how they work both in regards to business, politics, social life and language. My strategy for an effective business negotiation is for the managers to have culture awareness and understand what the determinants of the culture are, know how to attain international etiquette and how to understand international business culture. Although there is no written guideline or rules that states how one should act when doing business where, every country has their way of doing business. Knowing this to me is one of the strategies to a successful business negotiation, the other thing is understanding how different societies view business and how external features influence the business such as the value of time in different cultures, politics and again religion. In this essay I have discussed all the major issues that determine culture in different societies and how one should consider them when doing business overseas. Everything is viewed differently in different cultures from the way one dresses when doing business to the protocols followed when negotiating a business deal. Culture Definition Culture is the system of values and norms that are common among a group of people or as one anthropologist by the name Edward Tyler defined is the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, custom and other capabilities acquired by man as a member of the society, society meaning a group of

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