Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Germany
- Tips on Doing Business
- Germans do not like the unexpected.
Sudden changes unwelcome
- Whether you know
German or use your own
language, speak in
complete sentences
- The trade fair (a.k.a., trade show) was
invented in Germany: participation
in their conferences is key.participation in
their conferences is key.
- Cultural Orientation
- Germans are analytic and conceptual
in their information processing.
- Germans depend upon objective facts. Emotional
involvement is unacceptable in negotiations.
- Every German has a responsibility to follow
the rules, both written and unwritten.
- Business Practices
- Nowhere in the world is punctuality more
important than in Germany.
- Directness is appreciated
- The German
reputation for quality
is based on slow,
methodical planning.
- Business is serious; Germans do
not appreciate humor in a
business context.
- Protocol
- Most Germans shake hands
at both the beginning and
the end of a meeting.
- It is very important to
use professional titles
- German businessmen do not
give or expect to receive
expensive gifts
- Business dress in
Germany is very
conservative