Description
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to international behavior.now completely updated and expanded! Do''s and Taboos Around the World 3rd Edition Roger Axtell is an international Emily Post. --The New Yorker Can help you make friends [and] avoid travel trouble. --BusinessWeek Helpful.fun to read. --Steve Birnbaum The first two editions of Do''s and Taboos Around the World helped thousands of high-powered executives and tourists avoid the missteps and misunderstandings that plague the world traveler. This updated and expanded Third Edition provides even more facts, tips, and cautionary tales--gleaned from the experiences of more than five hundred international business travelers--as well as:
* Information on protocol, customs, and etiquette; hand gestures and body language; tipping; American jargon; and the international communications crisis
* Up-to-date advice on dealing with the monumental changes in Russia, Germany, Eastern Europe, the People''s Republic of China, and other locales
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Table of ContentsProtocol, Customs, and Etiquette.
Hand Gestures and Body Language.
A Quick Guide to the Ways of the World.
Gift Giving and Receiving.
American Jargon and Baffling Idioms.
Tips for Incoming Visitors to the U.S.
Postscript.
Appendix.
Index.
