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3. What should a visitor to your country know about the points in A, B, C?
What about other countries?
A
Entertainment and
hospitality:
Business lunches in
restaurants where deals
are discussed
Corporate hospitality
(inviting your clients to a
big sport events)
Inviting your business
partner to your house for
dinner
B
Time
Culture of presenteeism:
being at work when you
don’t need to be
Lunch breaks
Working breakfast
Punctuality
Public holidays
Five weeks’ holidays
C
Cross cultural
communication
Distance when talking to
people
Eye contact
Gesture
Greetings/ good buys
Humour
Physical contact
Presents
Rules of conversation and
the role of silence
Posture and body
movements.
Facial expression
Proxemics (a concept of
space that communicates
about the person)
4. Do you agree with the following: When in Rome do as Romans do”, “Good
manners, Good business”?
II Vocabulary work.
1. Below are sixteen different culture values. Match 1-8 to the contrasting phrase in
a-h
1) Individual culture
2) Consensus-minded
3) Deferential
4) High job mobility
5) Low-context
6) Loyalty to the company
7) Broad-based managerial skills
8) Hard, corporate values
a. Egalitarian culture
b. High – context culture
c. Specialist and
technocratic management
d. Soft, customer-focused
e. Low job-mobility
f. Group-oriented culture
g. Loyalty to oneself
h. Competitive culture
2. Complete the sentences below with a phrase from part A
3. What should a visitor to your country know about the points in A, B, C?
What about other countries?

  A                         B                              C
  Entertainment         and Time                           Cross             cultural
  hospitality:                                             communication

  Business     lunches     in   Culture of presenteeism:   Distance when talking to
  restaurants where deals       being at work when you     people
  are discussed                 don’t need to be           Eye contact
  Corporate       hospitality   Lunch breaks               Gesture
  (inviting your clients to a   Working breakfast          Greetings/ good buys
  big sport events)             Punctuality                Humour
  Inviting your business        Public holidays            Physical contact
  partner to your house for     Five weeks’ holidays       Presents
  dinner                                                   Rules of conversation and
                                                           the role of silence
                                                           Posture        and   body
                                                           movements.
                                                           Facial expression
                                                           Proxemics (a concept of
                                                           space that communicates
                                                           about the person)

4. Do you agree with the following: “When in Rome do as Romans do”, “Good
manners, Good business”?

II Vocabulary work.
1. Below are sixteen different culture values. Match 1-8 to the contrasting phrase in
a-h
    1) Individual culture                               a. Egalitarian culture
    2) Consensus-minded                                 b. High – context culture
    3) Deferential                                      c. Specialist              and
    4) High job mobility                                   technocratic management
    5) Low-context                                      d. Soft, customer-focused
    6) Loyalty to the company                           e. Low job-mobility
    7) Broad-based managerial skills                    f. Group-oriented culture
    8) Hard, corporate values                           g. Loyalty to oneself
                                                        h. Competitive culture
2. Complete the sentences below with a phrase from part A

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