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Highlights
- The ultimate guide to international behavior.now completely updated and expanded!
- About the Author: ROGER E. AXTELL, retired Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for the Parker Pen Company, spent 30 years living and traveling abroad.
- 208 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Business Etiquette
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About the Book
With 200,000 copies in print, this guide to international behavior has helped countless high-powered executives and tourists avoid the missteps and misunderstandings that plague the world traveler. The updated edition provides even more facts, tips and cautionary tales from 500 international business travelers. 40 illustrations.Book Synopsis
The 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
* A new chapter on business gift-giving and gift-receiving customs, with country-by-country gift suggestions and precautions
* A special quick reference guide to customs and mores in 96 countries, including revisions and updates from foreign embassies and consulates
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The 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
* A new chapter on business gift-giving and gift-receiving customs, with country-by-country gift suggestions and precautions
* A special quick reference guide to customs and mores in 96 countries, including revisions and updates from foreign embassies and consulates
About the Author
ROGER E. AXTELL, retired Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for the Parker Pen Company, spent 30 years living and traveling abroad. He is now a professional after-dinner speaker and seminar leader whose audiences laugh while they learn about embarrassing anecdotes, goofs, gaffes, and behavior on five continents.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.19 Inches (H) x 6.24 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .73 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Business Etiquette
Publisher: Wiley
Format: Paperback
Author: Roger E Axtell
Language: English
Street Date: August 30, 1993
TCIN: 85128557
UPC: 9780471595281
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-5171
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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