"Know your customer" is the most important thing a businessman/salesman must acquired, before aiming to sell services, computers, gadgets,foods or beverages in a foreign country. Globalization has made cross-border business deals more common than ever. But, every day, deals are jeopardized or lost when foreign associates are offended by unaware of other countries' customs, culture or manners. Its true that all culture has its own logic but all culture are not inscrutable, if the businessman or salesperson has a basic knowledge on the pattern of the type of culture he's/she's selling with, less frustration and effective interaction with the foreign clients or colleagues may occur:
First tips is be prepared, having a mentor is one of the best thing you should do,a mentor usually knows the ins and out about the business environment, another thing is endless researching through reading about the business etiquette, history and current affairs which include the current relations with your country.
Second tips is to respect the culture. “When you plan to make business in a foreign country, you should know the culture of that country,” Having business in foreign country would mean a lot of adjusting to do, some businessman usually commit blunder in etiquette, manners while traveling. Other are too informal in their dealings with their counterparts abroad, ending up to frustration.
Third tips is familiarity with the language use, due to motivation by booming global e-business and the resulting popularity of cross country electronics negotiation, having an understanding about the native language of your prospective country will give you an edge to succeed. The influence of language familiarity on persuasion behavior in negotiation is somehow critical, but having an interpreter is often critical but very helpful especially when one of the parties speaks other language.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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