Training for Non-Chinese
 
Ways to Get Along
WORKING WITH THE CHINESE EFFECTIVELY
A Cross-cultural Perspective
  All of us have worked together as a team. Even if we are part of several different teams, we work together towards teamwork¡¯s common goal ¨C to build team unity and cohesion. We must strive to work together efficiently and effectively in order to accomplish many tasks. However, this becomes more difficult when team members represent different cultures and have different expectations of how teams should work. Many international companies and organizations are challenged to resolve culturally-based differences between foreign employees and their local counterparts, which can spoil team unity and hinder the goals of the team.

Culture often prescribes a set of guidelines that we are oblivious of. They are strong determinants of behavior that dictate our actions and what we deem appropriate in various social settings. Unaware of the differences in communicating between cultures, we tend to use a single set of guidelines determined by our inherent culture to communicate across cultures. By ignoring the rules of intercultural communication, we misjudge and are misjudged, which leads to misunderstanding and failure in working effectively as a team.

To succeed in business in China, it is essential to understand both the cultural variants that determine your own behavior as well as the cultural factors shaping the ideas and actions of your Chinese counterparts.

Objectives

This program clearly distinguishes cultural factors that influence the attitude and behavior of Chinese people in the workplace, as well as how these values may conflict with your own in the employment context. The program helps you identify specific cultural factors, collective traits, and individual characteristics that are ¡°typical¡± examples of a ¡°Chinese¡± way of thinking or pattern of behavior in a team situation or in the workplace. Understanding these underlying cultural values behind the external social characteristics of your Chinese colleagues will help you to decipher the actual meaning of their words and actions. You will also learn culturally sensitive and practical strategies to help all team members coalesce in a cross-cultural working environment

Contents

The program is highly interactive. You will engage in discussion, participate in team exercises and simulate business communication scenarios often drawn from your experiences in the real business world. You are continuously learning and practicing new technique and strategies to effectively work with Chinese people as a team. The program varies in length according to your specific needs.

Content as it relates to your work in China, includes:
  1.¡¡A Survey of Chinese Business Culture
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Traditional business culture and practice
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Western business culture and its influence
 
2.¡¡A ¡°Typical¡± Chinese Workplace
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Major cultural ideas on:
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Common Manners of Conduct in the Workplace
 
3.¡¡Strategies and Protocol for Working with Chinese People
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Cross-Cultural Strategies: Optimizing on Diversity
  ¡¡¡¡¡¡Building Team Unity: Understanding China