首页
登录
职称英语
Read the following article about culture in business negotiation and the questio
Read the following article about culture in business negotiation and the questio
游客
2025-05-29
13
管理
问题
Read the following article about culture in business negotiation and the questions. For each question (15-20), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
Negotiation is a common and necessary process in concluding an international transaction. Businesspeople from different cultures may sometimes find themselves in an awkward position owing to the cultural conflict. As a matter of fact, when two parties of different cultures sit at the negotiation table, two cultures are conflicting. Cultural conflict may result in a failure of a deal or loss of opportunity or loss of profits. For example, foreigners with some knowledge about Chinese culture will avoid making an appointment with Chinese businesspeople to negotiate during the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, especially on the New Year’s Eve and in the following three days, as Chinese people think that it is not the time to make money during the Festival. On the other hand, they need relaxation after a whole year’s hard work.
Cultural elements influence the style, method, pace, and goals of the negotiators. The negotiators must remain alert to not only the culture of the society represented but the personal views and outlook of the negotiator across the negotiation table and even across wire (talking on the phone).
Negotiation between businesspeople is an activity of cross-cultural communication, and closely linked with communication is the accommodation of differences in negotiating styles. Some cultures are more formal than others, others more confrontational; some will be understated, others inclined to exaggeration; some more conscious of status and far less egalitarian than Americans, others so circumspect (to save face and preserve harmony as to leave a typical Western businessman baffled in trying to find out the intent).
Understanding manners and customs is especially important in negotiations because misunderstanding manners or customs of another culture may result in poor outcomes or even disasters.
To negotiate effectively in cross-culture negotiation, all types of communication should be read correctly. For example, Americans often interpret inaction and silence as negative sign. Japanese managers tend to expect that their silence can get Americans to lower prices or sweeten a deal. Even a simple agreement may take days to negotiate in the Middle East because the Arab party may want to talk about unrelated issues or do something else for a while. The aggressive style of Russian negotiators and their usual last-minute change requests may cause astonishment and concern on the part of ill-prepared negotiators. The following examples may further show how culture conflicts damage international trade transactions.
At the negotiation table, Western business negotiation group leader found the Japanese negotiation leader nodding his head after he made his offer to the Japanese negotiator, so he thought the Japanese business counterpart agreed to their offer, and he took out the contract, hoping to conclude the negotiation by signing the sales contract. But, to his great astonishment, the Japanese counterpart did not show any sign of signing the contract. The Western business negotiation group leader, however, felt offended. He thought the Japanese counterpart was not serious. The negotiation then ended resultless.
The process of decision making is varied. The time taken to make one decision will depend on whether such authority is centralized, assigned to a committee of technical people, routed through a network within the organization, or entirely delegated to the negotiator. For example, again it is concerned with the negotiation between the Japanese businesspeople and an American group. After being offered the price, the Japanese negotiators habitually remained silent for some time. The American negotiator, however, thought that the price he had offered might be not competitive. So he reduced the offered price, which surprised and very much pleased the Japanese negotiators. [br] Which country do businesspeople come from may take longer time to make decisions to accept the terms and conditions?
选项
A、The USA.
B、Russia.
C、Japan.
D、The Middle East.
答案
D
解析
此题是对文章细节的考查。文章第五段提到了中东商人喜欢用更多的时间来做决定,因为他们喜欢在谈判时谈些无关紧要的事务。故答案为D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4095249.html
相关试题推荐
Readthefollowingarticleaboutcultureinbusinessnegotiationandthequestio
Readthefollowingarticleaboutcultureinbusinessnegotiationandthequestio
Readthefollowingarticleaboutcultureinbusinessnegotiationandthequestio
Readthefollowingarticleaboutcultureinbusinessnegotiationandthequestio
Readthistexttakenfromabusinessmagazine.Choosethebestsentencetofill
Readthistexttakenfromabusinessmagazine.Choosethebestsentencetofill
Readthetextbelowaboutidleness.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordin
Readthetextbelowaboutidleness.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordin
Readthetextbelowaboutidleness.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordin
Readthetextbelowaboutidleness.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordin
随机试题
全面建设小康社会,加快推进社会主义现代化,使社会主义中国发展和富强起来,为人类进步事业做出更大贡献,这是我们党必须勇敢担负起来的历史任务。完成这个任务,
Allrightladies:Ifsomebodysaid"Youaresobeautiful",wouldyoufindit
AtfirstKatethoughttheRomaniangirlcouldnotspeakandunderstandEngli
天线的方向图是一种三维图形,描述了天线辐射场在空间的分布情况,方向图也称为()。
下列哪种物质会降低苯酚的杀菌能力A.氯化钠 B.氯化钙 C.氯化亚铁 D.
根据消费税的有关规定,下列关于金银首饰的消费税税务处理,说法正确的是()。A.
上述各项中属于医生违背有利原则的是A.医生检查病人时,由于消毒观念不强,造成交叉
血清二氧化碳结合力(COCP)
患儿,2岁。咳嗽2周,日轻夜重,咳后伴有深吸气样鸡鸣声,吐出痰涎或食物后暂时缓解
在教学方法改革过程中,布鲁纳提出了()。A、发现学习教学法 B、探究
最新回复
(
0
)