ALSTON, JON P.

Business Guide to Modern China (International Business)

UK, Michigan State University Press. 1997. (ISBN: 9780870134234). Paperback, a5 brown garage. Paperback in good condition. Westerners wishing to conduct business in modern China often find Chinese business practices and policies both troublesome and bewildering. The "Business Guide to Modern China" anticipates the difficulties of establishing business relations and illustrates how to use the Chinese mindset and business orientation for personal business advantage. Sociologists Jon P. Alston and Yongxin He describe Chinese business values and etiquette in a straightforward manner, while providing detailed guidelines for conducting business affairs in China. The "Business Guide" illustrates the challenges of conducting business in a developing economy, including how to cope with administrative problems experienced by foreign investors. Perhaps most important is Alston and He's detailed presentation on Chinese workers, their workplaces, and how to avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings of local custom and work practice.". Good.

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Book number: 29203

Catalogue: Business Communication Skills

Keywords: 9780870134234

MARTIN, DAVID M.

Manipulating Meetings: How to Get What You Want, When You Want

Financial Times Prentice Hall. 1994. (ISBN: 9780273607496). Hardcover, a4 orange. Condition very good. This book examines a variety of tactics and strategies used in meetings by others and which you can use yourself to plan and achieve the objectives you are after. It takes the reader through issues such as hidden agendas: filibusterers, time wasters, dealing with surprise attacks, ambushing ideas, handling saboteurs, testing ideas and gaining support; how to be an effective chairman etc. It examines these practices in a variety of contexts including formal company meetings, management and executive meetings, media meetings and one to one meetings giving a complete programme of ideas for managers to digest, use and implement every day. Key features include: how to reduce the number of meetings, how to chair and control meetings, encouraging positive discussions, handling hidden agendas, finding the edge in one to one meetings, manipulating management meetings, how to prevent manipulations, handling ambushes and surprises. Readership: All middle managers who want to achieve their objectives in meetings. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 2292

Catalogue: Business Communication & Presentation

Keywords: 9780273607496