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U.S. Business Culture
Philosophy for business. Cultural understandings, Globalization, Standards and Ethics. Best practices, legislation, community involvement , legacy plan. Idioms and drawing connections through metaphors and stories. Growth maintenance, sustainability, training, and collaborations. Customs surrounding business social gatherings. |
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Culture
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Ethics
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Broadly, social heritage of a group (organized community or society). It is a pattern of responses discovered, developed, or invented during the group's history of handling problems which arise from interactions among its members, and between them and their environment.
These responses are considered the correct way to perceive, feel, think, and act, and are passed on to the new members through immersion and teaching. Culture determines what is acceptable or unacceptable, important or unimportant, right or wrong, workable or unworkable. It encompasses all learned and shared, explicit or tacit, assumptions, beliefs, knowledge, norms, and values, as well as attitudes, behavior, dress, and language. Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/ethics.html |
The basic concepts and fundamental principles of decent human conduct. It includes study of universal values such as the essential equality of all men and women, human or natural rights, obedience to the law of land, concern for health and safety and, increasingly, also for the natural environment. See also morality.
Life at work can be unstable, so thinking about the value you add is perhaps one of the most important things you can do. Experience is important, as are loyalty, dedication, and a strong work ethic; but none of these alone is enough to ensure that you continue to be employed in the future Now there is a need to pull together movements working on lean production, lean startups and frugal innovation, and those aiming to create new forms of efficiency across all major capitals (e.g. physical, financial, human, intellectual, social and natural capital)......READ MORE |
Particularly now, organizations need to be lean and efficient, so make sure that what you're doing creates value.
If it doesn't, figure out what you can do to contribute more directly to your organization's success, and do this urgently!
Idioms and Metaphors in Business.
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Every language has its own collection of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture / society. These sayings are called "idioms" - or proverbs if they are longer.
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This is helpful app to you can learn Idioms , Phrases and Proverbs in English very easily and effectively. It has more than 10000 idioms and phrases, it will help you search easily and effectively
Features: - Popular English Idioms - English Idioms Dictionary - Favorite English Idioms - English proverbs with their meaning - Most Common Phrasal Verbs - American Slang Dictionary - Idioms Quizzes - Phrasal Verb Quizzes
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US Business Culture
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You should beware of overgeneralizations concerning a country’s culture, especially if the country is as large and diverse as the United States. However, there are some traits that pop up in descriptions of US business culture again and again:
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These values influence etiquette and behavior in the workplace, as you will see in this introduction to American work culture
Meet and Greet - Small Talk - Communication Style - Dress for Success