CULTURE OF UNITED KINGDOM

PRESENTED BYPriyank kumar Shashank Singh Varun chopra Siddharth Sandeep Amit

To be discussed Need to understand Culture for doing business Internationally. Fun Facts About United Kingdom Business Culture of Uk Understanding Ethics of UK business Etiquetes in Uk Inbush Work and Learning from it

The Critical role of Culture in International Business

Eg. Walt Disney In Paris Wal-Mart in Germany The Daimler-Benz Chrysler Merger

Fun Facts
April Fool- Just Fooling Around.- April 1st is the day people try to trick their friends, to make them behave like fools.

Bank Holiday- In the United Kingdom and Ireland a bank holiday is a public holiday, when banks and many other businesses are closed for the day.

Contd..
Why does Queen Elizabeth have two birthdays? The Queens birthday is celebrated in other countries too

AFTERNOON TEA (The traditional 4 o'clock tea)

HIGH TEA (The traditional 6 o'clock tea)

Advent

Etiquettes in England
Do:

Stand in line Take off your hat when indoors Cover your mouth when yawning or coughing Shake hands Drive on the left side of the road
Greet people with a kiss unless its family or close friends Talk loudly in public Stare at others Ask personal and intimate questions

Donts:

Food
Traditional English Breakfast (Full English)
eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms

Traditional English Dinner

meat and 2 vegetables with hot brown gravy

Sunday Roast Dinner

roast meat, two vegetables and potatoes with a Yorkshire pudding

Superstitions
Good Luck:
Lucky to meet a black cat Lucky to touch wood Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves. A right way up horseshoe over the door brings good luck (like a U) Catch falling leaves in Autumn and youll have good luck.

Bad Luck:

Unlucky to walk underneath a ladder Seven years bad luck to break a mirror Unlucky to see one magpie, lucky to see two, etc. Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract the bad luck Unlucky to open an umbrella indoors. The number thirteen is unlucky Unlucky to put new shoes on the table Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs

Friday the thirteenth is a double unlucky day because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Business Appointments
Work for longer hours Advance appointments Confirm on arrival Timings

British prefer to work late

Business meetings
Punctuality: British Trait Senior representative

Formal and defined agenda

Humor Prone to using sarcasm

Contd..
Claim with Facts and Figures Summarize the meeting with sending letter

British are blunt and direct.

Business Gifts
Not advisable to bring Gifts. Likely to feel embarrassed. Only exceptions would be at the end of deal. Gifts should be small and tasteful but not showy.

Invite someone for a meal or to an opera.

Contd..
After work buy a round of drinks.

Never exchanged at Christmas.

While receiving a gift, please reciprocate it. When invited to a British home, bring a bottle of the best champagne.

Business Dress
Conservative business attire Business suit for both Donts: Never put pen

Never wear a striped tie

Greetings
A firm hand shake No issues over gender Maintain proper Eye contact A few feet of personal space Informal situation

Use titles as Mr, Mrs, Ms and surnames

Wedding dress
Business dress

Business Cards
Exchange at the initial introduction Bring a plentiful supply Cursory glance. Not compulsory to hand over to every person

Work In Inbush
Worked In Escorting Team. Worked in Citation team Sandeep, Shashank, Varun, Sidharth & Amit has invited 12 Ambassies, out of which 2 came Macedonia and Syria came in INBUSH. Sidharth, Amit and Sandeep Were also in Security Team. Sandeep was heading the main celeb security team

Learning from Inbush

Team Work How manage in tough situations Coordination with different people.