Geoffrey Murray
Autor de Vietnam - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture
Obras de Geoffrey Murray
The Simple Guide to Vietnam Customs & Etiquette (Simple Guides Customs and Etiquette) (1997) 4 copias
MATTERS OF LIFE & DEATH 3 copias
Frontiers of healing 1 copia
Let's discover Shakespeare 1 copia
The life of Admiral Collingwood 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Miembros
- 55
- Popularidad
- #295,340
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 39
- Idiomas
- 1
The chapters "Business Briefing" and "Communicating" contained the most germaine information for my purposes. These chapters provide a general context of Doi Moi ("rennovation") and recent historical factors that affect business dealings in Vietnam. Though the advice is generally good, one is certain that Mr. Murray would not opine that "a dress would be cooler at most times of the year" (140) if he had ever actually tried to wear a dress at 104 F and 100% humidity. The basic information on business cards, protocol for drinking a beverage, speech patterns, body language, eye contact, etc. appeared to be accurate, though everyone shook hands with me in the Western manner (though less crushing than is sometimes the case in the US) and by the end of the trip those who had spent a lot of time with me were not averse to a goodbye hug.
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