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Title: Understanding Cultural Differences: Germans, French, and Americans by Edward Twitchell Hall, Mildred Reed Hall, Mildred R. Hall ISBN: 1-877864-07-2 Publisher: Intercultural Press Pub. Date: March, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent guidelines and some practical value
Comment: The book provides excellent guidelines for Americans to compare German cultural values and behaviors against ours, but I am not sure about the French (lack of personal experience). It is quite general but you can learn a lot if you have the will to understand German corporate cultural rules and to gain the edge in your interactions with your German counterparts. My personal observations/experience during a recent business stay in Germany seemed to have mostly agreed with the authors' points of view.

I wish it had more real-life examples and illustrations for higher practical values.

I loved reading it through and would recommend it highly.

Rating: 5
Summary: Extrodinary!
Comment: If you have little time to read about Doing business in Europe then this book is ideal choice. Well analysed and Excellent Presentation. Worth for my money sure your's too.

Rating: 4
Summary: A Must for anybody dealing with one of these three cultures
Comment: Anybody dealing with any of those three cultures in business should read this book. It is simple, handy and quite accurate. I am myself French and have been living and working in Germany for ten years now in an international environment. I also spent three years of my life in the US. The book - already ten years old - does need some up-dating as far as the political and economic situations in each of these three countries are concerned and I found a few inaccuracies in the French part (probably due to the fact that the French culture is more difficult to grasp for an American than the German one), but all in all it is a highly recommendable book. The key notions of "monochronic" and "polychronic", of "high context" and "low context" cultures are extremely useful. This is not only a book for Americans doing business with Europeans : as far as I am concerned it helped me understanding and being more patient with my American colleagues.

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