Business communication between Australia and China

Table manner and Gift giving:
The difference between China and Australia business communication

Report prepared for Maurice Benson,
Manager, International Business Practice Group

Prepared by Xuejiao Jia, Manager assistant, International Business Practice Group

Email of Transmittal
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Subject: report-commissioned by IBPG
Date: 20/10/2014

Dear Maurice
Thank you to fix me up with the International Business Program Group. As a new staff, this opportunity is very important for me to prove my worth to our company.
In your last email, you asked me to write a report to provide a guideline and explain the intercultural communication between my country and Australia. I have already finished my report and attached it into this email.
By analyzing Hofstede’s model, my report provide two recommendations, which related to the power distance and long-term orientation, and draw conclusions about how to break the cultural barrier and help our employee to communicate effectively with Chinese employees in the workplace.
If you have any question, please contact me for further information. Kind Regard
Xuejiao Jia

Xuejiao Jia
Manager assistant, International Business Practice Group
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Summary
The purpose of this report is to analyze the current situation and gives the recommendations to Australia ABCD Company’s employees who would like to form intercultural communication with Chinese company.
The methodology in this report use Hofstede’s model - power distance and long-term orientation to explain the meaning behind the table manners and gift giving.
By analyzing Hofstede’s model, it is concluded that the people, like Chinese, are from high power distance and long-term orientation culture, are courteous and hierarchical. They comply with the role of society and respect the higher rank person. Besides, they tend to form a long-term relationship. In contrast,

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