Research Term Paper: Business Practice in Australia
V12- International Business Law
Submitted to Professor: Dr.Jeffrey Schieberl
Dt: 09/16/2014
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Australia at Glance
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Social Norms And Values
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Framework of Culture
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Background of business and structure in Australia
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Australian Management Style
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Australian Dresscode and Etiquette
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Successful entertaining in Australia
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Appendix I
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Appendix II
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Bibliography
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Australia at Glance
The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. (Source 1)
Australia is the world’s smallest continent and the sixth-largest country with the lowest population density in the world, the island of Tasmania 26,178 sq mi (67,800 sq km) with two people per square kilometer. (Source 1)
Population: 20,434,176 people (est. July 2007) concentrated mainly in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. (Source 1)
Capital: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Population approx. 320,000 people (est. 2005). Canberra is a purpose built capital city and capital of the ACT, similar to Washington DC in the USA. The ACT was created as a compromise when New South Wales and Victoria couldn’t decide whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the capital of Australia. (Source 1)
Administrative divisions: six states and two territories: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory. (Source 1)
Climate and Weather: the Australian continent is in the Southern Hemisphere