A country is never complete without a culture. Philippines is a country located at Southeast Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. Their official language is Tagalog. Although Philippines do have 19 languages overall, English is generally used for educational, governmental and commercial purposes and is widely understood since it is the medium of instruction in schools. The Philippines are the third largest group of English speaking people in the world, after the United States and the United Kingdom("Philippines," n.d.). From this , we can learn that bank are easily to get into the Philippines market because we do not have any issue in terms of communication problem. Other than that, it is also more convenient to home country because when they send their home country worker to Philippines and provide training to local worker, they can communicate by speaking in …show more content…
Before meeting, agenda and informational material should be prepared so that they can prepare for the discussions without any problems. During the meeting, punctuality is expected and face to face meeting are preferred. Furthermore, when they offer you food or drinks, it is advisable for us to accept it as when you turning down, they may lose face on it. As most of them are Roman Catholic, meetings are required to avoid at the week before Easter Day. When you meet the person and exchange the business card, you should offer the business card first and make sure the business card included your title. Like Japan culture, you need to present and receive business cards using two hands and before you put in your business card case, you need to examine the card briefly without further