Mexico Host Culture
How are business relationships valued and treated compared to the host culture? There is a saying in Mexico that translate into time is not money, money is for enjoying life and “Americans live to work, but
Mexicans work to live!” This is an example of how cultural differences involve more than just language and demographic existence. The development of business relations between Mexico and United States has long been established as very important. The necessity for individuals to understand one another is immeasurable, especially in the business environment. The ability to successfully work together can become more difficult than usual if these communications are tangled in any way.
There are factors …show more content…
Direct contact to either the executive secretary or the executives themselves is best to do if their numbers are available. A phone call can be placed to one of the executives and it goes unanswered for quite some time. This is quite typical as the belief is that if the cal is important enough it will be placed again.
Twitter, Facebook and Skype are not used for business purposes and would be not be used as a form of communication in the Mexican business world. In the U.S. all forms of communication are used as contacting our counterparts. Time takes on very different meanings in Mexico. Their business day can usually start at 9:00 am. and end at 7:00 pm. A typical business day in the United States can be very similar as work days tend to linger on and quite often Americans will stay until the job is done. All this time is not spent working in the Mexican culture because long lunches are in order every day. Two hour lunches are not uncommon and lunch takes place between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm each day. The next task is to understand the written Mexican language. Talk is usually written in the same manner. Although Mexicans …show more content…
The laws are very complicated in that there are certain rules that are to be followed. The job applicants can include male and females and the laws can make it difficult to fire employees if problems arise. More and more communication is encouraged between U.S. and Mexico and the two can become stronger despite our weaknesses. The strength of the growth of U.S. and Mexico negotiation is for them not to close their borders to one another but place and emphasis on learning more and taking advantage of the economic and social benefits of its not so distant neighbor. The North and South border communication become prosperous and stable if the effort is put forth to seek understanding first. AGREN, D. (2011). Mexico: POSITIVE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Latin Trade (English), 19(3), 42. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Alarco, G., & del Hierro, P. (2010). Growth and Concentration among the Leading Business Groups in Mexico. CEPAL Review, (101), 173-192. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
SHINNAR, R. S., CARDON, M. S., EISENMAN, M., ZUIKER, V., & MYUNG-SOO, L. (2009). IMMIGRANT AND US-BORN MEXICAN-OWNED BUSINESSES:: MOTIVATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 14(3), 273-295. Retrieved from
Mexicans work to live!” This is an example of how cultural differences involve more than just language and demographic existence. The development of business relations between Mexico and United States has long been established as very important. The necessity for individuals to understand one another is immeasurable, especially in the business environment. The ability to successfully work together can become more difficult than usual if these communications are tangled in any way.
There are factors …show more content…
Direct contact to either the executive secretary or the executives themselves is best to do if their numbers are available. A phone call can be placed to one of the executives and it goes unanswered for quite some time. This is quite typical as the belief is that if the cal is important enough it will be placed again.
Twitter, Facebook and Skype are not used for business purposes and would be not be used as a form of communication in the Mexican business world. In the U.S. all forms of communication are used as contacting our counterparts. Time takes on very different meanings in Mexico. Their business day can usually start at 9:00 am. and end at 7:00 pm. A typical business day in the United States can be very similar as work days tend to linger on and quite often Americans will stay until the job is done. All this time is not spent working in the Mexican culture because long lunches are in order every day. Two hour lunches are not uncommon and lunch takes place between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm each day. The next task is to understand the written Mexican language. Talk is usually written in the same manner. Although Mexicans …show more content…
The laws are very complicated in that there are certain rules that are to be followed. The job applicants can include male and females and the laws can make it difficult to fire employees if problems arise. More and more communication is encouraged between U.S. and Mexico and the two can become stronger despite our weaknesses. The strength of the growth of U.S. and Mexico negotiation is for them not to close their borders to one another but place and emphasis on learning more and taking advantage of the economic and social benefits of its not so distant neighbor. The North and South border communication become prosperous and stable if the effort is put forth to seek understanding first. AGREN, D. (2011). Mexico: POSITIVE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Latin Trade (English), 19(3), 42. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Alarco, G., & del Hierro, P. (2010). Growth and Concentration among the Leading Business Groups in Mexico. CEPAL Review, (101), 173-192. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
SHINNAR, R. S., CARDON, M. S., EISENMAN, M., ZUIKER, V., & MYUNG-SOO, L. (2009). IMMIGRANT AND US-BORN MEXICAN-OWNED BUSINESSES:: MOTIVATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 14(3), 273-295. Retrieved from