#1Business Communication Across Cultures: Russia Hiroki Aoki Zaire Barabin Emily Inestroza Angeline Lozano Faisal Al Shukaili Professor Kubler ENGL 205 October 28, 2016#2Svalbard (NORWAY) NORWEGIAN SEA ARCTIC OCEAN Franz Josef Land CHUKCHI SEA Wrangel Island Anadyr New Siberian Islands EAST SIBERIAN SEA Pevek Cherskiy NORWAY OSLO SWEDEN BARENTS SEA Severnaya Zemlya Gulf of Bothnia STOCKHOLM FINLAND COPENHAGEN BALTIC SEA HELSINKI RUSSIA Kaliningrad POLAND LITH RIGA Murmansk Novaya Zemlya KARA SEA LAPTEV SEA Dikson TALLINN Belomorsk EST. WARSAW VILNIUS LAT. Saint Arkhangelsk Petersburg MINSK BELARUS Vologda Pechora Salekhard Kotlas ° Smolensk MOSCOW KIEV Bryansk UKRAINE Voronezh Penza Nizhny Novgorod Kazan Izhevsk Perm Saratov Volga Lena Vivilyuysk RUSSIA Kama Yekaterinburg Ufa 0 Samara Surgut Lensk Igarka Crimean Peninsula Rostov Volgograd BLACK SEA Astrakhanos GEOR TBILISI TURKEY ARM. YEREVAN IRAN AZERB BAKU ISPIAN SE U.S. Provideniya BERING SEA Kamchatka Peninsula Magadan SEA Okhotsk Yakutsk OF OKHOTSK Okha Aldan Sakhalin Island Chelyabinsk Lesosibirsk Angara Orenburg Orsk OKurgan Kansk Bratsk Omsk Tomsk о Krasnoyarsk Lake Baikal Neryungri Tynda Berezovyy Urgalo Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk Komsomolsk Nevero Khabarovsk Amur Birobidzhan Chita Novosibirsk Borzya Irkutska Ulan-Ude KAZAKHSTAN UZB. Aral Sea 250 500 750 km 250 750 mi 500 Yenisey ULAANBAATAR MONGOLIA CHINA Madivostock JAPAN SEA OF JAPAN TOKYO NORTH KOREA#3Collectivism High Context RUSSIA'S FIVE DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE High Power Distance Verbal Communication Style Slower Time Orientation#4APPEARANCE AND DRESS . Expensive Attire • Formal & Conservative for all genders No jewelry Upmost respect#5BODY LANGUAGE Conversational - Shaking Hands Eye Contact/Nodding Russian Appreciation#6GREETINGS Firm Handshake Small Space Exchanging Business Cards#7Time Structure of The Typical Business Day Persistence and Patience Russian Vacation Season Difficult Expectations 10 12 Beckled 9 8 00 Autwitt 3 1. CAEAAHO 6. B.CCCP 5 TIT#8Meals & Dining Etiquette BREAKFAST Before work LUNCH Main meal of the day DINNER Family Time#9GIFT GIVING TRADITIONS It is custom to give gifts as welcome in Russia YOU NEED OLENT Do Not Give Yellow Flowers Do Not Give Gifts on Christmas#10DECISION MAKING TRADITIONS Hierarchy Society Centralized The Boss Makes the Final Decision 2#11The “prettier" sex GENDER ROLES The gentleman#12ATTITUDE TOWARDS AUTHORITY Strongly Respectful Rely on Close Friends#13ATTITUDE TOWARDS CONFLICT RESOLUTION The same as most Middle East & Asian Cultures Not acceptable to show discontent Out-of-court methods rather than litigations#14Rule No. 2: Be flexible in the agenda So be flexible in your meeting.#15Works Cited Ardichvili, Alexander, Richard N. Cardozo, and Alexander Gasparishvili. "Leadership Styles and Management Practices of Russian Entrepreneurs: Implications for Transferability of Western HRD Interventions." Human Resource Development Quarterly 9.2 (1998): 145-55. Web. Arutunyan, Anna. "Only Connect: Russia between Individualism and Collectivism." ONLY CONNECT: RUSSIA BETWEEN INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM. The Wilson Quarterly, n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016. Beekun, Rafik I., Yvonne Stedham, Jeanne H. Yamamura, and Jamal A. Barghouti. "Comparing Business Ethics in Russia and the US." The International Journal of Human Resource Management 14.8 (2003): 1333-349. Web. Dubas, Khalid M. "A Cultural Perspective on Doing Business with Russia."Proceedings of the Academy for Studies in International Business 1.2 (2001): 1-5. Web. "Geert Hofstede." Russia. ITIM International, n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.#16Works Cited Limited, Communicaid Group. "Challenges of Doing Business in Russia." Challenges of Doing Business in Russia. Communicaid, 8 Mar. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. Naumov, Alexander, and Sheila Puffer. "Measuring Russian Culture Using Hofstede's Dimensions." Applied Psychology 49.4 (2000): 709-18. Web. Rovello, Jessica. "When It Comes To Business, Relations Between Russia And The U.S. Are Surprisingly Strong." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 25 Aug. 2016. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. Sokolskaya, Eugenia. "Directness in Russia's High-Context Culture Eugenia ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016. "United States Relations with Russia: Establishment of Relations to World War Two." U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, 20 Jan. 2009. Web. 26 Oct. 2016 Vinogradova, Elena, Irina Kozina, and Linda Cook. "Russian Labor: Quiescence and Conflict." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 45.3-4 (2012): 219-31. Print.#17Empty