Why Doing Business in South Africa? An emerging multicultural society, South Africa is a unique blend of cultures which have been shaped by years of colonial rule and immigration. Despite recent political and economic instability and tensions, South Africa is a progressive society making great strides towards improvement. With a highly developed economic infrastructure and one of the most promising and vibrant emerging market economies across the globe, South Africa is increasingly attracting international business opportunities and investments. Successfully doing business in South Africa, however, first requires an understanding and appreciation of its complex culture and business etiquette.
Communicaid’s Doing Business in South Africa cultural awareness courses are ideal for businesses who wish to take advantage of this emerging market and those who wish to develop successful business relationships with South Africans. A Doing Business in South Africa course will provide you with an understanding of South African business approaches and will assist you to develop your own strategies for working or doing business in South Africa through a combination of in-depth background information and hands-on practical tips and business solutions.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Doing Business in South Africa courses will provide you with:
- A better understanding of the current state of affairs in South Africa and the future of its
economy and business opportunities
- A clear understanding of what motivates South African business counterparts
- Tips to ensure successful business relations with your South African partners and clients
- A better understanding of the potential issues and solutions involved in establishing or
doing business in South Africa
- Practical strategies and solutions for working more effectively with South African business
counterparts
Who should attend
A Communicaid Doing business in South Africa course will be of benefit to you if you are:
- Considering establishing or doing business in South Africa
- Involved in exporting/importing with South African business counterparts
- Already experiencing the challenges of doing business in South Africa
- Employing South African nationals within your organisation
Course content
All our Doing Business in South Africa training courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their specific requirements and existing skills set. A Doing Business in South Africa course typically includes:
- Historical, political and economic overview of South Africa
- South African culture: religion, beliefs, language and customs
- South African business and economic environment
- South African business cultural values and attitudes: hierarchy, time, relationships
- Management and working styles for doing business in South Africa
- South African communication, meeting and negotiation styles when doing business
- Challenges and solutions for doing business in South Africa
Approach
Doing Business in South Africa programmes are available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one of our training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York or at your offices in any location worldwide. We usually recommend a one or two day course but can also offer a more flexible format to suit your schedule.
Suitably tailored materials will be used throughout your course and your trainer will provide a balance of structured input and discussion of case studies and scenarios relevant to your own particular context.
The most appropriate training format, content and approach for your Doing Business in South Africa course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.
Doing Business in South Africa Course Trainer
Your Doing Business in South Africa trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is the profile of a member of our South African culture training team.
KT
KT is an international cross-cultural trainer, an experienced international speaker and training developer. An American citizen, permanently based in South Africa for over ten years, she has lived and worked in three continents and visited over forty countries.
KT recently finished her master's degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Pretoria. Her professional experience includes director of leadership development for an international organisation where she created a programme of training senior leaders, research consultant for an international company where she helped develop strategies for training leaders working across cultures, and lecturer and trainer for group and interpersonal relationships in the complex racial and cultural theatre of South Africa.
KT has delivered programmes on South Africa for Communicaid to Cadbury Schweppes delegates recently relocated to Johannesburg.
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