Why Doing Business in Taiwan? A small island located near mainland China, Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China) has known several ordeals such as the Japanese occupation and the rivalry with mainland China. In the second half of the 20th century the “economy miracle” helped Taiwan to become one of “Four Tigers” alongside South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Now a thriving economy, Taiwan is fully integrated into the global economy. The country produces high technology components (such as semiconductors and IT equipment) and is involved in close trade partnership with Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and its former rival, the People’s Republic of China.
Although close geographically to mainland China, Taiwanese culture has its own unique cultural values, traditions and customs. A Communicaid Doing Business in Taiwan cultural training course will help you to understand these core cultural values so that you can build successful business relationships with Taiwanese colleagues, clients or suppliers. Highly interactive in nature, a Doing Business in Taiwan cultural training course will provide with a set of practical strategies and tools that will ensure you have the right knowledge and skills when doing business in Taiwan.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Doing Business in Taiwan courses will provide you with:
- An extended understanding of your Taiwanese counterparts’ cultural drivers
- A comprehensive framework for understanding Taiwanese business and social culture
- Applicable strategies and tools for doing business in Taiwan more effectively
- A better understanding of the challenges of establishing or doing business in Taiwan
- Greater ability to establish successful relationships with your Taiwanese colleagues, clients and suppliers
Who should attend
A Communicaid Doing Business in Taiwan course will be of benefit to you if you are:
- Working extensively with Taiwanese companies and nationals
- Expanding your activities in Taiwan
- Experiencing the challenges of doing business in Taiwan
- Employing Taiwanese nationals within your organisation
Course Content
All our Doing Business in Taiwan training courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their unique requirements and existing skills set. Every course is highly tailored but a Doing Business in Taiwan course will typically include:
- Historical and political overview of Taiwan
- Taiwanese culture: religion, language, beliefs and customs
- Business and economic environment in Taiwan
- Taiwanese cultural values and attitudes and their impact on doing business in Taiwan
- Taiwanese working practices: meetings, presentations, decision-making
- Taiwanese business communication styles: levels of formality and directness
- Non-verbal cues and signals when doing business in Taiwan
- Socialising for business: building relationships when doing business in Taiwan
- Challenges and solutions when doing business in Taiwan
Approach
Doing Business in Taiwan programmes are available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one of our training centres in London, Paris, Brussels, 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 Taiwan course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.
Doing Business in Taiwan Course Trainer
Your Doing Business in Taiwan 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 Taiwan cultural training team.
CF – Cultural Awareness Trainer - China
PhD Cultural Anthropology
CF is an educator, intercultural trainer and consultant. She provides customised coaching, training, facilitation and consulting for industry, government, non-profit and educational institutions in multicultural teambuilding, diversity and cross-cultural competency, and cultures of “greater China” (People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong). Based in Austin, Texas, CF facilitates relocation and repatriation programmes on China for employees and their families. Having raised children herself, she has an excellent understanding of the challenges facing relocating families.
Between 2004 and 2006, she was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Texas, Department of Asian Studies, where she taught courses on contemporary China and Taiwan. She is now associated with the Center for East Asian Studies at UT as a Research Affiliate, and is adjunct professor of anthropology at Austin Community College.
A conversational Mandarin speaker, CF has lived in Taiwan for three extended periods and for numerous briefer visits since 1983. She has travelled and lectured extensively in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Active in Austin’s international community, CF is Vice Chair of the Austin-Taichung (Taiwan) Sister Cities Committee and is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, the Austin Asian American Chamber of Commerce, and SIETAR-Austin (Society for Intercultural Training, Education and Research). |
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