Big in Asia or The Basics of Speech Communication

Big in Asia: 30 Strategies for Business Success: Expanded and Fully Updated

Author: Michael Backman

China, India and the rest of Asia is the world’s most exciting and dynamic business environments. It’s also the most complicated and risky. Can an individual investor or company not just survive but thrive? Big in Asia, the best selling guide to business in Asia by Michael Backman and Charlotte Butler, provides an unrivalled quantity of practical advice, real case studies and examples on how to do this - how to become Big in Asia. It combines management school theory with the grit of Asian corporate realities. And unlike almost every other business and management guide, it is a book written for Asia with due consideration to the regional variations within Asia.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures and Tables     vii
Preface     viii
Hit the Ground Running
Ignorance is not Bliss     1
Know the Firm, Know the Family: Dealing with Asian Family Firms     15
Women in Asia: Beyond the Stereotype     25
Understand Asia's Overseas Chinese     40
Understand Asia's Overseas Indians     52
Dealing with Information Ambiguity, Local Consultants and Accounting Firms     69
On the Ground
Network like a Local, Negotiate like a Westerner     80
Taking the M&A Route?     94
Managing Partnerships with Southeast Asian Firms     108
Managing Partnerships with Japanese and South Korean Firms     122
China or India?     143
Avoid Post-acquisition Trauma     160
Building Up
Send the Right People     173
Cross the Cultural Divide     186
Localizing the Labor Force     196
Managing Change     211
Outsourcing: Where and Why?     225
Selling Consulting Services in Asia     238
Staying Up
Tilt the Playing Field     250
Think Global, Act Local - But How Far?     265
Building a Profile in Asia     279
Caveat Emptor: Beware the Banks of Asia     293
Avoid Blood Loss as a Minority Shareholder     303
China! The Frenzy Continues     315
Staying Clean
Negotiate the Law in Asia: Bankruptcy, Contracts and Defamation     339
Intellectual Property Abuse: Contain the Risks     348
Ethical Traps on the Road to Being Big in Asia     363
Corruption: The Business Practice that Dare Not Speak its Name     376
Dancing with the Devil: Doing Business with Asia's Politicians and their Families     390
When Things Go Wrong     396
Acknowledgements     411
Abbreviations     413
Index     415

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The Basics of Speech Communication

Author: Scott McLean

This brief book presents basic communication concepts, terms, theories, and exercises in a readily accessible manner. The Basics of Speech Communication is designed to introduce readers to the basics of the field in a clear, concise, and engaging way. This book focuses readers in on the "nuts and bolts" without excessive detail, in order to ensure that the fundamentals are mastered and allowing instructors ample time to integrate additional materials and/or hear classroom presentations. With an emphasis on skills and competencies, this book delivers the necessary material without being overwhelming or cost-prohibitive. For those interested or involved in speech communication.

Booknews

McLean (Arizona Western College) presents a clear and concise introduction to the basics of speech communications. It is intended for students taking their first communications course, and assumes no prior academic preparation in the field. Students are given a variety of opportunities to engage with the basic concepts, vocabulary and theories covered in the text, including role-playing exercises, journal writings, case studies, mapping exercises, pair and small-group activities, games, and self-assessment questionnaires. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)