TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Jeremy
TI  - Don't they know it's friday?: A cross-cultural guide for business and life in the Gulf 
SN  - 9781860630743
AV  - HD 58.7 W724d 2012
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - United Arab Emirates
PB  - Motivate Publishing
KW  - Business etiquette
KW  - Arabian Peninsula
KW  - Business enterprises
KW  - Arabian Paninsula
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - Etiquetas para los negocios
KW  - Panínsula Arábiga
KW  - Empresa comerciales
KW  - Península Arábiga
KW  - Vida social y costumbre
KW  - Siglo 20
N1  - Includes index; The scope of this book -- General background -- Starting out in the Gulf -- Your Gulf office -- The expatriates -- Selection and briefing -- Travel -- Behaviour and attitudes -- Personal behaviour, body language -- Time and timing - the biggest frustration? -- Language, names & writing -- Gulf business - how it all works -- Gulf business - bargaining and getting paid -- Gulf society - what's watsa? -- Food -- Entertaining -- Coping with visitors -- Stupid things to do in the Gulf and the desert -- Law, death, tax, insurance, bonds and banks -- Muslim life
N2  - This best-selling handbook is an essential guide for anyone wishing to do business with Arabs, whether as a resident expatriate or as a visitor. It dispels many of the myths associated with the region and gives advice on how to behave respectfully. It not only focuses on Gulf business practices, culture and behaviour patterns, but prepares the reader for the many lifestyle changes which will be experienced and offers a simple introduction to business life in the Gulf. -- Back cover
ER  -