Task 8. Which countries or parts of the world do you think the following descriptions might apply to? Do stereotypes help or hinder business relationships? Are they unfair?

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1. They believe that personal relationships and friendships are more important than rules and formal procedures.

2. They believe that rules are very important, and exceptions shouldn't be made for friends.

3. They're collectivist, so they dislike the idea of one person in a group earning much more than his or her colleagues.

4. They're efficient, punctual, and highly organized.

5. They're great believers in analysis, rationality, logic and systems.

6. They're individualistic, so paying people according to their performance is highly successful.

7. They like to spend time getting to know people before doing business with them.

8. They place great stress on personal relations, intuition, emotion, feeling and sensitivity.

9. They seem to be much disorganized, but on the other hand, they get their business done.

10. They accord status and respect to older people, and promotion comes with age.

11. They're very keen to find a consensus and to avoid confrontations.

12. They're very short-term oriented, thinking only of quarterly results.

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