How do you build successful professional connections with colleagues from Mexico? While most books focus simply on how to avoid common communication mistakes, this book leads its readers to an understanding of how to succeed and thrive within the three cultures, Mexico, the US, and Canada.
His research and publications center on the cultural aspects of international business and pedagogical applications of innovative technologies.
He also serves as the Director of the UT Portuguese Language Flagship.
Kelm, Ph D, is an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses in Portuguese and Spanish, focusing mainly on business language and the cultural aspects of international business communication.
About the Author Orlando R.
The case study includes additional observations from North American and Mexican business professionals who offer related suggestions and recommendations.
In the final chapter the authors bring all of these cultural interactions together with a sample case study about business interactions between Mexicans and North Americans.
Each chapter addresses one of these topics and demonstrates how to evaluate the differences among Mexican, US, and Canadian cultures.
Olivia Hernandez-Pozas, Orlando Kelm, and David Victor, well-respected research professors and seasoned cross-cultural trainers for businesspeople, guide readers through Mexican culture using Victor\'s LESCANT Model (an acronym representing Seven key cross-cultural communication areas: Language, Environment, Social Organization, Contexting, Authority, Nonverbal Behavior, and Time).
The Seven Keys to Communicating in Mexico follows the model of presenting key cultural concepts used in the earlier books by Kelm and Victor on Brazil and (with Haru Yamada) on Japan.
Kelm, Hernandez-Pozas and Victor present a set of practical guidelines for Communicating professionally with Mexicans, both in Mexico and abroad, providing many photographs as examples.
How do you build successful professional connections with colleagues from Mexico? While most books focus simply on how to avoid common communication mistakes, this book leads its readers to an understanding of how to succeed and thrive within the three cultures, Mexico, the US, and Canada
