Passport Indonesia

Your Pocket Guide to Indonesian Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Gregory Cole

ISBN 1-885073-37-2
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport Indonesia contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Indonesia. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in Indonesia. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Country Facts

Chapter 2: The Indonesians
Chapter 3: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 4: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 5: Government & Business

Chapter 6: The Work Environment
Chapter 7: Women in Business
Chapter 8: Making Connections
Chapter 9: Strategies for Success
Chapter 10: Time
Chapter 11: Business Meetings
Chapter 12: Negotiating with the Indonesians
Chapter 13: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 14: Names & Greetings

Chapter 15: Communication Styles
Chapter 16: Customs
Chapter 17: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 18: Reading the Indonesians
Chapter 19: Entertaining
Chapter 20: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 21: Basic Indonesian Phrases

Chapter 22: Correspondence
Chapter 23: Useful Numbers
Chapter 24: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Author

Gregory Cole, a New York-based journalist, is a true devotee of the archipelago. A former editor for Business Traveler International and two major travel trade magazines, he has traveled the breadth of Indonesia on news, travel, business and economics assignments. In Sumatra, he researched Batak culture and folklore and prepared reports on rubber plantation workers' health problems. Back in the U.S., he continues to conduct research projects for Indonesian companies.