Passport Philippines

Your Pocket Guide to Filipino Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Luis Francia

ISBN 1-885073-40-2
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport Philippines contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in the Philippines. 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 the Philippines. 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 Filipinos
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 Filipinos
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 Filipinos
Chapter 19: Entertaining
Chapter 20: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 21: Basic Tagalog Phrases
Chapter 22: Correspondence
Chapter 23: Useful Numbers
Chapter 24: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Author

Luis H. Francia is a Manila-born, New York-based journalist, critic and poet. He writes for The Village Voice and Hong Kong's Asiaweek magazine and is the author of the Philippines chapter in Fodor's Southeast Asia travel guide. He is also the editor of two English-language anthologies of Filipino literature, Brown River, White Ocean and Flippin': Filipinos on America.