Passport Thailand

Your Pocket Guide to Thai Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Naomi Wise

ISBN 1-885073-26-7
96 Pages
Passport Thailand contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Thailand. 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 Thailand. 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 Thai
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 Thai
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 Thai
Chapter 19: Entertaining
Chapter 20: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 21: Basic Thai Phrases

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

About the Authors

Naomi Wise has written or co-authored three cookbooks (Meat and Game Cooking; Regional American Classics; Totally Hot! The Ultimate Hot Pepper Cookbook), one biography/cookbook (Cooking with Queen Ida, a Louisiana "Zydeco" musician), one biography (On the Edge, The Life and Times of Francis Coppola), two gardening books, and hundreds of magazine articles about film, food, computers, travel, and other foibles of Western and non-Western culture. She's travelled extensively in North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

L. Leland ("Skip") Whitney has been actively developing business relationships between the U.S. and Thailand for over twenty years. As the founder of Whitney Cressman Limited, he acquires and disposes of commercial investment properties on behalf of Asian investors throughout the U.S. Conversely, as founder of Whitney Cressman International, he helps U.S. clients create strategic alliances and operating partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region.