Doing business in Indonesia
It's important to offer refreshment to guests. This is seen as respectful and polite. Guests should wait before drinking – their host will indicate when drinking can commence. Often there is a pause between receiving the drink and being asked to drink. The sign to drink may indicate that business is over Make sure you wait and follow your host's example.
Last year ― Indonesia with colleague ― meeting to negotiate new contract
Near end of meeting ― refreshments offered
Picked up my cup ― colleague said 'wait'
Negotiation completed ― host invited us to take refreshments
5. Work with a partner. Think of a situation where there can be a misunderstanding between you and someone from a different culture. Use these ideas if necessary.
In a restaurant – ordering food and drink
On the telephone
Talking about countries and cultures
Greeting and saying “good-buy”
Working with vocabulary
Countries and nationalities
COUNTRY |
NATIONALITY |
DEMONYM/PERSON |
Angola |
Angolan |
Angolan |
Argentina |
Argentinean |
Argentine, Argentinean |
Asia |
Asian |
Asian |
Australia |
Australian |
Australian, Ozzie, Aussie |
Austria |
Austrian |
Austrian |
Bolivia |
Bolivian |
Bolivian |
Belgium |
Belgian |
Belgian |
Brazil |
Brazilian |
Brazilian |
Britain |
British |
Briton, British (collective) |
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian |
Bulgarian |
Canada |
Canadian |
Canadian |
Chile |
Chilean |
Chilean |
China |
Chinese |
Chinese |
Colombia |
Colombian |
Colombian |
Croatia |
Croatian |
Croat or Croatian |
Cuba |
Cuban |
Cuban |
Cyprus |
Cypriot |
Cypriot |
Denmark |
Danish |
Dane or Danish |
Egypt |
Egyptian |
Egyptian |
Ecuador |
Ecuadorean |
Ecuadorean |
England |
English |
Englishman, Englishwoman |
Europe |
European |
European |
Finland |
Finnish |
Finn or Finnish |
France |
French |
French, Frenchman, Frenchwoman |
Germany |
German |
German |
Greece |
Greek |
Greek |
Hungary |
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
Iceland |
Icelandic |
Icelander |
India |
Indian |
Indian |
Indonesia |
Indonesian |
Indonesian |
Iran |
Iranian |
Iranian |
Iraq |
Iraqi |
Iraqi |
Ireland |
Irish |
Irishman, Irishwoman, Irish |
Israel |
Israeli |
Israeli |
Italy |
Italian |
Italian |
Jamaica |
Jamaican |
Jamaican |
Japan |
Japanese |
Japanese |
Korea |
Korean |
Korean |
Malaysia |
Malaysian |
Malaysian |
Mexico |
Mexican |
Mexican |
Morocco |
Moroccan |
Moroccan |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
New Zealander, Kiwi |
Nigeria |
Nigerian |
Nigerian |
Norway |
Norwegian |
Norwegian |
Pakistan |
Pakistani |
Pakistani |
Peru |
Peruvian |
Peruvian |
The Philippines |
Philippine |
Filipino |
Poland |
Polish |
Polish, Pole |
Portugal |
Portuguese |
Portuguese |
Romania |
Romanian |
Romanian |
Russia |
Russian |
Russian |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabian |
Saudi, Saudi Arabian |
Scotland |
Scottish |
Scot |
Slovakia |
Slovakian |
Slovak, Slovakian |
Slovenia |
Slovenian |
Slovene, Slovenian |
Singapore |
Singaporean |
Singaporean |
South Africa |
South African |
South African |
Spain |
Spanish |
Spaniard, Spanish |
Sweden |
Swedish |
Swede, Swedish |
Switzerland |
Swiss |
Swiss |
Syria |
Syrian |
Syrian |
The Netherlands/ Holland |
Dutch |
Netherlander, Dutchman, Dutch-woman, Hollander or Dutch (collective) |
Taiwan |
Taiwanese |
Taiwanese |
Thailand |
Thai |
Thai |
Turkey |
Turkish |
Turk, Turkish |
The UK |
English |
Briton, British (collective) English-man, Englishwoman |
United Arab Emirates |
Emirian, Emirati |
Emirian, Emirati |
Uruguay |
Uruguayan |
Uruguayan |
The USA |
American |
American |
Venezuela |
Venezuelan |
Venezuelan |
Vietnam |
Vietnamese |
Vietnamese |