Cross-Culture Tour Game Information

What is the Cross-Culture Tour Game?
Who is using the Cross-Culture Tour Game?
What can I learn from the Cross-Culture Tour Game?
How do I order the Cross-Culture Tour Game?

The Cross-Culture Tour Game is designed to help players understand the history, social rules, and business methods of other countries they may be doing business in. It is a fast-paced, interactive board game that can be played by 3 to 8 players.

In the Cross-Culture Tour Game, as in real life, getting the facts is a key first step before you can move on to more complex issues.

Who uses the Cross-Culture Tour Game?

The Cross-Culture Tour game is being used by companies, government agencies and universities worldwide to help sales, service and management employees prepare for doing business with other cultures.

Organizations using the Cross-Culture Tour Game include manufacturers, service companies, and consultants from electronics, telecommunications, entertainment, pharmaceutical, construction, governmental, educational, hotel, automotive, consumer electronics, marine engineering, and many other industries. They also include government agencies sending representatives to other countries, and universities training students for international careers.

What can I learn from the Cross-Culture Tour Game?

The Cross-Culture Tour Game can help your international business staff improve their understanding of clients, partners and competitors:

To Avoid Mistakes
Social issues form the backbone of any culture. People in different countries conduct their lives in different ways - which color flowers to bring? which hand to shake? how to address your colleagues? who speaks first? It is far better to know the rules than to risk offending anyone.

To Plan the Right Business Strategy
Once you understand the basic facts about a culture, and something about its social rules, you are ready to do business. But when does yes mean yes? When should you raise the issue of payments? How are commitments followed through? In order to get the best results, you need to know how business is done in your partner's culture.

Reduce Business Risks
Knowing the rules is one thing. Being prepared for the little things that can go wrong is quite another. There is risk in all business relationships, and there is risk demonstrated in the Cross-Culture Tour Game, too. These situations help you recognize the things that can go wrong, and help you develop a keen insight into how to protect yourself from unforeseen circumstances.

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