FASE TO FASE

In busines, people haveto dial in person with all kind of people who can be your friends, acuaintances or strangers – people of your own age, or people who are yonger or older than you. The relationship you have with a person determines the kind of language you use.

The relationship may even affect what you say when you meet people, for example, it is not appropriate to say “Hi, how are you? “ when meeting the MD of a large company or to say “Good morning, it is a great pleasure to meet you” when being introdused to a person you will be working closely with in the same team. Remember that people from an impression of you from the way you speak and behave – not just from the way you do your work.

Sometimes our words are not so important as our mimics, gestures, closers. If you know nonverbal behavior you have got a good chance to understand what this person is thinking about. Our nonverbal behavior depends on our mood. It is well-known, that a smile and a sparkle in the eyes, get your parther on the right side. It is not very pleasant when a person yawns, champs or snifts when you are tolking with him or only stay closly.

As to our body – language it is not polite when you slimp in the shair or sit with you arms or legs crossed at meeting. Our nonverbal behavior is a reflect of our mood.

So when you speak with other people you should forget about all your personal problems.

People in ifferent countries have different ideas of what sounds friendly, polite or sincere and of what sounds rude or unfriendly. Good maners in one culture may be considered bad manners in another. For example in many Evropean countries, such as France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Belarus handshaking is a good manner. But Northen Evropeans, such as the British and scandinaviens are not quite so fond of physical demonstratien of friendless. Visitors to Germany are not get taken out for meals. German do not entertain business people with quite the same enthusiasm as some of their Evropean counterparts.

A good contrast can be traced between american and japanise cultures. For example the americans are individualists and they do all by their own, expect a trustworthy person to respond directly and find silence awkward and like to plug any conversational gaps. They hire people to fill particular slots and prefer to communicate with each other in adjacent offices by ecxchanging memos. As to the japanese they are opposite to the americans they are team players impressed by smbd who gives careful throught to a question before making areply and most japanese are comfortable with periods of silence. They hire people more for the skills they will acquire after joining the company than for their existing skills and they prefer to communicate face to fase. More you know about specific features of communication with people the less likely you are to get into difficulties. Good manners are admired they can alse make or break the dial.

The Partnership.

A Partnership is a business concisely of two or more co-owners. Sometimes it’s called a copartnership. It may be formed when one owner takes an another owner to expend the business or it may be organized as a Partnership from the start. Without a written agreement the Partnership doesn’t really exist. Many circumstances arise which can’t be foreseen and therefore must be anticipated in a written agreement.

The official document of the Partnership is called Articles of Copartnership. It should include the following:

• duties of each partner;

• investment of each partner;

• accounting procedures;

• restraints on each partner.

Advantages of the Partnership:

• Additional abilities, skills and ideas.

The more people that are involved in a business the wider range of abilities, skills and ideas they can bring to the business.

• Division of responsibility.

As a Partnership has two or more owners it’s natural that they can divide the responsibilities. For example, one partner could be responsible for the bookkeeping and the other partner could be responsible for sales. In this way the business could be operate more efficiently.

• Increase sources and capital.

One of the reasons for forming a partnership is to increase the amount of capital which is needed to start or expand a business.

• Ease in obtaining credit.

A partnership can obtain credit more easily than a SP. It’s necessary creditors can sue all of the partners in a partnership whereas in a SP the creditors have a claim only against one person.

Disadvantages of the Partnership

• Unlimited liability.

Each partner has unlimited liability. Each partner is responsible for the acts of the other partners, since those actions create an obligation for the business.

• Profit sharing.

The profits of a partnership are shared among the partner in the proportion stated in the Articles of Copartnership.

• Partner’s lack of effort.

Unless all partners contribute their knowledge, ability and skills, the advantages of this type of organization are greatly reduced.

• Limited life of the business.

A partnership is terminated by the death or mental incompetency of any partner. If one partner wants to leave earlier it could be mention in the Articles of Copartnership.

• Limited expansion.

A partnership can expand by raising additional money from partners or by adding new partners to the business.

The Corporation.

A Corporation is an association of stockholders formed with government consent and having the power to transact business in the same manner as if it were one person. A Corporation has the same rights as an individual to own property conduct business, make contracts, sue and be sued. A Corporation is a single entity in the eyes of the law.

Every Corporation must have a Certificate of Incorporation. It is the document which authorizes individuals to carry on business activities as a Corporation, raise funds and sell stock. This document generally includes the following: