French or Foe?

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What is it about the French? The French are so admired, the splendors of their country make it the most frequently visited in Europe - and yet the French provoke such angry reactions! Why is it so hard to get information in Francé? Why does it take so long to get business done? Why are the French so difficult? Are they really so difficult ? French or Foe ? explores the cultural hurdles to understanding them and sketches the context that forms Frenchness. With anecdotes and examples of real people in real situations of daily life and business, Polly Platt unlocks the codes to enjoying your associations with French people, drawing on her experience as a journalist, her 25 years of living in Francé and 8 years of managing Culture Crossings, a consultancy and training organization for corporate transfers and their spouses. Colin Corder, author of Somé of My Best Friends are French: "Polly Platt takes the lid off the fascinating, infuriating French." H. E. Walter J, P. Curley, U. S.... Tovább

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What is it about the French? The French are so admired, the splendors of their country make it the most frequently visited in Europe - and yet the French provoke such angry reactions! Why is it so hard to get information in Francé? Why does it take so long to get business done? Why are the French so difficult? Are they really so difficult ? French or Foe ? explores the cultural hurdles to understanding them and sketches the context that forms Frenchness. With anecdotes and examples of real people in real situations of daily life and business, Polly Platt unlocks the codes to enjoying your associations with French people, drawing on her experience as a journalist, her 25 years of living in Francé and 8 years of managing Culture Crossings, a consultancy and training organization for corporate transfers and their spouses. Colin Corder, author of Somé of My Best Friends are French: "Polly Platt takes the lid off the fascinating, infuriating French." H. E. Walter J, P. Curley, U. S. Ambassador to Francé, 1989-1993 (from the foreivord): ". . . French or Foe? is an extraordinarily useful, amusing and stunningly insightful analysis of all aspects of Franco-Anglo-Saxon communication. . . I envy you reading French or Foe? for the first time." Dr. Manfréd Kets de Vries, Clinical Professor of Management and Leadership, and Professor of Humán Resource Management, INSEAD, Fontainebleaa: "This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in Francé and the French. I have been recommending it as a must to all my studentnewcomers." Báron Elie de Rothschild: "Absolutely remarkable, very weil observed, brilliant and very, very funny." Ronald Holdén, head of Francé in Your Glass, in the International Herald Tribüné: "It is the best compendium I've ever seen on the differences and similarities between French and American cultures, with dozens of on-the-mark anecdotes." Vissza