What to Wear:
Australian business dress in conservative in places like Melbourne, and Sydney.
Men should:
- Wear a dark colored business suit
- Wear a smart dress or a business suit
Business Meals:
In Australia table manners are continental. You:
- Hold your fork in your left hand, and your knife in your right hand while eating.
- To indicate you have finished eating laying your fork and knife parallel on the plate with the handles facing to the right.
- Keep your elbows off the table and your hand above the table while eating.
- After a meal in Australia you never say "I'm stuffed", that means you're pregnant!
Australian's will often invite you for a "barbie" (barbecue).
- Guests to a barbecue typically bring wine, or beer for their own consumption. Ocasionally a very informal barbecues suggest you bring your own meal.
- Arrive on time if invited to dinner, no more than fifteen minutes late if invited for a barbecue.
- Conctact the host/hostell ahead of time to see if they would like you to bring anything.
- After the meal is served offer to help clean up.
Relationships:
Australian's place a high value on relationships.
With a relatively small population it's important to get along with each other:
- You never know when your paths may cross again
- This leads to a better negotiating style, because having everyone come away with positive feelings is good for future business dealings.
Australian Culture, Customs, and Etiquette. N.p., n.d. Web.
In Italy it is very interesting that they call a barbeque a
ReplyDeletebarbie" in America we would think they were talking about a barbie doll. Normally if you are invited to a BBQ you are just asked to bring your own beverages or a side dish like a salad, very weird that they are sometimes asked to bring their own meal to a informal barbeque.