In doing a "Working with Germans" reading, it was almost expected that our groups would be extremely stringent on meetings being meetings and leisure time being completely separate. I did not find that this was the case, but I do recognize that this is greatly impacted by the individuals themselves. My group had fun while we did our assignments (as is evident by the picture on the right), and our professor expected us to be doing work outside of the designated schoolwork time during the days.
One takeaway that I learned from my group members was a nice way to organize things through incorporating an agenda at the beginning of a presentation/ PowerPoint. I think that this helps maintain a good focus on the goals. |
Germany
- More structure to meetings
- children have more freedom/ are treated more as adults from a younger age - not many women in high hierarchical positions - public transportation runs on trust - most stores close early and are not open on Sundays |
Czechia
- sincerity / bluntness in comments
- small talk is not commonplace - women play a bigger role - doors do not necessarily close behind you - most respect for those with seniority over you |
United States
- more casual in attire
- loud - more racially diverse - more "talk" less action - greater internal competition - other languages not taught early in schooling |