This document provides an overview of key facts about Germany for a business trip from Canada. It summarizes Germany's population, capital, currency, climate, and economic system. It also outlines important etiquette guidelines for meetings, negotiations, and dress. Specific tips are given for punctuality, making appointments in advance, protocol for seating, and dressing conservatively for business. Additional sections cover German symbolism, geography, culture, and customers. Sources are listed at the end.

1. BBB4M (Car Co. trip to Germany) Presented by James Park

2. Contents

3. Facts of Germany

4. Population : 82,400,996 people living in Germany Area: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1%

5. Capital city: Berlin Currency: $ 1.00 CAD = 0.631347 EUR (Canada Dollars) (Euro) Time: Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +1 hour No daylight saving time at the moment Time zone abbreviation: CET - Central European Time Climate:

6. Symbolism of German Flag

7. Geographic area

9. Economic system: Performance and social balance Germany is a Social market economy

10. Etiquettes

11. Meeting Etiquette Appointments are mandatory and should be made 1 to 2 weeks in advance Punctuality is taken extremely seriously. If you expect to be delayed, telephone immediately and offer an explanation. It is extremely rude to cancel a meeting at the last minute and it could jeopardize your business relationship.

12. Business Negotiation Do not sit until invited and told where to sit. There is a rigid protocol to be followed. Germany is heavily regulated and extremely bureaucratic. Business is hierarchical. Decision-making is held at the top of the company.

13. Dress Etiquette Men should wear dark coloured, conservative business suits. Women should wear either business suits or conservative dresses Do not wear ostentatious jewellery or accessories.

14. Travel information

15. Culture & Customers

17. Bibliography http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/economy/main-content-06/economic-system-performance-and-social-balance.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Population_Pyramid_Germany_Year_2000.png http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/germany-country-profile.html

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