Chinese Business Culture Essentials

Overview

Within this Chinese Business Culture Essentials short course from the The Open University UK you'll discover a broad overview of Chinese culture and be able to apply this knowledge and understanding in your own context and sector to succeed. 

Over a total of 36 hours, you'll explore topics including language, building trust, hierarchical society and gift-giving. It will also identify the potential challenges these present.  You'll even learn some useful expressions in Mandarin Chinese and simplified characters along the way.

After successfully completing this short course, you will receive a digital badge. This can be shared on social media, added to email signatures or act as a certificate.

In the context of working within Chinese culture, whether this be business trips, hosting delegations, partnerships with Chinese organisations, or simply doing business in this market, this course aims to help you:

• raise your cultural awareness and improve your intercultural competence
• develop and integrate intercultural skills and strategies in Chinese business contexts
• reflect on and deepen your understanding of why China is a hierarchical society, and its impact when conducting business in China
• explore the concepts of guanxi, Confucius values, harmony and miànzi that underpin Chinese business dealings
• communicate more effectively with the Chinese people you interact with
• master some essential Mandarin Chinese expressions.