Report On Germany

REPORT ON GERMANY

Content:
Introduction..........…………………………………………………………………..
Geography…………………………………………………………………………...
Culture of Germany…………………………………………………………………
Values………………………………………………………………………………..
Religion……………………………………………………………………………...
German culture……………………….......................................................................
Language in German………………………………………………………………..
German philosophy………………………………………………………………….
Music in Germany…………………………………………………………………..
Media in Germany…………………………………………………………………
Germany foods and drinks………………………………………………………….
Germany sports and games…………………………………………………………
Germany’s famous places for visit…………………………………………………
Business culture……………………………………………………………………..
German business culture standards………………………………………………...
Business etiquettes of Germany…………………………………………………….
Business deeds in Germany…………………...........................................................
Germany’s does and don’ts………………………………………………………..
Clothing etiquette, behavior……………………………………………………….
Gifts giving etiquettes………………………………………………………………
Dinning etiquettes…………………………………………………………………...
German management style………………………………………………………….
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..
Introduction:
The English word Germany has been taken from the Latin word Germania .which has been came into existence after Julius Caesar taken for the peoples East of Rhine. Germany officially known as a federal republic of Germany is a western European country located in central Europe, its include 16 constitute states. Germany is one of the most famous member state of European state. It is excessive power country and it has world’s largest nominal GDP. It is more advanced country which produce technological and other goods that why is known as a world’s 3RD largest exporter and importer. The largest city of Germany is Berlin which is also a capital of country, currency used by Germany is euro (EUR) and the official language is German. Germany having a total area is 137,846 square miles and 357,022 square kilometers. It has common border with Luxembourg, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. It has a population of 81.8million (including 72 foreigners).she is more densely populated country in the world.
Various Germanic people or tribes has been occupied the northern part of current German. Basically Germania was documented before 100AD and during migration the Germania has been expended to the southward so the starting of the 10th century, Germans formed the central part of Holy Roman Empire and during the 16th century, northern part of the Germany declared the center of the e Protestant Reformation. Following the Franco-Prussian war the most of the Germany people became the collective in 1871 into the Prussian-dominated German Empire but after the word war 1 the whole empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic, then the reason of word war 2 was the national socialist dictatorships in 1933.after the time of allied occupation the two states of German has been emerges those are federal republic of German and the German Democratic Republic.
Germany is one the very developed country having very high standards and sustained by a skilled and productive society. It supports a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition-free university education.
Some facts about the Germany:
GDP growth 1.7% of 2015
GDP per capita $42,388(nominal 2016)
Inflation 0.5%(November 2014)
Unemployment rate 4.7%(April 2015)

Summary of whole intro in table form:
Federal Republic of Germany
Bundesrepublik Deutschland[a]

Flag

Anthem: Deutschlandlied
(English: "Song of Germany")
(third verse only)

Location of Germany (dark green)
Capital
and largest city Berlin
52°31′N 13°23′E

Official languages German
Demonym German
Government Federal parliamentary republic
• President Joachim Gauck
• Chancellor Angela Merkel
• President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert
• President of the Bundesrat Stanislaw Tillich
• President of the Federal Constitutional Court Andreas Voßkuhle
Legislature
• Upper house Bundesrat
• Lower house Bundestag
Formation
• Holy Roman Empire 2 February 962
• German Confederation 8 June 1815
• German Empire 18 January 1871
• Weimar Republic 11 August 1919
• Federal Republic 23 May 1949
• EEC Foundation
1 January 1958
• Reunification 3 October 1990
Area
• Total 357,168 km2
137,847 sq mi
Population
• 2015 estimate 81,459,000[2]

• Density 227/km2
583/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2015 estimate
• Total $3.842 trillion
• Per capita $47,033
GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate
• Total $3.371 trillion
• Per capita $41,267
Gini (2014) 30.7
medium
HDI (2014) 0.916
very high •
Currency Euro (€)

Time zone CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Drives on the right
Calling code 49
ISO 3166 code DE

Geography:
Germany has been the Western and Central Europe, having Denmark neighboring to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, Switzerland to the south-southwest, France, Luxembourg and Belgium untruth to the west, and the Netherlands to the northwest. It falsehoods between latitudes 47 and 55° N and longitudes 5°and 16° E. Germany also having bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. With Switzerland and Austria, Germany also stocks a border on the fresh-water Lake Constance. That is the 3rd largest lake in Central Europe. German land covers 357,021 km2, containing of 349,223 km2 of land and 7,798 km2 of water. It has been the 7th largest country by area in Europe and the 62nd largest in the world.

Climate:
Many of Germany had a moderate seasonal climate subject by humid westerly winds. The country was located in between the oceanic Western European and the mainland Eastern European climate. The climate has been vapid by the North Atlantic Drift, the northern allowance of the Gulf Stream. That heater water touches the areas neighboring the North Sea, so in the northwest and the north the climate mostly is sea. Germany develops an average of 789 mm (31 in) rainfall per year; there is no consistent dry season.
Winters are very cold and summers very warm, and longer dry periods be able to happen. Central and southern Germany are one the evolutionary regions and these differ from temperately oceanic to continental. In adding by the nautical and mainland climates that prevail than the most of the country. Moorlands had a crag climate, with lower fevers and more rain.

Some summer picture:

Culture of Germany:
Values:
Germans address a great priority on structure, isolation and punctuality. The German people grip the values of stinginess, hard work and sincerity. Germans stand accepting persons who struggle for rigorousness, accuracy in all features of their survives. They doesn’t confess responsibilities, even humorously, and rarely pointer out compliments.

Religion:
Christianity stays the leading religion, with 65 to 70% of the population classifying themselves as Christian.

German culture.
Culture in Germany is shaped by major knowledgeable and popular in Europe both spiritual and nonspiritual. Historically Germany is known as “Das Land der Dichter und Denker “(the country of writers and philosophers). There are a many more holidays in Germany, Christian holidays, with Christmas and Easter and 3 October had been known as the national day of Germany since 1990, famous as the German Unity Day. Germany had been called the world's second most appreciated nation among 50 countries in 2013.

Language in Germany:
The official language is German and it’s a major verbal language in Germany. Normal German was a West Germanic language and that is thoroughly connected to and close together with English, Dutch, and the Frisian tongues. Near the world, German had about hundred million innate presenters and also around eighty million non-native presenters. The key spoken is a German of about ninety million people in the EU. 67 percent of German citizen’s entitlement to remain to interconnect in at least one foreign language, 27% in at least two languages additional to their first.

German philosophy:
German theorists have facilitated shape western viewpoint from as early as the central Ages (Albertus Magnus). Later, Leibniz (17th century) and most highly Kant frolicked vital roles in the history of philosophy. In the 21st century Germany had been an significant country for the growth of modern logical philosophy in mainland Europe, sideways with France, Austria, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries.

Music of Germany:
In the arena of music, Germany rights some of the most famous classical creators of the world. Germany is the main music market in Europe, and 3rd largest in the world. It takes cast-off a strong effect on techno and rock music, and founded trance music.

Media of Germany:
Germany's television market remains the largest in Europe, with some 34 million TV families. About 90% of German families consume cable or satellite TV, and audiences be able to select from a variety of free-to-view public and commercial channels.

German food and drinks:
The most consumed meat is PORK, conferring to the German Food Guide. Schweinshaxe (cooked pork hock) and Saumagen (pork stomach) both are the couple of outdated pork saucers. Beer stays the greatest popular intoxicating beverage, and the country remains known as the origin of beer varieties.

Germany’s sports and games:
Germany has a lot of love for sports and gems some of the best or we can say top ten sport and games in Germany are below:
 Fuss ball-soccer or football:
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The fuss bal is one the famous game by far in Germany and the Bundesliga is one their famous and most successful league in the Europe. Very weekend their fans cam and support their favorite game or people a lot of cheering and fun environment is there. And if anyone want to know about the Germany then there is no better way to watch Germanizes in the stadium.

 Golf:

Golf game is very expensive game in the Germany only who can see having lot of money because most of the golf game needs a lot of fee for membership. The successful golfers is Martin Kaymer,
 Ice hockey:

According to them Germanizes there is no any other place for Germanizes where they go to make a noise other than ice hockey ground. Cities make hockey team among them for making a lot of fun.
 Basketball:

Basketball also one their famous game in the Germany and liked by many people. Then German league us one the famous league in the whole Europe.

 Motorsport specially formula-1:

Michael and Sebastian these two men are the reason that many people like to watch the racer show. These are more successful people in the Germany. But now they are no more part of this race so Germans seems to losing the formula 1.
 Handball:
Handball is also one the fav game in the Germany in those places where there expensive or large teams can’t afford by the people, so it’s very famous for the smaller cities specially.
 Tennis:

Boris Becker and Graf these two party are responsible for the big hype around the 90ies in Germany. Now a day’s tennis is one their fav game but the ration of watching this on television has been dropped.
 Skiing:

Skiing is also on their liking game in the Germany. Most of the people love to play it rather than watching it and also people spend their time in winter for this game ALPS roads blocked because of this game.
 Cycling:

This game Germans used to watch on Sunday afternoon on television and also this game liked by many people.
 Boxing:

This game also most fav and paly by many Germans and according to Germans this game make their mind rex while playing.

Germany’s famous places for visit:
Some visiting city in Germany
 Leipzig:

Leipzig is famous for its rich arts and culture and this scene shaped by famous music composers like Bach, Richard etc. Tourist enjoy the music of Bach at the st.thomas church where ones served by Bach and now he is buried over there.

 Rugen Island:

It’s one the most attracted and largest island in Germany more of the people love to come over there because of its beautiful look and romantic beaches. This place is famous for its famous and most attracted chalks cliffs rising528ft over the sea.

 Cologne:

Cologne is the most famous place to visit in Germany now a days. This city is famous for its attractive view and that offers visitors to came over here.

Business culture:
The wish for demand spills ended keen on the business lifetime of Germans. Wonders and funniness stay not greeted. All remains carefully deliberate and obvious upon, with variations infrequently happening afterward an agreement made, rendering to the German Commercial Culture Guide. High regard for engineers are giving in Germans. This great level of respect for practical expertise, corporations incline to remain controlled by experts relatively attorneys or those having financial background. Labors are being l refereed heavily due to ability, attentiveness, relatively than personal skills.

German business culture standards:

1. Focus on task: The job have been the dominant and main issue in all business connections and also regulates the style of message. Germans thinks that operating on the task level must form the basis of all corporate contacts.
2. Structure control and rules: In Germany businesses, having uncountable rules, guidelines, actions and procedures, German business person’s desire agreements and written agreements of all types.
3. Dependability and evasion of ambiguity: Uniformity and consistency are the special German characters, persons in the German culture take a great propensity to escape uncertainty.
4. German time planning: Schedules had exactly planned and in Germans they considered timekeeping important and this leads towards good manners appearance.
5. Parting of isolated and community scope: the German people work out a strict parting among ranges of life .Germans evidently differ their behavior than those people dependent on the sphere of their life in which they had interaction with an individual as well as the intimacy of the relationship.
6. Communication: Germans communicate very straight and openly. They know how to appear rude and aggressive without meaning to or even seeing it.

Business etiquettes of Germany:

 Greeting: while greeting with male greet with handshake accompanied with a slid nod of head but in case of woman wait until she prolongs her hand.
Guten Morgen Good morning
Guten Tag Hello/Good day
Gute nasht Good night
Auf wiedersehen we will meet again

 German mostly used 1st name for closed family members.
 Prefix are used in Germans like Herr (Mr.) and Frau (Mrs.) trailed by their last names.
 Always use entire title while addressing.
 Young or unmarried girls are addressed by froulien.
 Continuously shake hand with everyone in group.
 If somebody bow, bow them but should not be lower than them.

Business deeds in Germany:

 Timekeeping is very important in Germany, reach on time for any meting or for corporate deal, being late means showing insulting for executives in Germany.
 While in business shake hand both in time before and after a meeting.
 Germans see the business as serious there is no wit in business context.
 In corporate meetings, age has a lot of influences, when you are sitting in a group the eldest one will enter 1st.
 Germans doesn’t give value to the surprises.
 The Germans gives preferences to the process.
 In Germany when preparation is over, the project must transfer very quickly and targets are expected to be done.
 In German they treat woman equally.

Germany’s does and don’ts:
 Do use cash:
 Don’t ask from people how was your day?
 Do talk about politics or other taboo.
 Look into other person eyes while saying cheers.
 Give tip but not more than 5%.
 Don’t wish someone advance birthday.
 Don’t give smile to strangers.
 Don’t spit.
 Be punctual.
 Before going to visit Germany, learn about Germans.

Clothing etiquettes:
 The occupational dress in Germany is formal and traditional.
 Men must wear dim colored, traditional business suits.
 Woman can wear either dark colored or conventional suits.
 Don’t dress jewelry at workplace.

Behavior:
 German are strongly individualistic.
 German consumes large amount of beer in one evening.
 Typically, you don’t wait to be seated in restaurants.
 German share table with uncommon people.

Gifts giving etiquettes:
 If you are asked by Germans, take a gift with you like sweets or you can brings blossoms.
 In Germans yellow rosettes and tea rosettes liked by them.
 But don’t give red roses because it symbolized a romantic intentions.
 Don’t give carination.
Dinning etiquettes:
 Never reach early.
 Never reach more than 15 mints in advanced.
 Send a handwritten thank you note to the hostess for hospitality.
German management style:
Manager in Germany should be technically expert in their area and to show the strong and clear leadership. Subordinates must follow or respect the technicality of their boss or supervisor. Responsivities tended to be given to the individual that is more competent so that task must be complete on time. In Germany the three is not close relationship among boos and subordinates in top down hierarchy but having closer relationship among peers.
Cultural risks that one can face while doing business with Germany.

1. Hierarchy business structure
   Germans gives a lot of importance to the hierarchy so German business follow strict hierarchical structure. Where decision are taken by top management and communication is vertical, in Germans status are given on merit base. Germans companies are held by most technically and experienced people. Doing a business in international organization this hierarchical structure will affect the negotiation and meeting that may take longer than expected.
2. Strong departmental rivalry
   For doing a business in Germans you must come from strong departmental rivalry. This will give good advantages in eyes of manager while in business make the communication channels clear and make sure that you are aware of decision maker on decision maker.
3. Direct communication style:
   German business person always communicate in direct manners. They give comments or feedback open and also this kind of behavior they expect from counter party. In negotiation, for improving the outcome or results you must read criticism as constructive contribution. When one is working under a German manager, don’t imagine praise.

Conclusion:
After analyzing all things, I came to the end that for doing a business in other country or we can say international business one must have strong research related to that company because we people/country are made as a unique body one must learn each and every thing of other body. As it is not easy to adopt same things at every place or any country you have to change according to the need of that place. Like if one is applying bottom to top structure in their country same is not applicable for other country. Other thing that leads towards a conclusion that for doing a business in other country you not only have to know the business etiquettes you also have to know about their common things like greeting behavior, eating behavior at their place, dress code etiquettes ,food and drinks etc. Germans give a lot of values to the punctuality, formal ways of doing things. Other thing Germans gives rewards on merit basis. In German the leading religion is Christianity. The official language of Germany is German. There are some Germans standards that must follow by people who are interested to do a business in Germany those are focus on task, structured control and rules, German time planning and communication etc. after analysis the German culture I came to know that in German business the time is very important, German is not give importance to the surprises, other good thing is in Germany that they treat woman equally means there are is no any gender discrimination.in Germany woman must wear dark colored and men wear dim colored dress., woman should not wear jewelry at the work.
These all was the analysis abut Germany. After overall analysis I can conclude that every country is different from other country across the world likewise their management and business practices so we have to adjust according to that for best result of business.