Bengisu Duru 2015434073

BRITAIN Bedirhan Asan 2015434009

Cansu Elvan Karakış 2015434022
Iñigo Araujo Collazo 1019435002

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Geographical Characteristics

The UK is an island country

located on the northwest coast
of the European mainland. It
covers the entire island of Great
Britain, including England,
Wales, and Scotland, and the
northern part of the Irish island.

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Economical Characteristics

• The UK has a completely independent, developed, and international trade economy

that is at the forefront of the 19th century Industrial Revolution.
• Victory from World War II, but with a weakened manufacturing sector. The post-war
recovery was relatively slow, and after 1973 it took about 40 years with the
additional stimulation of membership in the European Economic Community to
significantly increase its competitiveness to the European economy.

Political Characteristics

• Britain has a constitutional monarchic system and parliamentary democracy. The

country's president is the ruler king or queen, and the head of government is the
prime minister, the leader of the majority political party in the House of Commons.

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Educational Characteristics

• Education in the UK is a matter where each of the united states has separate
systems under separate governments: the Government of England is
responsible for England; The Scottish Government, the Government of Wales,
and the Manager of Northern Ireland are responsible for Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland, respectively.

• There are five stages of education in each country: primary years, primary
education, secondary education, further education, and higher education. The
law states that full-time education is compulsory for 5-year-olds

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Social Institutions
Community Service Organizations

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 Ethnic Group’s Distribution in Britain
Ethnic group Population (absolute) Population (percent)

2001 2011 2011

White 54,153,898
55,010,359 87.1 %
(92.14%) (87.1%)

White: Gypsy / Traveller / – 63,193 0.1 %

Irish Traveller

Asian / Indian 1,053,411 1,451,862 2.3 %

Asian British
Pakistani 747,285 1,174,983 1.9 %
Bangladeshi 283,063 451,529 0.7 %
Chinese 247,403 433,150 0.7 %
other Asian 247,664 861,815 1.4 %
Black / African / Caribbean / 1,148,738 1,904,684 3.0 %
Black British   ye
 

mixed / multiple ethnic groups 677,117 1,250,229 2.0 %

other ethnic group 230,615 580,374 0.9 %
Total 58,789,194 63,182,178 100.0 %
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Religions in Britain

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 Low context culture

• Communication: Verbal
communication, not making facial
expressions and long eye contact,
Cultural avoiding using direct communication
• Relationships: Tend to have short-term
Characteristics relationships, follow rules and
in Britain standards closely and are generally
very task-oriented
• Monochronic time: Time management
and punctuality
• High territoriality: Privacy and personal
area

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Cultural Characteristics in Britain

89

69
Power Distance
66
Individualism
51
Masculinity
35 35 Uncertainty Avoidance
Long-Term Orientation
Indulgence

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Languages

• 98% of the population speaks English

• Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish
• Not used indigenous languages such as Manx and
Cornish
• Foreign languages from South Asia and Eastern
Europe

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The Use of Time

• Punctuality and time management

• Coming on time or slightly early
• Tardiness is rude

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Manners

• “Please, thank you, and sorry”

• Shaking hands with a smile and bow
• Some firms do not accept any gift
• Do not disagree very openly
• Who invites pay the bill

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Dining Etiquette

• In England, there were rules

for table behavior when
eating or participating in
official functions.

• There are some subtleties

that must be treated in food.

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Restaurant Behavior

• Restaurant behavior is very

important for Britain.
• Calling the waiter with a finger is
thought to be rough.
• If you have dropped a fork or
spoon on the floor in the
restaurant, it is not taken off the
ground because a new one is put
in its place.

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Meetings

• They have a meeting called the Annual

Meeting in Britain.
• This organization is the national
organization of Quarkers living in Britain.

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Status

• Chnaged since the Industrial Revolution.

• Based on wealth and family past.
• Aristochracy.
• Merits and Knighting.

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Organizational Structures

• It is usually chosen based on

the characteristics.
• Hierarchical in public
companies and governmental
departments.
• Horizontal in small and
medium companies.
• Divisional organization for
charities and NGOs.

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 • Lead to economical and
social growth.
• Charismatic with good
Leadership rhetoric.
• Able to stand out and show
strenght.

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Team Building and
Trust

• Team building is really important

forcompanies.
• Different activities to build trust.
• Companies specialized in trust
building.

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 • Conflicts are treated differently.
• The opinions of the team matter to the management.
Conflict • Meetings to put ideas in common.
Management • Paterns are recorded and protocols are created.

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Motivation

•Extra-cash or gift cards on special seasons.

•Free time for being with the family or
travelling.
•Sports, specially football and rugby.

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