Are you skilled at business negotiation or just cheap?

By Mark Wright

A map of London, questionable knowledge on Jewish traditions and a race for one of the country’s few remaining ?original” Amstrad computers in week five of The Apprentice, candidates battled in Lord Sugar’s favourite product task, which, this year, was all about him turning 70.

How cultural sensibilities in language can affect business negotiations

By Declan Mulkeen

Organisations working across cultures often adopt a corporate language in the belief that it makes business easier if their global employees speak the same language. In most multinational organisations, English is usually the chosen corporate language. But many organisations can be lulled into a false sense of security that, due to use of a common language, business communication should be easy.