《全国应用型本科商务英语系列规划教材:商务英语谈判》是为了顺应中国加入WTO后日益增加的国际贸易往来对各种商务谈判人才的急剧需要而精心编写的,综合、全面地介绍商务谈判的相关知识,融实用性与可操作性于一体,尤其适合国际金融、贸易等专业的学生作为教材使用。
《全国应用型本科商务英语系列规划教材:商务英语谈判》介绍了商务谈判的相关概念、商务谈判中通常遵循的原则、商务谈判的各个环节、商务谈判通常经历的阶段、谈判中的运用到的策略和技巧、各种商务谈判的类型。以外,本书也着重讨论了商务谈判中应该注意的各种礼节,以及在跨文化的商务谈判中,如何跨越由于文化差异给谈判带来的障碍等方面的内容。
随着二十一世纪全球国际化步伐的加快,中国国际经济与贸易不断刷新纪录,2012年外贸总额已位列世界第一。每年,外资到中国投资,中资去国外开拓市场,国内外大大小小各种商品交易会和专业展销会你方唱罢我登场,呈现在我们眼前的是经济领域一片忙碌的景象。同时;互联网和国际国内物流的发展又推动了网上商务的突飞猛进,国际商务业已突破瓶颈,正从沿海发达城市向内陆广大的区域推进。中国对既具备国际商务知识又精通英语的复合型人才的需求呈不断上升之势。
用英语进行商务谈判是复合型人才必不可少的技能。本书旨在为商务英语和国际贸易专业学生、初入行的从事国际经济交流与合作的专业人士学习商务谈判知识、技巧、技能等提供参考。本书注重知识与技能的结合,突出特点是既有商务谈判知识背景、要点内容、与外商进行有效交际的方法介绍,又有具体的谈判常用英语句型和谈判案例及分析。一册在手,读者即可学到从事商务谈判所需基本知识、专业术语和技能,还能进行模拟商务谈判。通过全方位的训练,为将来参加商务谈判实战树立信心,为促进国际间的经济活动往来和中国对外经济贸易的发展出一份力。
本书内容分三大部分,一、谈判准备;二、国际贸易;三、国际经济合作。第一部分1-6章:1.商务礼仪,2.电话沟通,3.介绍与问候,4.商务接待,5.企业介绍,6.产品介绍。第二部分7—13章:7.询盘与报盘,8.价格,9.付款方式,10.包装,11.运输,12.签约,13.投诉与处理。第三部分14-15章:14.并购,15.许可协议。各章具体分为4节:1.准备,2.常用句型,3.谈判案例与分析,4.生词与惯用语,5.分组模拟谈判练习。
本书另有配套《商务英语谈判辅导用书》和PPT课件可作参考。
读者凡具备基本的商务知识和英语专业基本语言知识和技能水平,可以完成本书的学习。教师可具体根据学时要求和教学对象选用所需章节。对分组模拟谈判练习环节,教师可根据学时情况安排学生在课内或课外准备,随后在课堂安排部分学生进行模拟谈判演示,其他学生现场点评,教师总结,以帮助学生巩固和提高各章所学知识。
本书是编著者多年商务实践及教学经验的总结,在编写过程中也参考了书后所列作者’的著作或文章,美国的D泗whittlnOre教授和JohnL.Bradley、顾斐泠女:L等朋友提供了很多宝贵资料,在此一并致谢!由于个人学识及成书时间所限,错漏在所难免,敬请广大读者朋友不吝指正。
顾渝
五邑大学外国语学院
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1 Business Manners
CHAPTER 2 Telephone Calls
CHAPTER 3 Introductions and Greetings
CHAPTER 4 Corporate Hospitality
CHAPTER 5 Company Description
CHAPTER 6 Product Description
PART TWO
CHAPTER 7 Inquiries and Offers
CHAPTER 8 Price
CHAPTER 9 Payment Terms
CHAPTER 10 Packing
CHAPTER 11 Shipment
CHAPTER 12 Signing a Contract
CHAPTER 13 Complaints and Adjustments
PART THREE
CHAPTER 14 Mergers and Acquisitions
CHAPTER 15 Licensing Agreemems
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.1 Before You Begin
It Can be said that business is the basis of human relationships.International businessactivities are viewed from two sideS一一the buyer and the seller.There are four major categories0f the international business environment:geographic conditions,cultural and social factors,Dolitical and legal factors,and economic conditions.Don’t assume that your own ways of doingbusiness apply in other countries and cultures.Be cautious until you know the culture you rCdealin巨with,and take an active role in learning about it.Success in learning about internationalbusiness requires knowledge of history,geography,foreign language,culture,and study skillS.
Negotiation is a process of potentially opportunistic interaction by which two or morCDarties.with some apparent conflict,seek to do better through jointly decided action than theycould 0therwise.It is a voluntary process of give and take where both parties modify their offersand expectations in order to come closer to each other.Business negotiation has its prominentDlace in international trade because any transaction is in some way negotiated even though on alimited range of issues.Negotiation is one of the vital organs of business.Good negotationskills are Central to business,and without them,business will fail.Business negotiation shouldbe ethical.which means that it is a process of guided transformation that occurs througndialogical exchange aiming at an optimal agreement that responds fairly to the CO.negotiatorS,aSDirations as persons of equivalent moral worth.Business must be conducted in a mann‘rsincerely respectful of the shared humanity,dignity,and worth of all people.
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