You Have Completed an Important Presentation to Several Japanese Executives

question 19

Multiple Choice

You have completed an important presentation to several Japanese executives regarding a proposed partnership between your British company and their Japanese firm.Your presentation is greeted by a long silence with the Japanese executives continuing to look at you.This silence probably means that the Japanese executives:

• A)are waiting for formal confirmation that you have completed your presentation.
• B)disagree with your proposal and can't think of a polite way of telling you about their rejection.
• C)are trying to intimidate you in order to gain the advantage during the negotiation stage.
• D)are so overjoyed by the proposal that they are speechless.
• E)are contemplating what you have just said and are showing respect for your presentation.

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