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Entre Socios: Español para el mundo profesional
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Entre socios: Español para el mundo profesional serves as an introduction to the business world in Latin America as well as to the interaction between U.S. and Latin American companies and professionals. Original readings, journal articles, essays, excerpts from novels, and interviews with business professionals open students to the inner workings of small businesses and large corporations alike. Students are exposed to vocabulary, common phrases, and cultural issues that will help them be successful business professionals in the years to come. This intermediate to advanced Business Spanish title is intended for use over one semester. The Business Spanish course is generally designed for Business majors who intend to work in International Business or with Spanish-speaking clients, or whose program has a language requirement. While some of these students may be Spanish majors or dual Spanish and Business majors, the vast majority are likely Business majors with a Spanish minor.
Title: Entre Socios: Español para el mundo profesional
Co-Author: Carmen Carney, Ph.D., is the Director of The Garvin Center for Cultures and Languages of Global Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She teaches Spanish for Business at Thunderbird; and Cross-Cultural Communication to MBA students in 9 countries in Latin America through interactive television broadcasting. She has been an NEH fellow at Yale University, the University of Texas-Austin, and at Arizona State University. Professor Carney has published extensively on the interrelationships of literature and the law in Don Quixote; and on literature, language, and culture and their intersection with the world of business. Her co-author is Carlos Coria-Sanchez.
Price: $92.50
ISBN: 978-0073385273
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 1 edition (January 22, 2010)
Description: Paperback, 288 pages
Information: www.amazon.com
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