"A Practical Workshop in Cultural Literacy: Americans and Germans Working Together," 1998
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When the German company DaimlerBenz merged with Chrysler in 1998, employees had to negotiate the culture clash. This manual, produced for Chrysler employees, gave American engineers tools for understanding their German colleagues' communication and work styles, complete with a list of common misunderstandings and how to address them.
When the German company DaimlerBenz merged with Chrysler in 1998, employees had to negotiate the culture clash. This manual, produced for Chrysler employees, gave American engineers tools for understanding their German colleagues' communication and work styles, complete with a list of common misunderstandings and how to address them.
Artifact
Manual (Instructional materials)
Date Made
1998
Subject Date
1998
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Published by Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
2011.36.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Curt Braden.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.875 in
Length: 0.625 in
Inscriptions
On front cover: A Practical Workshop in / Cultural Literacy / American and Germans / Working Together Handwritten in ink on front cover: Return to / Curt Braden
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