The Thai Mindt Map © Transnational Management Associates Ltd. 2010
Historical Insight
•Bangkok founded 1782
•20th century - ries of military coups
•1997 - Asian financial crisis.
•1997 - New constitution
•2004 Violent uprisings in Muslim south
•2004 Tsunami in December草莓图片卡通
•2005 Thailand fights bird flu epidemic
•2006 September: Civilian government overthrown in military coup
•2008 January - An elected parliament convenes for the first time since the military ized power in September 2006
•2008 December - Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva cures a coalition within parliament to
become Thailand's new prime minister, the third
new leader in three months Economic & Political Conditions
•Thailand is a democracy
•Strong and much-loved Royal Family
reflected
•Strong recovery from Asian financial crisis
•Five-year infrastructure investment plan
underway
教师白洁全传
•Capital goods, raw materials and crude oil黑枸杞泡水的功效
臣心一片磁针石imported
•Exports mainly agricultural
Characteristics of Society
•Village-orientated, even in urban environments
•Strong group culture, in and away from the workplace
•60% of population live in rural communities
•Bangkok main business centre but Chiang Mai in
north growing in importance
Primary Belief Systems
•95% of population is Buddhist
•Most people devout and attend the temple regularly
•Northern tribes also practice animism
分口
•Most Thai hous have a spirit hou prenting offerings to the spirits Thai Mindt
•Saving face is important
•Enormous respect for the Royal Family
•Modest and devout Buddhists
•Proud of Thailand and its natural beauty
Educational Structures
•Education is free and compulsory
•Choice of school and university very important
•Promotion prospects often influenced by which
university you attended
读书小报二年级简单的•Literacy 92.6%
Geographical Influences
•Mountains in the north, rolling hills in the centre, hot and humid in the south
•Magnificent coastal scenery, beaches and diving draw thousands of tourists to the islands •Twice-yearly monsoons
•Southern Thailand in part was affected by the 2004 Tsunami, with many lives lost Life Style Aspirations
•Comfort more important than money
•Strong family ties
•Many activities revolve around food
工序流程图•Lavish business entertaining
•Little foreign travel
Language
•Many Thais speak English, particularly tho working
in business and tourism
•Thai is difficult language for Westerners to learn, more
so to write than to speak
•English widely spoken but interpreter usually needed
for important meetings
•Thai language is full of idiom and proverbs, some of
which translate into English
