THE GERMAN
SYMPHONY
Vanessa Vincent-Lange
Julien Bergeron St-Onge
Young Ju Song(Julie)
Yip Pu Reun Park(Ailey)
Chun-Jen Chen(Alan)

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ü༏ Positional Arrangements ü༏ Compartmentalization ü༏ Subordinated Individualism ü༏ Precision ü༏ Synchronicity ü༏ Unified Sound ü༏ Conductors

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" Historical and geographical overview of Germany
" Social, political, demographic and cultural traits
" Economic Situation of Germany
" Hofestede’s Cultural Dimensions
" Business Guidelines of Do’s and Don’ts in Germany

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GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION

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-16 states
-Mostly
independant one to another

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Member of European Union

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Official language : German

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Education : l༆ Pre-school

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Primary school

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University

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Health system

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The world's oldest universal health care (1883)

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Private insurance

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20th in the world in life expectancy

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Other facts

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27% smokers

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Since 2001, civil union for gays and lesbians

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Provides equality between men and women

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Unstable for a long time (wars, separation, etc)
Federal government
1949 fundamental law, « Grundgesetz »
Two leaders:
• President, Joachim Gauck, 11th president of Germany.
• Chancellor, Angela Merkel, since 2005.

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80 000 000 people
16th most populous in the world
Aging population
Fertility rate: 1.41
81% ethnic Germans
19% immigrants

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Religions
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Christianism 63%
Islam 5%
Others with less than 1% : bouddhism, Judaism, etc.

“Das Land der Dichter und Denker”
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Richard Wagner

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Museums, cinemas, operas, etc.

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The cuisine
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2nd most decorated
Traditional vs new

Beer!!!
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national alchoolic beverage

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121,4 L

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Oktoberfest

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Electro-technology
Mechatronics
Automobiles
Pharmaceuticals
Chemicals raw materials
(Oil, natural gas)

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The European Union
(EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. percent of European GDP percent of the total European Union(EU)