Business Meetings

Taiwan has a loosely scheduled meeting schedule. There may be an agenda, but its purpose is to serve as a framework for debate and perhaps as a launchpad for other business concepts. There might be some time in the meeting devoted to personal conversations because relationships are important.

Meetings will continue until the discussion is finished and may go much past the specified end time because finishing a meeting satisfactorily is considered more important than keeping the meeting on schedule. As was already mentioned, Taiwanese people communicate extremely subtly and are as concerned with the impact of their words on other people as they are with the content of their communication.

As it would result in a loss of "face," they take great care to avoid saying anything out loud that would be hurtful or offensive to a fellow employee. They will wait for feedback before gradually advancing their ideas. They will simply keep quiet if they disagree with a proposition.