TY  - JOUR
T1  - How the Client Service Department in Local Advertising Agency Manages Relationships with Multinational Client: An Intercultural Business Communication Perspective
AU - , Suharyanti AU - , Marseila AU - Sutawidjaya, Ahmad Hidayat AU - Wijaya, Bambang Sukma 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 5
SP  - 667
EP  - 675
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.667.675
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.667.675
KW  - macro-micro contexts
KW  -Client service department
KW  -intercultural business communication
KW  -local advertising agency
KW  -multinational client
AB  - A business institution and the individuals who are involved is often faced with a situation where business partners have the cultural background from different countries. How to manage communications for good business relationship in such situations? This research examines the strategies undertaken by the client service department in an Indonesian local advertising agency in managing business relationships with multinational client from one of Europe countries. Using the case study method by interviewing clients and client service persons as well as observing the situation in the agency’s work environment, researchers found that in building relationships, client service department applies the strategy of macro-micro contexts. In the macro-context, client service department builds the inter-institution relationships and communications by understanding both the industrial and the country-of-origin cultures behind the client’s corporate organizational culture whereas in the micro-context, client service department manages the relationships through interpersonal communication with cultural understanding of the person-in-charge of the client. The 4Cs strategy is used to succeed the agency-client’s relationship, namely chemistry, communication, conduct and change.
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