HELP ME! Anyone know anything about the Business culture of Morocco?
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I need to know about nonverbal communication, verbal communication, customs, language, poverty, traditions, business practices, any current issues, leadership. It all has to be current. Perhaps if you know sources where I could find information that would be helpful as well. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
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Answer:
I live in Morocco. I can help with some things... People here like to argue over prices and it is expected, expecially in the souks or smaller shops. Walking away from a shop keeper will almost always guarantee you a better price. Some higher class shops do not do this, their prices are fixed. Food prices are fixed. For example, yogurt in one shop wil be the same price in another. The government controls that. There is a lot of poverty here and lots of beggers. There are also a lot of illegal merchants who place their goods on the sidewalk or on the sides of the streets. They are usually on tarps so they can be picked up and moved quickly when the soldiers come along and tell them to leave. Their businesses are illegal because they do not pay tax and the larger shops who do often complain. Unfortunately there is a problem here with joblessness, so you see many illegal merchants like this. They are often selling little things and at a small price, only making a few dirhams during the day. Their families survive on the little money they make. There are protests every week in Rabat, the capital, in front of government offices by people who cannot find work. Many have their PhD. Current issues would be the lack of work and poor pay for those that are working. This week many government offices are protesting and refusing to work because the local governments have not been paying them. It makes it very difficult for those of us that need services from those offices, but those people have rights and families that they need to support, so I understand. There are no social programs here and you see sick, handicapped and destitute people everywhere. In some places in Morocco entire families are living on the beach. They have no home, little clothing, little food, no work and no money. Two days ago I watched 2 begger women fighting over who was going to stand outside a busy shop. They are that desparate. The leadership here is the King. He is the soul ruler, though he does have a staff and there is a parliament. There are issues of corruption that I will not get into here. The primary language here is Moroccan Arabic, which is a dialect of its own. Most people know standard Arabic as well, and French is their second language. Depending on what part of the country you grow up in, you will either learn French or Spanish in school (areas to the north usually learn Spanish). English is also taught much here, so you can find many languages being used. With the tourism here, most people speak a little of many different languages so they can communicate with the visitors. Education here is better than it used to be. When my husband was in school, there was no high school in his village and he had to rent a room in another village so he could get his education. There are private and government schools here, and the private schools tend to offer more services and give more one on one attention to students. They attend school 6 days a week and leave during the middle of the day for a couple of hours for lunch. The school day does not generally end until around 6pm. Languages and geography are emphasized much in school. Once you finish high school you can attend the university for free for a 4 year degree. With the poverty situation many people cannot afford the trasnportation to get them to and from the universities, so even though it is free, they cannot continue. After 4 years, it is very difficult to continue. Getting into a masters program is very challenging and only a select few are chosen do to so. Often times you need to know someone who has a little pull and can get you in. Those with the financial means often leave to Europe to contiue their studies. My husband's brother is studying in the US on a scholarship, but it is only a one year program. Education does not guarantee you work here and there are many highly educated people with no work. If you need more information, feel free to email me. There is a link on my profile you can contact me at. Please include your regular email ifyou do contact me so I can email you directly. I hope I have helped.
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call any Morccan ambassy to give all business information you need ..
odade11
there was an article in last sunday's la times calender section about the making of a movie there. it requires some creative financing, because you have to bribe the locals to get things done.
chieromancer
Morroco Daily... http://www.moroccodaily.com/ all africa~morocco http://allafrica.com/morocco/ Middle east policy Council has some good links... http://www.mepc.org/resources_links/Morocco.asp#GP Here is Morrocco in the world factbook... https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mo.html#People wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Morocco
lilnetties
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