The Art of Corporate Entertainment

The art of corporate entainment covers many forms of etiquettes as touch on in the workshop such as social, meeting, general and dining etiquette. They are applicaable not only in the business world but also in day-to-day lives. Social etiquette is about respecting and being considerate to the people around us. Thus in my view, it is fundamental to making a good first-impression on people besides dressing well as talked about in 'Building a Professional Presence'.

General Etiquette is the most applicable to our day-to-day lives as it talked about the opening of doors, etiquette on public transport and the act of saying 'thank you'. I realised various of the etiquettes are to be observed by particularly men and not so much by woman such as the opening of doors and walking by the road; men opening doors for women and men should always stand closer to the road and woman should be further from the road. after this topic, I realised that many of us Singaporeans in thier fast-paced lives have neglected the basic courtesies of saying 'thank you' and 'MRT etiquette'. I think we have all experienced these situations before when you help someone but he/she does not thank you, and of course the infamous rushing into the MRT train with the poor alighting passengers trying to squeeze out a midst the opposing crowd.

The dining etiquette section in this workshop mainly focuses on dining in a formal/fine dining environment from the selection of restaurants, reservations to the end of the meal itself. The part particularly useful is is the selection of restaurants. i didn't not realise there was so much considerations to think about before choosing an appropriate restaurant for a business dinner. I also learnt of how to handle situations when things go wrong like when the food is not edible, i should discreetly use the napkin to remove from it from my mouth and request for the waiter to change the napkin.

For a tutorial assignment, my friends and I visited Top Table to experience the entire procedure of me being the VIP and kher meng being the host for the day. We tried as much as possible to 'role play' throughout the whole visit to Top Table. From before entering the restaurant to after payment of the bill. It was a very interesting assignment in my view.