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Tony,andofcourseyouandme.
Allright,then.Whatareyougoingtotell
thembeforehand?
I'
givethemthisnewsreportandtheletterdescribingourproblem.Doyou
thinkthat'
sOK?
Yes,that'
fane.Letmeknowwhenandwhere.
Conversation2
Goodafternoon!
Iappreciateyouall
beinghereforthisimportantmeeting.
sgeton
Leonhasaskedyoutojoinustotalkabouttheproblem.You'
veallreadthenewsreportandtheletter,solet'
withthediscussionandtrytosolvetheproblembeforeitgetsworse.Leon,couldyoustart?
Conversation3
Let'
see,we'
llbeginwithmybossopeningthemeeting.Hecanremind
everyoneaboutthereportandletter.ThenweshouldhavetheAccountantreportonthechequesthathavebeenwritten.Followingthat,we'
llaskthe
PurchasingManagertoreviewthe
purchasingprocedure.I'
nsuremybossandTonywillhavesomequestionsthen,sonextwe'
llhavequestions.Then,wecan
goontoadiscussion.Finally,hopefully,we'
llmakeadecisionandclosethe
meeting.There,thatshoulddoit!
Conversation4
Hello!
Whydon'
tyousithere?
Wouldyoulikeacupofcoffeeortea?
C:
Thanks!
Coffee,please.
Goodafternoon,Tony.Here'
aseatforyou.
Iseveryonehereyet?
No,notquite.Theaccountanthasstillto
come.Boss,here'
syourcoffee.
Thanks.Iwanttogetstartedontime.A:
Yes,Iknow.I'
msurewewill.
Conversation5
D:
Hello!
Accountant'
sOffice.
ThisisLeon.Ourbosswantstocall
ameetingtodiscussaparticularproblem.
Canyoumakeittomorrowafternoon?
Tomorrowafternoon?
Whattime?
He'
dliketobeginat2:
30,inthe
conferenceroom.
Yes.IthinkIcanmakeit.Ihavealunch
meeting,butI'
llhurrybackintimeforth(meeting.
Good.I'
bringtheinformationtoyour
officeinalittlewhile.
Oh!
OK.Thanks.
Conversation6
So,fromourdiscussionthisafternoon,itsoundslikewhatweneedtodoistostopthepaymentonthischeque,andcontactourlawyer.Isthatthedecisionyouallthinkweshouldmake?
llbeginlookingfornewsuppliers.Thatseemstobeimportant,aswall.
Yes,itis.Wemustdothat.
callthebankimmediatelyandstop
payment.
And,Tony,we'
llfollowyouradviceand
turntherestovertoourlawyer.Thatseemstobethebestwaytohandiethisforallofus.
(G:
George;
M:
Mary)
M:
George,meeting?
planning
Part3.2couldyouhelpmeplanthisIdon'
thavemuchexperieneemeetingsandyou'
vdoeenwith
thecompanyforalongtime.So…
G:
Whenisthismeeting,Mary?
Well,it'
sthisFriday.
Friday,hmm.Whatkindofmeetingisitgoingtobe?
Weregoingtohaveameetingwithsomenewclientsandtrytogetthemtobuyournewlineofsportswear.
Well,thatsoundseasy.Thefirstthingweneedtodoistocreateanagendaforthemeetingandthengivecopiesofittoeveryonewhoisgoingtobeattending.
Noproblem,Ihavealistofallthepeoplerighthere.Thebosssaysthathewants
thepeoplefromthesalesdepartmentand
thedesigndepartmenttogiveashort
presentation.
OK,butweshouldletthemknowassoonaspossible.Askthemhowlongtheywillneedfortheirpresentations.Also,we
shouldaskthemiftheyaregoingtoneedanythingspecialforthemeeting,likeaprojector.IrememberonetimeIforgottoaskaboutthisanditwasreallyembarrassingtobeunprepared.Which
meetingroomareyougoingtouse?
Er,Ithinkweshoulduse401;
it'
themostcomfortableroom.
Goodidea.Isthebossgoingtomakeapresentation,too?
Yes,hewantstotelltheclientsaboutthe
historyofourcompany.
ofDecember.Whattimedoesthe
meetingstart?
10:
00am,anditshouldbefinishedby
noonbecausethebossisgoingtotakethemoutforlunchafterwards.
Noproblem,thatshouldbemoreenoughtime.Thefirstthingontheagendashouldbetointroduceeveryonetoeachother.Thenthebossgivesthemtheinformationaboutourcompany.Heusuallytakes
about10minutestodothat.
Ithinkweshouldletthedesignpeopletalkbeforethesalespeople,sothattheycanexplaintheproductsfirst.
allow
clients
'
tandthe
That'
agoodidea.Thecustomersneedtoknowwhattheyaregoingtobuyfirst.Afterthepresentationsweshould
than
timeforadiscussion,incasethehaveanyquestions.Iftheydonmeetingisovermorequickly
expected,youcouldgivetheclientsatouroftheoffice.Ithinkthatwouldreally
llgomake
impresstheboss.
Hey,thisagendalooksgood.Icopiesforeveryone.
OK,don'
tforgettomakesomeextracopiestogivethenewclientsandanyoneelsewhoforgetstobringtheirs.Oh,onelastthing,donmeeting.
Iknow.Thanksforallofyourhelp.
Part4video1
tforgettodressupforthe
Gregory:
Doyouknowwhywearehere?
Richard:
No.Ihavenoidea.Hejustpoppedinandtoldmetherewouldbeameetingat3.
Amy:
nafraidit'
aboutthismorningandhe'
sChairperson:
Badnews!
I
cuts.Isaw
him
nothappy.guessyou'
for
II
seenlastmonth'
ssalesfigure
the
laptopX600.
No,actuallyIhaven
R:
Me,neither.
Oh,well,there'
atwentydropfromJuly.
GTwenty-onepercent?
That
Isupposeyou
t.
-one
percent
disaster!
regoingtoblamemysales
team.
No.Amy.Wearenotgoingtoblameanyone.Nottoday.Weneedtodecidewhatwearegoingtodoaboutit.
Wait.Beforewegoon,canwehavealookatthesepoorfigures?
Sorry,I'
mnotsureifIhave…Ah,yes,I
gotafewcopieshere.Asyoucansee…
Larry,Iwantyoutoknowthatit'
snotmy
fault!
Mypeoplehavebeenworkingreallyhardtopromotesales.
Yes,yes,Iknow.Butthefactisthattheresultsarenotgood.
Maybewecanchange…
Youshouldtrustyourteam!
Therearealwaysupsanddownsinsales!
Look,Amy.Idohaveconfideneeinmyteam!
Ihavecalledthismeetingtoseewhatmyteamsuggestswedo!
Soshallwegetonwithit?
Isupposewecanstartbyfindingoutwhywearehavingthesepoorresults.Gregory,wouldyouplease
giveusananalysisofthesefigures?
Er…Sorry,Idon'
thaveanythingpreparedsinceIdidn'
tknow…
Oh,well…
Part6Video2
Chairperson:
nsorrytohavecalledthismeetingatsuchshortnotice.Didyouallgetacopyofthesalesfigures?
Participants:
Yes.
Good.Soyouhaveseenfromyoumemo
thepurposeof
this
meeting.
Firstly,
we
need
tofigure
out
thereasonfor
drop,
andsecondly,
whatwe
should
do
aboutit.Itmightnotbeeasy,butIwanttofinishthemeetingby3:
00.
OK.Uh-huh.
Now,Amy,whatdoyouthink?
Well,there'
aslotmorecompetitionouttherenow.
strue,butourpricesarecompetitive.
Inmyopinion,thesalespeoplearenotverymotivated.Weneedtodosomethingtoencouragethemtogetout
thereandsell.
Ithinkthey'
reworkingprettyhard
already.
Burit'
snothardenough,Amy!
Theyneedsomethingtogivethemabitofapush.
Whataboutthebonussystem?
Howmanysalespeoplegetbonusesnow?
Notmany.
Really?
Whynot?
Thesalesquotasareprettyhigh.Youhavetomake$60,000insales.That'
alot.Mostpeopleaverageabout$45,000.
Permonth?
Well,maybeweshouldlowerourquotas.
How'
sthatgoingtomotivatethem,Richard?
Ifwelowerthequotas,itwillbeeasierforthesalespeopletoreachthem.Somorepeoplewillget…
sthatgoingto
Idon'
tseethepoint.How
increasesales?
Lethimfinish.
Well,Ithinkthequotasarejusttoohigh.
Thesalespeopledon'
tthinktheycanreachthemsotheydon'
ttry.But,ifsomeoneismaking,say,$45,000,andifthetargetis$50,000,thenthey'
Workjustalittlebithardertoreach$50,000.
scome
Iseewhatyoumean.Andiftheygetanicebonusat$50,000thenthey'
Workevenharderthenextmonth.
Yes.You'
vegotagoodpoint!
Let
upwithaproposalforlowerquotas.