Kaizen Electronics LLC. is one of the electronics appliances companies in Sultanate of Oman. The company is doing good and wants to further improve its market share. Mr. Hamed is the newly appointed General Manager of the company. He is determined to improve the companys market share and achieve other business goals of the company. He wants to involve people from all levels in the process of achieving the goals. For this reason, he, all the time, conducts meetings and compels people from all levels of the Organization attend the meeting. His intension is to make everyone updated about what is expected from them. He almost conducts

six meetings per week and each of which lasts for an hour. Mr. Hamed does most of the talking during the meetings and gives others little chance to speak. This way the department heads and other employees feel that most of their productive time is wasted sitting in the meetings. Many of them attend but dont participate as meetings are made regular and involves all of them, though they have nothing to do with the points being discussed. Some employees do not open up even if points being discussed are relevant to their area of work. Most of the attendees of the meetings find themselves unproductive and do not pay attention to the proceedings of the meetings.

Question 4:

i. Why do you think some attendees of the meetings conducted by Mr. Hamed do not speak, even if the points being discussed are relevant to their work area? Give reasons.

(2 Marks Answer in 50 75 words)

ii. Do you think the meetings arranged by Mr. Hamed are properly conducted and managed? Give reasons to support your answer. Also comment on what can be the results of such meetings.

(3 Marks Answer in 75 100 words)

iii. Suggest any five ways to Mr. Hamed for improving the companys meeting culture and

environment. (5 Marks Answer in 125 150 words)