Our group got a good prepare for the simulated business meeting, and we did it quite well. We selected four characters as follows: Erik Peterson, Biometra General Manager; Stephanie Hanes, clinical training; Trevor Burns, Marketing Supervisor; James Wescott, Sales Representative. The main topic in our meeting is that Biometra Company is planning to participate a conference held by International Society for Heart Research in San Diego. Due to the tight budget, the four people are discussing about how many persons should be sent to the conference in each department. Although the scenario is simply, the objective is very clear. I think it is not difficult for the audiences to catch the main idea of our topic in the meeting.
According to the case, the relationship between Burns and Wescott are rather strained. In order to make the simulated meeting looks like a real meeting happened in Biometra Company, we added a conflict between two persons: Wescott rejected Burn’s idea about sending the marketing department employees to take part in the conference. In addition, to make our meeting more diversity, we set a private conversation between Erik Peterson and James Wescott after Burns and Hanes left the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, we made a preliminary decision about how many employees would be sent to the conference. And Peterson asked everyone to submit a detailed report after the meeting. From the beginning to the end, the meeting was integrity. Just like the comment from our classmate, the simulated business meeting of our group was acted as a real meeting.
If talk about the room set-up, I would like to say two points. Firstly, although we didn’t introduce ourselves at the beginning of the meeting, we put a name card on the table. This is also very easy for the audiences to realize who we are. Another point is that since Burns and Wescott have a conflict during the meeting, we on purpose seat them face-to-face.
