You will hear five statements in which people talk about their opinions on business meetings. For each recording, decide eac

You will hear another five short recordings.
For each recording, decide each speaker’s attitude toward meeting.
Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the recording.
Do not use any letter more than once.
After you have listened once, replay the recordings.
You have 15 seconds to read the list A-H.
[Pause]
Now listen, and decide each speaker’s attitude toward meeting.
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Eighteen
Believe it or not, meetings can and should be the most interesting and productive part of your day if it has a clear purpose. Meetings are supposed to be treated as part of the big strategy to involve everyone in the planning of the future of the organisation.
The chairman needs to keep the employees informed of the. latest news within the company, review the job performance frequently and arrange activities to encourage and stimulate all employees.
Nineteen
If communication is the lifeblood of an organisation, then periodical business meetings are the soul.
In the meeting, we exchange our ideas, talk over important issues, and make big decisions about the directions and guidelines of the company. We can even share our interests and passions for life, get to know each other and make-more friends. That’s what it’s all about, people meeting with people.
Twenty
If someone asks me about this, I won’t hesitate to give my opinion. However, if I’m not asked, I will keep quiet on this matter. Though my colleagues and I get together now and then to interact with one another, to tell you the truth, I don’t contribute to either.
A big mistake. Had I taken part vigorously in the meeting, I would have felt more involved rather than like someone on the outside looking in.
Twenty-one
Development Research Centre shows that executives on average spend 30% or 40% of their working hours in business meetings. However, an organisational psychologist even advises corporate clients to hold twice as much meetings as they do now.
We need to have more meetings to discuss and make decisions. There are more than enough meetings to go around these days, and for good reason. Meetings has never been more important than today.
Twenty-two
Recent studies have shown discouraging news: as much as 50% of the meetings are unproductive and fruitless and up to 25% of the meeting time is spent discussing irrelevant issues.
Some of the participants complain that meetings are too long and too boring. Some says they don’t make a good preparation for the meeting and sometimes can’t follow the meeting. The chairman confesses that they are not able to make everyday meetings inspired and rejuvenated. We always expect good seminars and conferences which are organised precisely to reap rich fruits.