Spanning the Globe 1) Summarize your thoughts on the problems at hand, alternative solutions and your strategy on how to proceed at the forthcoming meeting.
My thoughts about Eric’s situation are a little different than how he handled the situation. He knew that there was traffic on the road and he left his house early, which I would do as well. Since he knew he was going to be late at work and that the traffic situation was only becoming worse I think that the best thing to do was to postpone his meetings. It is important to prepare well for meetings and I think that the whole traffic situation got him off guard. If he would have postponed his meetings he could have been more prepared and feel more relaxed before every single meetings. 2) How will your proposal solve the problems you have defined?
My proposal about postponing the meetings would solve problems that will come your way when you are not focused enough. Since his morning started pretty stressful because of the traffic situation, that stressful feeling will most likely follow you during the day. When you feel stressful you are most likely to forget more things for example things you had to do or say during a meeting. Postponing his meetings would give him time to get everything together and feel comfortable going into the meetings. 3) How can you defend your solution from budgetary concerns? In what way is your approach both a solution to the problems of the expatriates at Tex-Mark and a good economic investment?
The reason why my solution to postpone the meetings is a good solution because it can keep you away from any budgetary mistakes. I know that those meetings are very important because money is involved. The way I look at the solution for the expatriates is because I think that more time the expatriates get to prepare to go abroad the better they are going to do their work there.