The Manufacturing Company

Abstract

Out of the three CofP meetings to be analysed from the manufacturing company, one is a departmental CofP, whist the other two are meetings from larger, company-wide CofPs, comprising members from across four of the company’s departments. The departmental CofP meeting is of the Services Department, and is chaired by one of the company’s two female directors. The wider CofP meetings of the Product Review Team and the Business Control Team are both chaired by males. The Product Review Team Chair is also one of the company’s eight male directors. The Business Control Team meeting is supposed to be chaired by another male director. However, he gives his apologies at the last minute and instead nominates a middle-management level male to take his place. All three meetings are regular encounters. The Services Department and the Product Review Team hold monthly meetings, whilst the Business Control Team holds meetings on a weekly basis.