The roles. General Director (English-speaking).You are the Chairman of the meeting

General Director (English-speaking). You are the Chairman of the meeting. Explain the existing problem to the audience. Suggest all possible reasons for the situation that occurred. Give the floor to the staff and shareholders. Organize voting after discussing the proposals. Note down the most efficient ones. At the end of the meeting read out a complex plan, run the voting to approve it and thank the participants and close the meeting.

Managing Director (Russian-speaking). You keepto a customer oriented approach (for more information read Text 2). Say what, in your opinion, should be done to increase the demand and raise sales. If possible, suggest several ways.

Financial Director (Russian-speaking). You are sure that if the company gets a bump order from the government the situation will be solved immediately. Give your proposals how to convince the government to make such orders for schools, universities, public agencies etc.

Production Manager (English-speaking). In your opinion, the company should look forward and enter the international market. Suggest what will happen if the company succeeds in it. Say what should be done to achieve this purpose.

Marketing Manager (Russian-speaking). You are a supporter of a product innovation approach (for more information read Text 2). Express your own view on solving the problem. Give some examples of innovations (there may be even the most incredible ones, like a kind of a TV set with functions of a dish washer, or special glasses for watching TV without a screen).

Business Consultant (English-speaking). You think that the best way is to unite with your competitors, “Super Vision”, creating a monopoly of domestic TV set suppliers (for more information read Text 2). Give your arguments in favour of your plan.

Shareholders (English-speaking) (the rest of the audience). Put questions to the speakers. Express your agreement or disagreement with the speakers' views. (You may suggest your own ways out of the situation as well). Try to predict the reaction of the market to this or that change in the company's strategy. Take part in the voting.

Translator 1. You translate from English into Russian.

Translator 2. You translate from Russian into English.