Meeting reflection

Meeting reflection:

It was one of the most successful meetings which I had set with my colleagues. I learnt many  things; firstly we discussed which topic we were going to choose and we chose the Emiratisation as a problem that needs to be solved, being one of the issues that we as the United Arab Emirates citizens are facing. Then we started the meeting with four students of CLZ in room C001 on Sunday17th March 2013 at 11:35. Mohamed Awadh, H00230922, as chairman opened the meeting which was to come up with solutions HCT can pursue. Khalfan, H00255135, explained to us the meaning of Emiratisation and why it’s difficult to apply in the private sector; also why the graduates prefer to join the public sector instead of the private sector and that is because of the high average of salaries and the stability the public sector enjoys, Hamed, H00253623 suggested that HCT should provide a youth forum to provide students with the necessary expertise and to motivate them to get involved in the private sector. Hamed suggested another solution to apply the Emiratisation in the private sector by participation of the private sector companies offering scholarships and internships to guide training and assign students to work in the company concerned. Khalfan agreed and added that’s a way to get the right experience to have the ability to work in the company concerned. Saeed, H00232957, talked about other solutions like career fairs and reducing the benefits of the public sector to equal the private sector to attract students to join the private sector; also career fairs are an idea to collect as many as possible of private sector companies to collect the applications from students and at the same time to introduce the students to the benefits and duties of the private sector companies. Mohamed then moved the meeting on to the next item on the agenda and the most efficient one which was the privatization. Khalfan said it’s the best way to attract the graduates to the private sector, like Abu Dhabi police had privatized its accidents delineation section to a company called SAAD. Also Mr. Hedley confirmed that privatization would solve more problems, as it had in the U.K.

Mohamed opened and closed the meeting in an appropriate manner. He spoke fluently and was an effective chairman throughout. There was evidence of turn-taking, listening and supportive language towards others from all participants. All attendees demonstrated awareness and understanding of the topic. All made relevant contributions.

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