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Man: Come in, Diana. Coffee?
Woman: Thank you, Michael.
Man: Now, about this visit by the senior executives from Poland...
Woman: Mm. Do we know when they"re coming?
Man: We offered them three choices-the end of March, the middle of April and the beginning of May.
Woman: Yes...
Man: And they chose the earliest one, which is good, actually, with the review coming up in May.
Woman: True. But we do need definite dates. And how many are coming? There were six of them last time. Did you say about eight? My P.A. needs to make firm bookings for their accommodation now-otherwise it"ll be very difficult to find a hotel.
Man: You"re right. They said six to eight originally, but I"ve had an email this morning saying it"s going to be seven. Now we"ve got a definite number, we can make all the other bookings for them.
Woman: Good, that gives us eight weeks until they come.
Man: Right, well, here are my suggestions for their schedule. Mm... They"ll be with the company for four days. On the first day I think they should visit one of our main sites. So, it should be either the company headquarters, or the retail outlets in the area, or the factory in Swindon.
Woman: I definitely think we should bring them here to the headquarters on the second day. I don"t think they need to see the shops at all.
Man: OK, we"ll show them the production line then-hopefully they"ll be impressed.
Woman: Right, I"ll arrange that.
Man: What we"ve got to remember, of course, is that this group have a particular interest in coming here.
Woman: Mm... Isn"t it to look at our new computer systems?
Man: Well, in fact, on this trip they want to look at workplace procedures, you know-health and safety, employer-employee relations, things like that. Not our performance figures-though they"ll see those when they come here to headquarters, of course.
Woman: And who will they meet while they"re here?
Man: Well, the Managing Director. And you and me, obviously...
Woman: And have they said who they"re interested in seeing? The Customer Relations staff, maybe?
Man: Perhaps, but definitely the people responsible for developing the company"s Human Resources strategy.
Woman: Right, we"ll get the manager and his team to organise something then.
Man: Mm... Now-the presentation.
Woman: Yes. The afternoon of the second day. The basic organisation for that is already in place, in fact.
Man: Good!
Woman: Simon"s going to do the presentation.
Man: What"s he going to talk about?
Woman: Something on our various schemes for rewarding staff-the new profit-sharing scheme, bonuses and so on.
Man: Right. That"ll fit in nicely. Simon"s very competent, of course-there"s plenty of time to negotiate all that in detail. Now, for the third day, they"ve made their own arrangements in London. They"re going to see some key Members of Parliament-they want to talk about trade agreements.
Woman: That sounds interesting...
Man: They wanted to see one of the new commercial developments in the city but there wasn"t time to arrange that.
Woman: Oh, I see. There isn"t an official government reception for the group, is there?
Man: Not this time.
Woman: OK... What about their last day? I understand they"ve asked to go somewhere different.
Man: Yes. I"d like to take them to Scotland. There"re a lot of developments there we could show them.
Woman: Oh, isn"t that too far for one day?
Man: Unfortunately, it is. But they could fly up to the North East to the factory there.
Woman: Why not the exhibition centre in Birmingham? That"s much closer!
Man: They went there last time, remember?
Woman: Of course. I"m sure they"ll like your idea. If you like, I could find out about flights to the regional airport there.
Man: Yes, thanks. Now, can we just...