Pamela: Thank you very much indeed, and I do appreciate the golden opportunity But I really need to acquire more knowledge while I'm young. With a Master's degree in my hands, I' ll be more competitive in the future Atkin: In that case, I won't keep you, Pamela. I just want to tell you that I'm sad you'll be leaving us. You run this place with clockwork efficiency, you know We'll all miss you a lot Pamela: I hope this one-month notice will give you time to hire and train a Atkin: Thanks for the notice, Pamela. Assistant like you are rare i guess we'd better start looking as soon as possible Pamela: With your approval, I'll post notice today and interview applicants for you Atkin: That would be great Schedule them in as you see fit. Pamela, without you things here will be different Pamela: Thank you for your kind words. If you have any problem, please feel free call me V, Let's talk Scrip Kathy: Well, now that everybody I here, lets call the meeting to order. Today we have to discuss the operation of our software development department. Were all aware that nowadays market competition is becoming more intense than ever before. If we want to keep our competitive edge, the only way is to offer excellent and considerate service to our customer and. at the same time lower our prices. So, what I'm thinking is, maybe we could outsource the software side of out business to another company. But what impact will it have on our engineers? It's a big problem. Mm, Id be interested to know your thoughts, Warte Warton: I totally agree with you Kathy: Could you go into more detail about your opinion? Warton: I think that outsourcing this part of our operation to another company certainly makes a lot sense. Our software engineers ate getting a bit too old and their technology is a bit out of date. Worse still, their salaries are quite high. Many professional software-designing companies are offering better products at lower rates. With outsourcing, we can give some of the engineers the sack Jennifer: Sorry to interrupt you. Coming from the pr department, I look at this issue from a different perspective. I think we should consider all sides of this issue before we make a decision7 pay? Pamela: Thank you very much indeed, and I do appreciate the golden opportunity. But I really need to acquire more knowledge while I’m young. With a Master’s degree in my hands, I’ll be more competitive in the future. Atkin: In that case, I won’t keep you, Pamela. I just want to tell you that I’m sad you’ll be leaving us. You run this place with clockwork efficiency, you know. We’ll all miss you a lot. Pamela: I hope this one-month notice will give you time to hire and train a replacement. Atkin: Thanks for the notice, Pamela. Assistant like you are rare. I guess we’d better start looking as soon as possible. Pamela: With your approval, I’ll post notice today and interview applicants for you. Atkin: That would be great. Schedule them in as you see fit. Pamela, without you, things here will be different. Pamela: Thank you for your kind words. If you have any problem, please feel free call me. V. Let’s Talk Script Kathy: Well, now that everybody I here, let’s call the meeting to order. Today we have to discuss the operation of our software development department. We’re all aware that nowadays market competition is becoming more intense than ever before. If we want to keep our competitive edge, the only way is to offer excellent and considerate service to our customer and, at the same time, lower our prices. So, what I’m thinking is, maybe we could outsource the software side of out business to another company. But what impact will it have on our engineers? It’s a big problem. Mm, I’d be interested to know your thoughts, Warton. Warton: I totally agree with you. Kathy: Could you go into more detail about your opinion? Warton: I think that outsourcing this part of our operation to another company certainly makes a lot sense. Our software engineers ate getting a bit too old, and their technology is a bit out of date. Worse still, their salaries are quite high. Many professional software-designing companies are offering better products at lower rates. With outsourcing, we can give some of the engineers the sack. Jennifer: Sorry to interrupt you. Coming from the PR department, I look at this issue from a different perspective. I think we should consider all sides of this issue before we make a decision