Monday, 25 March 2013

MOM, Traffic & Car Parking problems


CLV

Date of Meeting:        18-3-2013
Time of Meeting:       3:00 pm
Venue:                       F16 classroom HCT

Meeting Participants:
H 00254759   Mr. AbdulRahman Al Zaabi as Chairman.
H 00213881   Mr. Salem Al Shehhi as minutes taker, Secretary.
S 960003762  Mr. Faisal Al Hosani as Participant.

Venue preparation:
Square table & 3 chairs.
A4 white paper for notes.

Agenda: Identify the traffic & car parking problems to find suitable solutions.

1- Using an idea of first come first served.
2-Opportunity for investments
3-Long term solution.

By going through the items of the agenda we will establish not just possible solutions but solutions which we feel will be viable.  We will discuss how we are going to solve the issue theoretically and practically by introducing ideas such as using the idea of first come first serve. By the conclusion of this meeting, we should have in place sufficient agreed proposals to make recommendations.

The problem:
v Mr. Abdulrahman received many complains regarding the car parking listed as follows:
·      Both morning and afternoon students complained of lack space.
·      Many students raised the issue of incorrect parking.
·      One of the afternoon students complained with regard to blocking the entrance by some careless drivers.
v Solutions:
·      Divided into 2 solutions:
A.     Short term and fast action.
§  Fast, easy and NO cost.
-                Clarified by first come first served. The earliest you come the better parking spot you get. The later you come the harder it is to find a parking space.
-                A daily appearance of a police petrol to enforce the traffic regulations and to implement the traffic rules or they also can fine the offenders.
B.     Long term business opportunity:
1.     Rent half of the parking area to a valet parking company for either monthly or annual rent.
2.     Building a malty floors parking building by two options:
-                Ministry of High Education as sponsor by increasing the budget.
-                Students as shareholders of the project with annual bonus.
v Recommendations:
1-             A letter with the proposal to the Ministry of Higher Education to sponsor the parking building or to approve the shareholding idea.
2-             In case of rejection from the Ministry of Higher Education a new meeting will be held on 2-4-2013 to discuss the status.

Monday, 4 March 2013

Interview Report




On Tuesday 26th February 2013 at 4:30 pm in F16 classroom Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Zaabi was nominated among other candidates to be interviewed for a Finance Manager vacant position in Emirates Advance Investments.  I had to adopt the role of Human Resource interviewer while my colleague Saqer pretended to be the Chief Finance officer due his massive knowledge at Finance. On the other hand, Mr. Hedley had the privilege as he is the Academic Spoken Communication teacher to lead the interview by welcoming Mr. Abdul Rahman with a brief of the company and vacant position ending with the usual question, “ tell me about yourself”.

Since the minute he stepped in Mr. Abdul Rahman seemed to me that he had the ebullient character. He had the initiative and the great appearance, which showed his self-confidence.  Once he started his answers, I knew that he had the personality of a manager. His answer was “ A family man and a father of 4 kids with 10 years experience at the Central Federal Bank based in Abu Dhabi. Graduated with Diploma certificate from HCT in 2000”.  I felt the honesty in his answer because his voice tone, body language and eyes were reacting as per his answer. I had turned the usual questions upside down by starting from the last question in any interview “ Do you have any questions?” to manipulate him in order to ensure if he is really self controled and organized in his thoughts or he was pretending to be under control. His answer was intuitive and quick. He was fluent in his speaking and I admired his organized thoughts and the sequence of his replies. Saqer asked him questions related to finance and he seemed to answer correctly.

My recommendations to concerns were clear: to speed up the hiring process with Abdul Rahman as he possesses the skills, knowledge and personality the position required. I’m sure that he will be a great addition to the company in general and to the finance department in particular.