Chapter 1046: Meeting
Zheng Guoyuan's words put Zhu Weizhuo's mind at ease. He was worried that Zheng Guoyuan was going to take advantage of the situation. After all, after Zheng Guoyuan retired, Zhu Weizhuo made many adjustments within the company. Except for some old people who also retired, Zhu Weizhuo replaced the original people in many key positions with his own people.
As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers. It is understandable that he uses his own people after taking office, and Zhu Weizhou, as the general manager, has this right. But then again, a large number of middle-level managers have been replaced in just two years. It is not a big deal in private, but it is not a big deal in public. After all, Zheng Guoyuan's qualifications are there, and it will be troublesome to explain if he is asked in detail.
Fortunately, Zheng Guoyuan just mentioned it and then stopped talking. And judging from his and Lao Tang's attitudes, they were indeed just there to listen, which also made Zhu Weizhou feel a little relieved.
Nodding slightly to Zheng Guoyuan, Zhu Weizhuo coughed and signaled the meeting to begin.
Then the meeting officially began. According to the meeting process, Zhu Weizhuo, as the meeting host, would usually first inquire about the previous meeting topics and progress, and then the heads of each department would propose the content and direction of this meeting. Those that required on-site communication would be discussed directly, and those that could be determined and approved on the same day would be completed directly.
If it is just an agenda item that needs to be completed later, then record it as today's agenda item, and then hand it over to the responsible department or relevant departments for follow-up based on the actual situation, complete it within a deadline, and then report the progress at the subsequent meeting.
This is basically the model for internal meetings at Si Te, which was determined when Song Chaoyuan was in office. The key to this model is to put various issues directly on the table, and to deal with them on the spot if they can, and to assign responsibilities to departments and individuals.
For some more complex issues that require assistance from various departments, the issues (projects) can be assigned through integration during the meeting, and then the work arrangements can be handed down according to the meeting minutes and completed within a deadline.
This model is more suitable for Si Te. During the years when Song Chaoyuan and Zheng Guoyuan directly managed Si Te, this model was always followed, and the effect was very significant. It also had strong execution and operability.
But today, Zhu Weizhuo did not follow the fixed meeting format because Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang were present.
When he was questioning about the content of the previous meeting, he only said a few words lightly and did not mention anything about some things that he thought were sensitive or inconvenient for Zheng Guoyuan and others to know.
When the departments began to report their work and put forward proposals, some department heads just talked about trivial things without any concrete information. But even so, Zhu Weizhou was very serious, listening to the reports while asking about the details, and occasionally writing down a few words in his notebook.
Time passed by minute by minute, and everything went smoothly.
According to the progress of the report, it will be finished in ten minutes at most. After it is over, Zhu Weizhuo will make a summary and then the meeting will be over.
But unexpectedly, the closed door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a woman walked in angrily.
"Mr. Zhu! Why didn't you notify me to attend the meeting today?" Everyone knew the person who came in. It was Tao Tao, the deputy director of the R&D center.
"Deputy Director Tao?" Zhu Weizhou was stunned for a moment, as if he was very surprised by Tao Tao's arrival, but he still said calmly: "Today's meeting is a meeting of heads of departments. You are the deputy director, so of course you are not on the list of members attending the meeting."
Tao Tao's face looked unhappy. What Zhu Weizhuo said seemed to be correct, but the problem was that she was the deputy director at the deputy director level, and her level in the R&D center of Si Te Company was very high, so she was fully qualified to attend the meeting.
When Song Chaoyuan first established the quality control system in a branch factory, Tao Tao was the supervisor. Later, when Sit was established, Zhan Linhong was transferred from the main factory to Sit, and established the R&D department based on the original main factory laboratory, which is the predecessor of the current R&D center.
Since Zhan Linhong is higher than Tao Tao in terms of ability, qualifications and original position, and she is also Tao Tao's master, Song Chaoyuan appointed Zhan Linhong to be in charge of the R&D department, and Tao Tao remained in charge of the quality department.
Later, the R&D department and the quality department merged to form a R&D center. Zhan Linhong served as the director of the R&D center, and Tao Tao was the deputy director and senior quality control manager.
Not long after Zheng Guoyuan retired from Sit, Zhan Linhong also retired at the right age. Logically, after Zhan Linhong retired, Tao Tao should be the first choice to take over her position, but no one expected that Tao Tao did not take the position in the end. Suddenly one day, General Manager Zhu Weizhuo announced the appointment of the director of the R&D center. The new director of the R&D center was a person he found from nowhere. This person was said to be Zhu Weizhuo's college classmate. His academic qualifications were not low, and he graduated from college, but he had never worked in a company. As soon as he arrived at Sit, he took the position of director of the R&D center and became the head of the R&D center.
"Deputy Director Tao!" Zhu Weizhou had just finished speaking when a middle-aged man sitting to his left said unhappily, "Do you have any sense of organization and discipline? As the deputy director of the R&D center, you ignored the company's rules and broke into the company's meeting room, interrupting the progress of an important meeting. What kind of behavior is this? You are also a veteran of the company, don't you understand this? Do you think you can represent our R&D center? It's simply lawless! I think it was all caused by Director Zhan's behavior. Why don't you get out now!"
"You!" Tao Tao's eyes were blazing with anger as she stared at the director who was speaking. As a veteran employee and technician of the company, Tao Tao had a lot of experience. It could even be said that no one present, including Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang, had as much experience as her.
You should know that when Song Chaoyuan came to the predecessor of Si Te, the first branch, Tao Tao was a member of Song Chaoyuan's team and had been in charge of quality control for so many years. Before Zhan Linhong retired, although she was only the deputy director , it was actually Tao Tao who was in charge of the work.
The current director was parachuted in and directly replaced the director position that originally belonged to Tao Tao.
In fact, Tao Tao is not a power-hungry person. She is a technician. People in technical fields are relatively simple in character and do not care about positions. If there is someone who is more capable and more suitable to be the director than herself, it would be okay for her to give up the position of director.
But the problem is that although this director has a college degree, he lacks practical work experience and ability, and has never been involved in the food industry. He has big problems with many of his concepts and ideas.
In other words, it's not that the director doesn't understand technology at all. The problem is that although he knows a little about technology, he doesn't look at the problem from the right perspective. He doesn't judge the situations in some R&D projects based on the actual situation, and not only does he act arbitrarily, but he also gives blind orders.
To put it in one sentence, it is not true that an amateur can command an expert, but it is true that a half-amateur can command an expert. At work, some people are the most difficult to communicate with. One type is the person who knows nothing but pretends to know everything, and the other type is the person who knows only half of the knowledge but pretends to be an expert and gives orders with pride.
And this director is the latter. Tao Tao and he have had many conflicts in their work over the past year. The two have argued countless times, but the final result every time is that Zhu Weizhuo, as the general manager, stands on the other side. Not only does he not agree with Tao Tao's statement, but he also severely criticizes Tao Tao on the grounds that the other party's academic qualifications are higher than Tao Tao, and asks her to put herself in the right position and cooperate with the supervisor's work as a deputy.
As time went by, Tao Tao was suppressed in the R&D center, and she, the deputy director, was marginalized. Not only was she not responsible for many important tasks, but she was also given some work that was obviously the work of a laboratory technician. In the workplace, many people have a self-protection mentality. The ordinary employees of the R&D center saw that Tao Tao was not liked by the director, and even the general manager Zhu Weizhou was the same. Everyone naturally distanced themselves from Tao Tao. In other words, a phoenix without feathers is worse than a chicken. Although Tao Tao is still the deputy director of the R&D center, she actually cannot command anyone.
"Wei Zhou, what's going on with Xiao Tao? Why is she still the deputy director ? Shouldn't she have replaced Director Zhan back then?" Suddenly, Zheng Guoyuan, who had been silent, asked.
"Old leader, this is what happened." Zhu Weizhou explained to Zheng Guoyuan: "Do you still remember the incident with the purchase?"
Zheng Guoyuan nodded.
Zhu Weizhou said: "This matter was handled before you left the company. According to the company's handling opinions at the time, although the quality control department did not bear the main responsibility, it also had some responsibility. In response, the company issued a rectification document to the quality control department. Deputy Director Tao was the deputy director of the R&D center at the time, but the quality control department has always been the specific responsibility of Deputy Director Tao, so this team also put Deputy Director Tao on the head."
"In theory, after Director Zhan retired, Deputy Director Tao should have taken over Director Zhan's position in terms of seniority and rank. However, the previous incident had just passed, and the company's rectification document had just been issued. It was not appropriate for Deputy Director Tao to be promoted at this time. Therefore, from the perspective of company management and considering the future development of the R&D center, the company decided to introduce better talents to take over Director Zhan's position."
"By the way, let me introduce you to Liu Fei, the current director of our company's R&D center. Director Liu is a top student who graduated from Jinling University. He has held important positions in the chemistry laboratory of Jinling University and the laboratory of the district health center. He has rich professional knowledge and work experience, and is the most urgently needed and suitable management talent for our company."
"Hello, Mr. Zheng and Mr. Tang, I'm Liu Fei. I'm very happy to meet you. Please rest assured that Mr. Zhu and the company have entrusted me with such an important position. I will definitely lead our R&D center to greater glory and achieve even better results!" Liu Fei stood up with a smile on his face and bowed to Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang. He looked sincere while speaking, and with his slightly bald head and the gold-rimmed glasses, he really looked like a technical professional.
"Yes, hello Director Liu, you're welcome, sit... sit..." Zheng Guoyuan waved his hand with a smile, motioning Liu Fei to sit down and talk.
Just as Liu Fei was about to sit down, Tao Tao, who could no longer bear it, sneered: "You speak better than you sing, and you want to create more glory? If you have such a strong desire to perform, why don't you become an actor? With someone like you in the R&D center, let alone glory, we should be thankful that it is not ruined! Let me ask you, Liu Fei, why didn't I know about such a big change in the product formula as the deputy director? The recommendation report issued by the R&D center to the company was not reviewed by me, and it didn't have my signature! Do you know what it means to do this? Who gave you the courage to change the product formula without authorization and replace the original natural raw materials with a large amount of chemicals?"
