Observation of a Video Segment

Observation of a Video Segment
I chose to focus on the corporate meeting for this week’s discussion. The questions chosen to focus my observation concerned participant roles: “Are meeting participants playing/fulfilling distinct roles throughout the meeting?” Since no guideline and/or information were available concerning the content or purpose of the meeting, I decided to concentrate on the participants rather than other aspects.
The Observation
The video displays a nondescript conference room with grey walls, blue carpeting, a brown conference table, and large leather chairs. Two pictures displaying landscapes are hung in the background. Beneath them two filing cabinets (brown and white) and a file trolley are visible. Six people are seated around the table, two women to the left, a man at the end of the table, followed by a woman and a man to the right. Another man, who appears to the leader or facilitator, is sitting at the head of the table. All participants remain seated throughout the video, talking to each other as well as the facilitator/leader. Another woman, possible an o...