Productivity of Meeting - Is it Achieved, Boss?

Meeting can be a way to sort things out right and to gather opinions from people who is having specialized knowledge with. It is supposingly conducted to improve effective communication within the departments. However, the HOD meetings (or the recently-changed-name as Divisional Meeting) that are being held by my company regulary on Monday morning, are indeed a failure to the purpose.

In such autocratic environment, decisions are made by one person - the boss. There is no room for different opinion; no way to improve things if the concept of improvement is against the boss will; and the boss will treat whatever opinion as 'reference' only as he always came out with decision that was totally different from what we have discussed to show his power over matters. Therefore, no one is paying attention to the topic that he brought up; people do whatever he instructed, and that is it.

So now, if this is the case, why he still conducting the weekly meeting if he can make all the decision by himself? If this question was to be posted to me, I would answer it this way: it is not the solution he comes after, but the feeling of control, the pride that he can make all the decision especially when people disagree with him, are on top of the purpose of meeting.

In fact, the participants are getting quiet. Silent flows with feelings of 'don't care' flooded. One is standing infront of the stage, talking excitedly with saliva flying around. He is seemed as a fool to the staffs underneath (and he still yet to know about this, of course!). We smiled to each other wishing the time past as fast as it can. Time for lunch though!