Meetings are time wasters: myth or fact?
In truth, properly conducted meetings are not time wasters, but are an essential step toward achieving decisions and solutions.
Normally, people conduct meetings with the intent of discussing ideas, presenting information, and brainstorming. While this is not wrong, it is also not efficient.
Discussing ideas can be conducted in small working teams. Information dissemination can be done via e-mail or other forms of communication. Brainstorming will be more effective when done in an informal setting.
So what should meetings be used for?
Making decisions.
When a decision needs to be made that require the input of all parties involved, it becomes necessary and more efficient to hold a meeting that gathers all the parties together. By presenting their respective points and options, the meeting participants can come to an agreement on the decision to be made, or the team leader/chairman can decide on behalf of the group. In any case, the meeting should end with the feeling that something has been achieved.
I'm not sure how else to write this, so maybe I'll keep the points for another blog entry.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Meetings
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Meetings :: An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.
Types of meetings ::
a. Brainstorming
b. Discussion
c. Meetings
d. Gatherings
What else are there? What are the functions of each of the meetings?
Maybe people needs to identify the meaning and functions and set appropriate agenda/objectives for it.
Yes! Meetings must have agenda! Otherwise I make it a point not to attend it.
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