Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings

Name: Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings
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ISBN: 9780071391344

ISBN-10: 0071391347

ISBN-13: 9780071391344

Edition: 2003

Authors: Barbara J. Streibel

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This is a basic guide to planning and conducting meetings that people wil want to attend because they don't waste time and do help people perform their resonsibilities more effectively.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 11/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Meetings: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times


The Worst (of) Meetings


The Impact of Bad Meetings


The Best (of) Meetings


Make a Difference


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1



Preparing for a Meeting


Develop the Agenda


Determine Your Purpose


Set Your Goals


Decide on Your Methods


Allocate Time


Sequence the Items


Who Should Meet?


When and Where Should You Meet?


Finalize and Distribute the Agenda


Prepare Materials


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2



Starting the Meeting


3, 2, 1 ... Start!


Warm up the Team


Set the Tone


Establish the Ground Rules


Assign Roles


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3



Conducting the Meeting


Follow the Agenda


Set and Maintain an Appropriate Pace


Share Information


Conduct Discussion


Manage Participation


Get a Decision


Plan Action and Make Assignments


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4



Closing the Meeting and Following Up


Final Matters


Summarize the Main Points, Decisions, Actions, and Assignments


Sketch the Agenda for the Next Meeting--if Any


Express Appreciation


Evaluate the Meeting


Write and Distribute the Minutes


Work the Assignments


Improve Your Meetings


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5



Techniques and Tools


Identify the Cause(s) of a Problem


Generate Ideas


Organize, Analyze, and Prioritize Ideas


Make Choices Involving Multiple Factors


Implementing the Decision


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6



Uh-Oh ... Now What? Problems and Possibilities


An Ounce of Prevention


Better Than Any Suggestions


Getting Started


Group Interaction


Focus


Group Dynamics and Individual Personalities


Conflict


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7



Technological Tools and Meeting Virtually


What Makes a Meeting?


Virtual Meetings


Audio Conferencing


E-mail


Discussion Lists


Still Images and Documents: Faxes and Files


Teleconferencing


Data Conferencing


Video Conferencing


Conclusion


Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8


Index