Making Meetings Work Achieving High Quality Group Decisions

Name: Making Meetings Work Achieving High Quality Group Decisions
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ISBN: 9780761927051

ISBN-10: 0761927050

ISBN-13: 9780761927051

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: John E. Tropman

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Making Meetings Work: Achieving High Quality Group Decisions, Second Edition covers everything you need to know about organizing engaging meetings, including preparing agendas, controlling what happens behind the scenes prior to and after meetings, and managing conflicting values and personalities. Through the Meeting Masters Research Project at the University of Michigan, author John E Tropman observed and interviewed the nation's most successful meeting experts to find out how to make meetings both stimulating and productive. Based on his findings, Tropman formulated seven principles and fourteen commandments for implementing dynamic meetings.This Second Edition has been extensively…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction


Playing the Meetings Game



Paradigm Shift


Principle Driven


The Seven Imperatives



Managing for Meeting Success


Managing Agenda Organization


The Fraction Rules


Managing Agenda Design


The Rule of the Agenda Bell


Managing Meeting Text


Writing Agendas, Minutes and Reports


Managing Participant Trust


The Integrity Rules


Managing Pre-Meeting and Post-Meeting Tasks


Managing Meeting Rehearsals, Performances and Audiences


Managing the Emotional Elements of Meetings


Managing the Flow of Ideas and Proposals in Meetings and Dealing with Difficulties in Idea Processing


Managing the Bases for Decisions in Meetings


The Decision Rules


Managing the Accomplishment of Decision and Choice


Managing Positions and Roles in Meetings


Managing the Tasks and Functions in Meetings


Managing the Blending of Conflicting Values


Managing Meeting Assessment


The Evaluation Rules



Becoming A Master Meeting Manager: Some Tips On Application


Implementing Excellent Meetings


Strategies and Tactics


Implementing Total Quality Meetings (TQM)



Strategic Perspectives On Meetings, Decisions and Policy


The Meeting


Lore and Legend, or The Negative Culture of Meetings


What Are the Presenting Problems in Meetings?


But Why DO Things Go Wrong?


Total Quality Management = Total Quality Decisions