Making Meetings Work: Achieving High Quality Group Decisions

by John E. Tropman

Meetings occupy so much time, relate to so many key functions and cost so much money that improving their efficiency should be a vital issue for managers. Often humorous, this down-to-earth guide covers everything one needs to know about meetings including: agenda preparation; what happens behind the scenes before and after meetings; handling the flow of ideas and proposals; making high quality decisions; managing emotions; and dealing with conflicting values and personalities. Based on extensive studies of people who run successful meetings, this book is an excellent practical resource.

Genres: Management

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 1995

Reviews

[Doni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't find it super helpful. It was definitely better than some other meeting management books I've read because it focused on how to run a meeting positively rather than detailing all the ways it can god wrong. But it was too abstract, including a bell-graph for planning which parts of the meeting go when in terms of level of difficulty. It felt a little bit like economists making forecasts based on concocted variables. The main thing I got from this book is time integrity: start on time, end on time, use internally consistent time. Do I dare do it?