How to make meetings work 

 -  Berkley Books,  1976 
 - viii+ 298 p. ; 21 cm 
 - Business .
<br/><br/> the new interaction method 
<br/><br/>1. Why Meetings Are Important  2. What Goes Wrong at Meetings--  3. The Case for a Group Memory--  4. How to Find Win/Win Solutions--  5. A Summary of the Interaction Method--  6. How to Be a Good Facilitator--  7. How to Be a Good Recorder--  8. How to Be a Good Group Member--  9. How the Boss Stays Boss--  10. How to Plan Your Meeting--  11. What Type of Meeting Are You Going to Hold?--  12. Who Should Attend Your Meeting?--  13. How Many People Should Attend?--  14. How to Make Meeting Rooms Work--  15. How to Put It All Together: The Agenda--  16. Solving Problems in Groups: The Tools--  17. How to Make a Presentation--  18. How to Introduce the Interaction Method into Your Organization--  19. How to Train Yourself-- 
<br/><br/> The interaction method is a new, tested way to stop wasting time and get things done at meetings. ; _ ; The interaction method: ; ·Increases productivity up to 15 percent; ; ·Works whether you're in a hierarchical (authoritarian) or horizontal (democratic) organization; ; ·Gives everybody a feeling of greater participation and influence; ; ·Helps you whether you're a decision maker, leader, or rank-and-file meeting-goer; ; ·Analyzes 16 types of problem people at meetings and tells you what to do about them; ; ·Tells you how to develop agendas and arrange meeting rooms and even seats in specific ways that make meetings pay off; ; ·Shows you how a facilitator, a recorder, and a group memory help generate more and better solutions to problems, and... ; ·Even tells you seven reasons for not having a meeting! 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780425138700 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>HM SOCIOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Meetings<br/>Organization<br/> Decision making<br/>Social interaction<br/>