TY  - BOOK
AU  - Straus, David
AU  - Doyle, Michael
TI  - How to make meetings work
T2  - Business
SN  - 9780425138700
PY  - 1976///
CY  - 
PB  - Berkley Books
KW  - HM SOCIOLOGY
KW  - Meetings
KW  - Organization
KW  -  Decision making
KW  - Social interaction
N1  - the new interaction method; 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--
N2  - 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!
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