Most meetings in organization are rarely as formal (although Board Meeting might require a minimum number of people to attend). Meeting can be used for the following purposes:
1. Executive decision-making (e.g. by a group of directors, managers, government officials).
2. The relaying of decision and instruction (e.g. briefings).
3. The dissemination of information and the collection of feedback.
4. Participative problems solving, by consultation with people in different departments or fields (e.g. a task force or working party).
5. Brainstorming: free exchanges with a view to generating new approaches and ideas.
6. Co-ordination of the efforts of a large number of people representing departments or interest groups.
7. Formal recommendations: a meeting may be responsible for taking a final decision on a matter of great importance. It may be a requirement that certain formalities should be gone through in recommending a course of action.
8. Representation of a number of a people from divergent disciplines – such as foremen and shop stewards.
9. Acting as delaying mechanism, which has its advantage.
10. Meetings can also be used to put individuals on the spot in public (and in the written minutes of the meeting). They can enforce commitment, or at least indicate where battle lines are drawn.
1. Executive decision-making (e.g. by a group of directors, managers, government officials).
2. The relaying of decision and instruction (e.g. briefings).
3. The dissemination of information and the collection of feedback.
4. Participative problems solving, by consultation with people in different departments or fields (e.g. a task force or working party).
5. Brainstorming: free exchanges with a view to generating new approaches and ideas.
6. Co-ordination of the efforts of a large number of people representing departments or interest groups.
7. Formal recommendations: a meeting may be responsible for taking a final decision on a matter of great importance. It may be a requirement that certain formalities should be gone through in recommending a course of action.
8. Representation of a number of a people from divergent disciplines – such as foremen and shop stewards.
9. Acting as delaying mechanism, which has its advantage.
10. Meetings can also be used to put individuals on the spot in public (and in the written minutes of the meeting). They can enforce commitment, or at least indicate where battle lines are drawn.
