Conducting a Meeting and Participating in a Meeting
2. Meetings 2.1. Conducting a Meeting Meetings are a very important event in any business organisation. All important decisions about the working of an organisation are taken in meetings. Whenever any problem arises and a solution has to be found or a policy decision or any action has to be planned, a meeting of the executives of the appropriate level is called, the issue is discussed threadbare and the best decision in the interest of the organisation on the basis of the collective wisdom is arrived at. These meetings cost the organisation a great deal in terms of money and time. Therefore, it is very important to conduct these meetings in such a way as to make them yield maximum positive results. T he success of a meeting in terms of its output depends on the way in which the presiding officer conducts the meeting and the spirit with which the participating members take part in it. The person responsible for conducting the meeting must keep the following things in mind in or...