MGMT 3080
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5P’s of Meetings
Key Points
PURPOSE
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what is the desired result?
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four possible reasons to meet:
1. address issue/info sharing
2. build commitment
3. training
4. make decisions
PARTICIPANTS
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do you have the right people
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need the people who can help:
1. understand/provide resources
2. solve/process the information
3. decide
4. communicate/act
PLAN
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agenda ... agenda … agenda
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add times
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expected level of involvement/commitment
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Responsible – group is responsible for the topic
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Approve – works has happened outside the meeting, group needs to approve
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Consult – group being asked for input, no resolution or consensus required
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Inform – one way communication (two-minute items)
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less time required as you move from R to I
PARTICIPATION
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active broad involvement .. otherwise why meet
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how will you decide on topics? majority rules? consensus?
PERSPECTIVE
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asks the question “how did we do?”
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add to the agenda
add your own notes/details below – go beyond simple recall KNOWLEDGE.
ask yourself do you COMPREHEND the theory above? can you APPLY the theory in another situation.
can you break the theory down (ANALYSIS) or even combine it with other theories (SYNTHESIS).