Other than hot air is there really any point to them, communication aside? If someone wants to know how people are getting on, why not just go to them and ask?
2006-07-22 08:19:47 · 8 answers · asked by city_of_manchester 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Of course! It's a well known fact that meetings are the easy alternative to hard work...
2006-07-22 08:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Northstar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually think meeting are important, for a few reasons:
- You get to hear what's going on in other departments and with other people you're working with. Helps oyu see the big picture of things: Where the company is heading, what are uture plans, etc.
- Brainstoprming. Even if you don't just sit and brainstorm, hearing other points of view on how to do suff does help you. Just because you're used to doing things in a certain way, doesn't mean there is no room for improvement.
- Social. It's time to shoot hot air with other people. Kind of like a dedicated "quality time" with your collegues.
In general, communication really is very important. As much as managers in your company want to tell you everything, they fail to do so (and this is true in every company). Meetings bring up things that you have not heard before and allow you to communicate problems that you have.
I'm reading the other answers you're getting, and honestly, I think it's a shame. If you don't vent out your problems, and just use the meetings to kiss ***, you really can't solve problems. I was a manager for years, and the people I promoted were the ones who were honest and talked, rather than the ones who said nothing or just said what a wonderful manager I was.
2006-07-22 08:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by brand_new_monkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the reason for the meeting.
Regular departmental meetings can be a waste of time if there's nothing new to discuss.
But in my previous job we had lots of meetings that were each for a particular purpose - to discuss, agree, approve something or other. We usually came out from those with either a clear direction of what to do for the next week or so, or a sense that our work for the previous week or so had been for a good reason, and a decision reached.
When we didn't have meetings like that, but someone talked to someone, who talked to someone else, things got missed, delayed, mis-understood - sometimes it was like Chinese Whispers.
2006-07-22 13:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Measure the usefulness of meetings by multiplying the number of people attending by the length in minutes. The higher the number the more useless the meeting.
2006-07-22 08:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by Shantydave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, where I used to work, the IT dept were having meetings all the time and they had a rep for being work shy. However, it is helpful sometimes to get everyone in one place.
2006-07-22 08:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by monkeywoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the last 5 minutes are actually noteworthy. The rest of the time is filled with light banter over golf scores and other such "action items".
2006-07-22 08:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all bullsh it , most people just say what others want to hear, it has no connection with reality.
2006-07-22 08:23:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are there so that you can kiss your bosses *** in public..
2006-07-22 08:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by harry_the_spook 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋