Synopses & Reviews
Newly appointed academic managers are expected to conduct and lead a wide variety of meetings. Often, however, these managers lack the skills needed to lead meetings that get meaningful results.
The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrators Guide to Meetings is specifically designed to help managers understand how to conduct successful meetings that accomplish specific objectives as efficiently as possible. This helpful resource includes practical guidelines and information that can be put into place immediately to help ensure that meetings run effectively.
The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Meetings is an invaluable tool that includes vital information needed to run meetings, including:
- Factors for deciding if a meeting is really necessary
- An effective step-by-step process for planning, preparing for, conducting, and following up a meeting
- Strategies for making decisions in meetings
Synopsis
This is the newest volume in the Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide series. The series is designed to help new managers in academic settings tackle specific tasks or issues in their new role. This book offers managers ideas for how to use meetings to accomplish specific purposes and to build a sense of community among the participants. This resource combines sound management advice and a variety of examples tailored to academic settings. Provides practical tips on how to make meetings useful and relevant, increase participation effectively, share information and ideas, and handle a wide array of different agendas.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90) and index.
Synopsis
Newly appointed academic managers are expected to conduct and lead a wide variety of meetings. Often, however, these managers lack the skills needed to lead meetings that get meaningful results. The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Meetings is specifically designed to help managers understand how to conduct successful meetings that accomplish specific objectives as efficiently as possible. This helpful resource includes practical guidelines and information that can be put into place immediately to help ensure that meetings run effectively.
About the Author
Janis Fisher Chan leads workshops on how to conduct successful meetings and provides freelance services as an instructional designer, writer, and editor. She is the coauthor of several business writing books, including Professional Writing Skills, Grammar for Grownups, Writing Performance Documentation, How to Write Reports and Proposals, and Just Commas. She is also the author of three self-study courses for the American Management Association: Successful Business Communications, Managing Your Priorities, and Making Successful Presentations.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
About the Author xi
1 What Makes a Meeting Work? 1
2 Roles and Responsibilities 11
3 The Meeting Planning Process 23
4 Facilitating a Meeting 41
5 Decision Making and Action Planning 59
Appendixes 75
Meeting Planning Worksheet 77
Sample Seating Arrangements 79
Agenda Worksheet 81
Meeting Preparation Checklist 83
Sample Meeting Evaluation 85
Reading and Resource List 89
Index 91