Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? - Elizabeth Grace Saunders (2015)

Thèmes abordés

Meeting, travail, réunion, communication interne, ressources humaines

Résumé du document

Ce texte porte essentiellement sur l'optimisation du temps de travail en entreprise. Effectivement, « le temps c'est de l'argent », et en affaires, le perfectionnement de votre stratégie peut rapporter beaucoup. Aujourd'hui, les professionnels n'hésitent pas à planifier des réunions internes et externes pour avancer sur un certain nombre de projets, sans en analyser le besoin. Une problématique se pose alors à eux : comment savoir si cette réunion est un passage obligé sur le projet ou une simple perte de temps ?

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[...] This person will have to work hard and be really seasoned to manager such mission. I would strike a balance at different levels: Communication: notice for a meeting should be given on time and must contain relevant information. It has to be straightforward to avoid unnecessary explanations. - Organization: the first batch of attendees should be the managers from concerned departments, then the second batch might see some important employees that might help on the project. Decision: the decision process and decision maker need to be clear and set up in advance. [...]

[...] Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? - Elizabeth Grace Saunders (2015) Proposez un compte-rendu en français du texte ci-dessus 200 mots points) Ce texte porte essentiellement sur l'optimisation du temps de travail en entreprise. Effectivement, « le temps c'est de l'argent », et en affaires, le perfectionnement de votre stratégie peut rapporter beaucoup. Aujourd'hui, les professionnels n'hésitent pas à planifier des réunions internes et externes pour avancer sur un certain nombre de projet, sans en analyser le besoin. [...]

[...] No real alternative ways to meetings to allow clear communication. Nowadays, it is changing, but still not optimal. One of my previous experience proved me right: my boss used to set up a weekly meeting to get update from his team's running projects. This could have been done by email, and then allow us to move forward on our own work. Are meetings not a means to make employees feel they are part of the decisions? It is true, employees need to feel important in the company. [...]

[...] It will build their satisfaction and will work more efficiently. What other advantages and drawbacks can you attribute to meetings, where would you strike a balance? There are a few advantages of having a meeting: It will lock employees into intimacy so private information are safely exchanged It will put Human relationships first so positive energy is build . It will increase internal communication so trust among the group is created It will improve the decision process by coordinating tasks with different departments so the confidence and motivation are higher On the contrary, there are also some drawbacks to meetings: The administrative part is tough: coordination of agendas, communication for organization, get all physical documents together . [...]