Guide to Meetings (Guide to Business Communication Series)

This concise, practical book is written for you if you want to assure your meetings will be... Necessary and not just a waste of time Interesting, coherent, and well-organized A place for people to share, rather than show off, their ideas Constructive, thoughtful, and creative Inclusive, with full participation from all Efficient and not a waste of energy In today's environment, meetings are more commonplace and important than ever, because of... Advances in technology--such as videoconferencing and conference calls Increased reliance on collaborative workgroups and cross-functional work teams Increased specialization, which necessitates sharing diverse knowledge and expertise Like all books in the Prentice Hall Guides to Advanced Business Communication series, this book is... Brief: summarizes key ideas only Practical: offers clear, straightforward tools you can use Reader-friendly: provides easy-to-skim format Reviews of the core concepts book for this series,Guide to Managerial Communicationby Mary Munter --Listed by theWall Street Journalas one of the five business "books you shouldn't miss." --"Really a gem." Former managing editor,Harvard Business Review --"Short, compact, practical, and readable... I liked it immensely."Journal of Business CommunicationMunter, Mary is the author of 'Guide to Meetings (Guide to Business Communication Series)', published 2001 under ISBN 9780130338563 and ISBN 0130338567.