Voting on the agenda : the key to social efficient meetings
By: GARCIA, Ana Cristina Bicharra
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Contributor(s): KUNZ, John | FISCHER, Martin.
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ArticlePublisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier, January 2005Subject(s): Equipe | Individual | Qualidade | Custo | Tempo | Estratégia de ImplementarInternational Journal of Project Management 23, 1, p. 17-24 Abstract: Meetings are important communication and coordination instruments for project management. Nevertheless, they are often considered a partial waste of group time and effort. We claim the agenda itself is the main reason for meetings inefficiency. We propose a new meeting technology that embeds an agenda planning method based on the VCG incentive mechanism for assigning value to public goods. A case study, applying this idea to engineering project meetings, has shown the potential improve on meeting effectiveness, efficiency and participation value. Preliminary results have shown an improvement of 30% in meeting quality.
Meetings are important communication and coordination instruments for project management. Nevertheless, they are often considered a partial waste of group time and effort. We claim the agenda itself is the main reason for meetings inefficiency. We propose a new meeting technology that embeds an agenda planning method based on the VCG incentive mechanism for assigning value to public goods. A case study, applying this idea to engineering project meetings, has shown the potential improve on meeting effectiveness, efficiency and participation value. Preliminary results have shown an improvement of 30% in meeting quality.
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