CH 12- ex 12-E 1. It is very important to prepare agenda before the meetings. The meetings agenda clarifies the goals and lists the points of discussion and their priority for the meeting. A well defined agenda spells out the tasks, estimate time allocated to each task, the decisions to be made and expected outcomes or deliverables. In planning the meeting and preparing the agenda, decide on a time and place that is likely to suit the schedule s and needs of the invited participants. 2. First thing is to pay attention during the meeting. As a leader you need to be in control of the meeting, to be creative, communicative, and contributive. The summary of accomplishments or wrap up stage is very helpful to review and summarize the key points which are discussed. By summarizing each point before moving to the next one, you help ensure that everyone is in agreement, remain focused, and scribe takes clear meeting notes. 3. After the meeting you are going to prepare for the next one. This means you have to prepare new agenda for next meeting, send out checkpoint memos or e-mails, especially if external team issues may impact the team`s objective or aboility to achieve the goals set.
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1. I think that it is possible to help this team. I think they should all focus on their own work and what they suppose to do, and everything is going to be fine. At the end they just need to put everything together 2. First I would name one person to be a leader of the group, and one observer, so everything can be under control. Then I would get agreement from every member if they agree with certain alternatives. It is very important to have win-win attitude and be positive the whole time. If something goes wrong we should all brainstorm about the problem. 3. This would have great impact on the team, since all members are working individually. We should try