Committees: how they work and how to work them
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Beteilige Person: Anstey, Edgar (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge 2018
Schriftenreihe:Routledge revivals
Abstract:Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Dedication -- Original Copyright -- Author’s Preface -- CONTENTS -- 1. SCOPE OF THE BOOK -- 2. THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM (as it operates in practice) -- What is a Committee? -- Collective Responsibility -- Definition of a Committee -- Classification of Committees -- 3. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES -- Optimum Size -- Reasons why People Come on Committees -- Selection of Committee Members -- Selection of the Chairman -- 4. COMMITTEE METHODS -- Nature of the Discipline -- Conventional Committee Methods -- The Quaker Approach -- Conditions for a Satisfactory Committee -- Research into Committee Methods -- 5. TRAINING IN COMMITTEE WORK -- Three Kinds of Practice Committee Meeting -- The Ley ton Method -- Specimen Incidents -- Some General Comments on Training -- Value of Practice Sessions -- 6. ROLE OF THE CHAIRMAN -- Leader or Moderator -- Guiding the Group Discussion -- Extent to which he can voice his own views -- Handling Awkward Committee Members -- Methods of Facilitating Agreement -- 7. ADVICE TO A NEW MEMBER -- Plan Degrees of Involvement -- Discretion in Speaking -- Participation in a Working Group -- Tact and Courtesy towards Colleagues -- 8. INFLUENCING OTHER PEOPLE -- Sympathetic Understanding the First Essential -- Lobbying before a Meeting -- Appearance -- Tactics -- Co-operation with Colleagues -- 9. THE SECRETARY’S DUTIES -- Importance of the Secretary’s Role -- Brief for a Meeting -- Duties at and after a Meeting -- 10. MINUTES AND REPORTS -- Content of Minutes -- Treatment of Minutes -- Preparation of Reports -- 11. SUMMARY OF FACTORS MAKING FOR THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF A COMMITTEE -- APPENDIX — Specimen Committee Meeting -- ANNEX -- INDEX
Beschreibung:First published in 1963 by Allen & Unwin
Umfang:116 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781138555815
9781138555921