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Team Meeting Memo Essay

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The purpose of this memo is to prepare for our upcoming team meeting. Recently, there has been some conflict on our team, which negatively affects how we work together. In particular, demographic diversity has been a contentious issue for this team. At Wagner, I learned effective ways to work as a team so both our meetings and team will be more productive and inclusive. I am happy to share with you all what I learned.
INTEGRATING FRAMES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
In “Reframing Organization”, Bolman and Deal introduces us to four frames that we can view organizations through. Organizational processes are interpreted differently through the four lenses. For meetings, it can be interpreted as a formal occasion for making decisions (structural frame), informal occasion for involvement and sharing feelings (human resource frame), competitive occasion to win points (political frame), and a sacred occasion to celebrate and transform the culture (symbolic frame). It is …show more content…

I would like to emphasize that time is valuable. We will not recap the discussion for any members who show up late. Members who show up late or fail to attend can refer to the Minutes. With Martha, I will watch the timing of our meeting to ensure we do not run overtime. For each action item, I will ensure it will be tasked with who is responsible, what needs to be done, and by when it needs to be completed. Following Shoop’s “How to run an effective meeting”, I will structure it closely to the Bell-Shaped Agenda. We will have announcements at first, work on easy items before tackling the harder ones, and then wrap up with a discussion. This will allow us to work as a group on easy items before tackling more difficult ones. At the end of the meeting, I will spend a few minutes summarizing key decisions and next steps. Only items sent to me in advance will be discussed so it is fair for those who prepared

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