The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities.

Abstract

I. Meetings: The Issues and the Approach.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Occasions and Gatherings.- 3. Meetings as Tools/Meetings as Topics.- II. The Meeting: Gatherings in an American Organization.- 4. An Organized Anarchy.- 5. Constructing a Meeting.- 6. Meetings, Time, and Attention.- 7. History, Boundaries, and Ideological Conflict: The Council Meeting and the Training Meeting.- 8. Decisions and Power: The Committee Meeting and the Board Meeting.- 9. Expressions and Emotions: The Staff Meeting.- III. Meetings: Comparisons and Conclusions.- 10. Meetings, Culture, and Society.- 11. The Meeting: Foreground/Background.- Author Index.