To what extent do meetings reflect the wider structures of the social context in which they are embedded? What determines this extent.
good question
meetings pick up on the larger norms and expectations of the wider society
To explore the extent to which the wider social structures/ context inform the meetings, versus the meetings informing the creation development of those social structures/ context
I’m interested in this, too. – both aspects, reflecting and building/construing the wider social, economic and cultural context, especially to capture (possibly) changes underway.
It reflect my interest as well. I’m interested in meeting as a social human activity rather than exploring meeting efficiency
That is the only thing meetings do, but to discover these reflected structures is what we as meetings experts have to do (learn).
Meetings may reflect wider structures but it is also really important to think about how meetings constitute wider structures of the social context.
I was wondering, thinking from a multi-level perspective, to what extent organizational meetings reflect the organizational/business context and to what extent the wider societal (national?) context?
What do meetings do to the organization/society/instition that they are conducted within?
In what ways do meetings reproduce or upend the norms of the structures within which they occur?
How do meetings relate to the wider context and social processes of which they are a part?
How are cultural differences reflected in meeting dynamics?
How do meetings reflect broader hierarchies in society and how do they reproduce or challenge them?
What are the taken-for-granted assumptions that guide our research about meetings as well as our attempts to change and/or reform meeting practices in specific contexts?
What are the status of meetings’ externalities (hallways, breaks, etc.) in different approaches to meeting science?
Meetings are largely made up of practices that can also be found elsewhere . How are these practices affected by the fact that they take place in meetings.
Practices… does this mean techniques?
why is there a cultural bias against meetings, and is it recent?
Good question. Because meetings have been dysfunctional for so long it’s been embedded in the culture?
I have the impression that the impact of meetings are hard to quantify from an organizational or business perspective. What is the worth of building good relationships between team-members?
It is fairly easy to blame organizational dysfunctions on meetings because theyare the visible instantiations of the organization