Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Should we have a meeting? Here is one test to help answer that question.

Should we have a meeting once a week with everyone attending?

Probably not. We can use a bulletin board to tell everyone this week’s news. We’ll put the news on the computer network of course because we have computer networks and why use a plain old real-life proven-to-work bulletin board when we can waste computer resources?

One reason for a real-life meeting: there is a bit of news that everyone should here from one person in one place and at one time.

For example,

• The organization is laying off 10% of the workforce.
• The head of the organization is being replaced.
• The organization is being re-organized and everyone will move to a different desk today.

The list can go on and on.

Otherwise, the bulletin board or email or such works just fine. Everyone receives the same information but at different times. The different times to receive doesn’t matter.