... people that they are straying off track (Kaderabek, 1994). According to a recent survey employees feel one of the most wasteful uses of time are disorganized meetings. Consultants say that on the average, professionals spend fifteen to eighteen hours a week in meetings. Most of them will say that at least five of those hours are wasted. Every organization has to deal with ill-managed meetings, and there are several ways to combat this. Most organizations feel meetings are more important than they've ever been before. Employers are increasingly encouraging more teamwork than ever before and look for more decision-making from their employees. Instead of the pyramid structures of the past, employers are looking for more input from individual groups. Problem solving on different levels is helping to increase productivity. While this can mean more employee satisfaction, it can also ultimately mean more meetings (Kaderabek, 1994). Many managers, when faced with ...

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