ESSAY QUESTION

Develop a meeting agenda for an upcoming meeting.

Develop a meeting goal or goals, and identify the sequence of agenda items.

After you have written your agenda,

write a brief explanation of why you structured your agenda as you did.

Use the information outlined below as a basis for your rationale.

·        Identify meeting issues and questions

·        Group issues and questions according to meeting goals

·        Estimate how much time to budget for each question or issue

·        Strategically sequence agenda items

SAMPLE AGENDA:

Meeting Place:  The Centennial Building, Abernathy Conference Room

Meeting Time:  Tuesday, September 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Meeting Goals:  At the end of the meeting, meeting participants should be able to

1.        Identify positive and negative reactions to the finance report.

2.        Describe how the new employment policy will influence hiring practices.

3.        Identify strategies to increase sales.

I.       DISCUSSION ITEMS

A.     Are there any other agenda items we need to discuss today?

B.     What are positive and negative reactions to the finance report distributed before the meeting?

C.      How will the new employment policy influence hiring practices?

II.     ACTION ITEM

What can be done to improve our sales figures during the next sales period?

III.      INFORMATION ITEMS

Announcements