Taking minutes of meetings / Joanna Gutmann. PRINT

By:

Joanna Gutmann

Series: Creating success | Creating successPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2006.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: vi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0749445599
9780749445591

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DDC classification:

Ref 658.456 Gut 23

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Contents:

Background. Cycle of a meeting ; The participants -- Arranging a meeting. Who will attend ; Administration -- Sections of a meeting -- Agenda. Agenda styles -- Personal preparation -- Creating the right environment -- Attending the meeting -- Taking notes. The message, not the words -- Structuring notes -- Writing up the minutes -- The minutes. Styles of minutes ; Common questions about minutes ; Useful words for minutes -- Recording decisions and actions -- Layout and numbering. Layout ; Numbering ; Look at the picture -- Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on minutes. Exempt information ; Impact on meeting papers ; Referencing meeting papers ; Writing minutes -- Business English for minutes. Sentences ; Paragraphs ; Plain English ; Problem punctuation -- Building confidence.

Summary: Explains the functions of minutes, the different styles, how to take them accurately, and how to listen.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	Ref 658.456 Gut (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000011061

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Explains the functions of minutes, the different styles, how to take them accurately, and how to listen.