Meetings are a Matter of Precious Time Reading assignment RB, p 12
Pgs. 1 & 2 Read pg 1 Make a list of key words Underline words you don’t know Make structured notes Do the same for pg 2
Pg. 3 Time is money but we don’t value our time properly. Compare time & money using the following terms Time or money? Valuable resource Move between accounts Use on demand, save Perishable Replenishable Steal, waste Come up short Can’t earn extra
Pg. 4 When we choose where to invest our time, as opposed to where to invest money, we are more likely to neglect what else we could have done with it. Can you replace the part in italics by two words? Blaming everyone, including ourselves. Three words? Consequences?
Read to the end – find terms that mean the same as the following The other way around Full payment Not involved, not interested Nevertheless, however To change into sth., to transform Spread, dispersion Interrupt with, throw in Making fortunate discoveries by chance
Could you complete the phrase? Adjective + noun ... participant ... flaws ... good ... goals, ...progress ... cost ... solutions
Try again... disengaged ... fatal ... perishable ... tangible ..., tangible ... opportunity ... half-baked ...
Verb + noun take responsibility/blame set objectives assign tasks perform below their capacity value time convert time to money move between accounts take responsibility/blame assign responsibility/ blame call the meeting voice dissatisfaction
Complete the phrase... ... objectives ... tasks ....below their capacity ... time ... time to money ... between accounts ... responsibility ... the meeting ... dissatisfaction
Try again... set ... assign ... perform ... value ... convert ... move ... take ... assign ... call ... voice ...
Position the following headings in the text Main reason for unproductive meetings Chairperson’s responsibility How to make meetings more effective Participants’ part of the guilt
Meetings: Time vs. Money Optional : Read the text and write one paragraph on the topic below Meetings: Time vs. Money According to professor Robert S. Hamada (The New York Times of 18 January 2009), ...