Business Meeting

A Business Meeting is a organizational meeting between business members (to discuss, plan, or review business activities).

• AKA: Business Discussion, Work Meeting, Professional Gathering.
• Context:
  • It can enable Business Decision Making through structured discussions.
  • It can support Business Planning through collaborative efforts.
  • It can facilitate Business Communication through direct interactions.
  • It can maintain Business Alignment through shared understanding.
  • It can establish Business Direction through collective input.
  • It can facilitate Business Performance Evaluation through performance review discussions and performance metric analysis.
  • It can enable Business Performance Feedback through performance feedback delivery and performance improvement planning.
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  • It can often involve Status Updates through progress reporting.
  • It can often include Action Items through task assignments.
  • It can often promote Team Collaboration through group discussions.
  • It can often enhance Business Operations through process alignment.
  • It can often review Business Achievements through milestone recognition.
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  • It can range from being a Two-Person Business Meeting to being a Many-Person Business Meeting, depending on its participant count.
  • It can range from being a Scheduled Business Meeting to being an Unscheduled Business Meeting, depending on its planning status.
  • It can range from being a Conversational Business Meeting to being a One-Way Communication Business Meeting, depending on its interaction style.
  • It can range from being a Short Business Meeting to being a Long Business Meeting, depending on its time duration.
  • It can range from being an In-Person Business Meeting to being a Virtual Business Meeting, depending on its meeting format.
  • It can range from being a Synchronous Business Meeting to being an Asynchronous Business Meeting, depending on its participation timing.
  • It can range from being a Formal Business Meeting to being an Informal Business Meeting, depending on its formality level.
  • It can range from being a Decision-Making Business Meeting to being an Information-Sharing Business Meeting, depending on its meeting purpose.
  • It can range from being a Dedicated Meeting Room Business Meeting to being an Alternative Space Business Meeting, depending on its physical environment.
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  • It can have an Intended Outcome through meeting objectives.
  • It can follow a Business Meeting Guidelines through established protocols.
  • It can utilize Meeting Resources through facility usage.
  • It can utilize Business Meeting Technology through digital collaboration tools and meeting facilitation platforms.
  • It can implement Business Meeting Format through structured agenda approaches and facilitation techniques.
  • It can produce Business Meeting Documentation through meeting note capture and meeting decision recording.
  • It can generate Business Meeting Follow-up through action item tracking and decision implementation monitoring.
  • It can have Business Meeting Effectiveness Measure through meeting objective achievement and meeting participant satisfaction assessment.
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• Examples:
  • Regular Business Meeting Types, such as:
    • Daily Stand-up Business Meeting for team coordination.
    • Colleague Business Meetings for internal collaboration.
    • One-on-One Business Meeting for individual discussions.
    • AI Strategic Progress Updates Business Meeting for initiative tracking.
  • Special Business Meeting Types, such as:
    • Board Business Meetings for corporate governance.
    • Strategy Business Sessions for business planning.
    • Project Business Reviews for progress assessment.
  • Team Business Meeting Types, such as:
    • Team Scrum Business Meeting for agile coordination.
    • Department Business Meeting for functional alignment.
    • Cross-functional Business Meeting for collaboration coordination.
  • Performance-Oriented Business Meetings, such as:
    • Employee Performance Review Business Meeting for employee performance evaluation and employee development planning.
    • Team Performance Review Business Meeting for team performance assessment and team performance improvement.
    • Quarterly Business Performance Review Business Meeting for quarterly business result analysis and quarterly business strategy adjustment.
    • Project Performance Review Business Meeting for project delivery assessment and project process improvement.
  • Business Meeting Technology Types, such as:
    • Video Conference Business Meeting for remote team collaboration.
    • Hybrid Business Meeting for distributed team participation.
    • Digital Whiteboard Business Meeting for visual collaboration sessions.
    • Real-Time Document Collaboration Business Meeting for collaborative content creation.
  • Business Meeting Documentation Types, such as:
    • Business Meeting Minutes for comprehensive meeting record keeping.
    • Business Meeting Action Log for accountability tracking.
    • Business Meeting Decision Register for organizational memory preservation.
    • Business Meeting Outcome Summary for key point communication.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Social Meeting, which focuses on personal interaction rather than business purpose.
  • Community Event, which serves public interest rather than business objectives.
  • Academic Meeting, which centers on educational purposes rather than business goals.
  • Informal Gathering, which lacks structured agenda and documented outcomes typical of business meetings.
  • Webinar, which primarily involves one-way knowledge transfer rather than collaborative discussion and interactive decision-making.
• See: Team Scrum, Professional Meeting, Corporate Meeting, Business Communication, Meeting Management, Business Review Meeting, Performance Management System, Remote Collaboration Tool.

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References

2015

• Paul Axtell. (2015). “The Right Way to End a Meeting." In: HBR, MARCH 11, 2015
  • QUOTE: Meetings are really just a series of conversations — an opportunity to clarify issues, set direction, sharpen focus, and move objectives forward. To maximize their impact, you need to actively design the conversation. ...:
    • Set up each conversation so everyone knows the intended outcomes and how to participate.
    • Manage the conversation rigorously so the discussion stays on track and everyone is engaged.
    • Close the conversation to ensure alignment, clarity on next steps, and awareness for the value created.

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