Meeting is an Integral part of Corporate World. There are certain advantages and limitations of meetings because of that Meeting can achieve grand success at a time or can be a failure as well. Here, In this Presentation you will find various merits and demerits of Meetings. This Presentation is prepared as part of B.Com Curriculum where Meeting is taught under Business Communication as a part of Group Communication.

1. Advantages and
Disadvantages of
Meeting
Prepared by
Asha Dhedhi
(For B.Com Sem-3 MKBU)
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2. Information
Sharing
Advantages of Meeting
Provide
Multiple
Opinions
Prevent
Mistakes
Encourage
Teamwork
Democratic
Functioning
Can take
Bolder
Decision
Develop
new Ideas
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3. Information Sharing
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● Provide an opportunity
to put forward your
ideas
● Collaboration
● Lead to Creative
Outcome
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4. Democratic Functioning
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1. Democracy is
● By the people
● For the people
● Of the people
2. Respect for Individual
3. Social and Emotional support
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5. Provide Multiple Opinions
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● Availability of enormous
amount of
Knowledge/Information
● Multiple Point of View
demand more interactivity
● Single Individual is an expert
of particular field
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6. Develop New Ideas
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● Systematic Development of
Ideas
● Ideas are cross-fertilised,
Analysed and Improved by
multiple suggestions
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7. Can Make Bolder Decisions
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● Crucial and Adventurous
Decisions can be taken easily
● Promote Collective
contribution and responsibility
● Unity had a strength
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8. Prevent Mistakes
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● Collective Decision - Less
chance of Mistakes
● Multi-angled focus on issues
“Two Heads are better
than one”
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9. Encourage Teamwork
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● Provide an Environment for
Teamwork
● Help to develop Leadership Skill,
Communication Skill, Improve
Problem Solving capacity, Boost
Productivity, Vaccum for Personal
Growth, foster creativity, encourage
risk taking
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10. Other Advantages of Meetings
▪ Help to defuse troublemaker
▪ Various Interest group get notable
representation
▪ People get feeling of being consulted
▪ Social, Moral and Economic support
encourages extended participation
▪ Make decision making easier with
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11. Disadvantages of Meeting
1. Time Consuming
● Meetings require a number of
people to come together (Set time)
● Withhold other pending tasks
● Wastage of Time + Money
● Run for a longer period of time
without any productive outcome
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12. Disadvantages of Meeting
2. Expensive
● Meeting arrangements demands high expenses
● Prior Communication, Paper Work, booking a conference hall,
Maintenance of Hall and other
needed facilities requires money
● Travelling Allowance and Dearness
Allowance
● Video Conference demands
availability of Electronic Gadgets,
high quality Internet Facilities with
Proper Infrastructure
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13. Disadvantages of Meeting
3. Inexpert Chairing
● Chairperson is the pilot of Meeting
● Requirement of Skilled Leader
● Lack of experience create chaos
● Personal Prejudices and Biases
against members is biggest failure
of leader
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14. Disadvantages of Meeting
4. Inability to arrive at Decision
● Disagreement - No
useful/productive outcome
● Personal Stubbornness is
unhealthy for meetings
● Multiplicity of views lead to
ambiguous decision
“Too many cooks will spoil the soup”
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15. Disadvantages of Meeting
5.Lack of Seriousness
● Some members are lacking
Seriousness regarding the meeting
● Come Unprepared
● Lack of Responsibility
“Everybody's Job is Nobody's Job”
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16. Disadvantages of Meeting
6. Open to Disruption
● Spirit of Give and take is missing
● Delay in Decision Making
● Interfere any time
● Long Discussion without any end
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17. Any questions?
You can find me at
ashadhedhi1806@gmail.com
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Thanks!