International Meeting Management

Meetings are considered by many people to be a waste of time. However, many experts suggest that this is because they are not planned or organized effectively, and that, in fact, meetings can be an essential tool for the dissemination of objectives, values, culture, and other important information throughout the organization. The key is to be able to manage meetings so that they generate the maximum possible benefit. Therefore, the present chapter is presented, with the main purpose of understanding how a meeting should be managed. With this in mind, it is essential to understand the most and least common types of meeting, the roles that each participant can adopt and, among other aspects, the appropriate structure of a meeting. But, above all, this chapter offers some essential advice for meetings which take place at the international level.