1. Executive Summary This report analyses meeting dynamics and suggests practices to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of corporate meetings. The findings are based on a sociogram produced by observing a simulated meeting. Conclusions are drawn using communications theories. Findings suggest meeting dynamics are largely influenced by group members’ individual characteristics and the management of the meeting. The turn taking method‚ leadership style and encouragement of member participation
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AA/NA Observation Andrea Ross February 15‚ 2011 Health class For my observation. I attended an NA meeting. It was in Hemet CA‚ on a Tuesday night. The building was called “Red Dog Group”. I had walked in‚ and told the lady at the front desk that I was here to sit in on a meeting and observe it for my health class. She said”Of course you can‚ just wait here for about another 10 minutes
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the largest and most commonly known self-help group in the world. Since the creation of AA in 1935‚ there have been many programs modeled after it‚ which are also based on the 12-Step Program. Some of these include Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Chemically Dependent Anonymous‚ as well as programs for specific drugs‚ such as Cocaine Anonymous (CA) and Crystal Meth Anonymous (NIDA‚ 2012). Attendance and participation for self-help groups are open for anyone to attend and
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Health Drug Essay Auni Amaram 8G Narcotic (painkillers) As usual people take medicine from their doctor for prescription. According to my research that I found‚ 20% of people in United States have used prescription drug for nonmedical reasons. One of the well-known medicine that were used for nonmedical reason was called the narcotic. It also known as painkillers. There is different kinds of narcotic such as morphine‚ heroin‚ codeine‚ opium‚ hydrocodone‚ oxycodone‚ meperidine‚and methadone
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Introduction 1. Business meetings and oral communication The business meeting is a form of in-company oral communication. Many meetings take place in business today. They are a very important way of enabling information‚ ideas‚ suggestions‚ proposals made and decisions to be shared. The task of organising and preparing‚ recording the meetings‚ is one of the major functions of a secretary. Meetings are an important setting for oral communication and are used for a variety
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attending an AA or NA meeting‚ or learning about substance abuse users I always questioned why they would not choose to become sober. When I would see a person who looked like they were a substance abuse user I immediately thought less of them because I thought they were consciously making a choice to live their life like that and they were choosing to live their life that way. On September 11‚ I attended the Friday Freedom Group at St. Augustine Church in Manchester and the meeting has affected my opinion
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Rob Doiter Professor Jakeson 3/6/12 Drugs and Behavior A.A. Meeting Reaction Recently‚ I attended an A.A. meeting‚ which stands for‚ alcoholic anonymous. The meeting I went to was located in Penfield‚ NY at 1601 Jackson Road‚ area code 14526. It was called the Yellow House. When I walked in‚ everyone was very welcoming and nice. Many people stared at me intensely as I entered the Yellow House. I think they thought I was a recovering alcoholic‚ until I explained
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most organizations is meetings...they waste too much of our precious time. This is bad news for organizations. Meetings are important because that is where an organization’s culture and climate perpetuates itself. Meetings are one of the ways that an organization tells its workers‚ "You are a member." If you have bad‚ boring‚ and time wasting meetings‚ then the people begin to believe that this is a bad and boring company that does not care about time. Likewise‚ great meetings tell the workers‚ "This
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RESOLUTIONS‚ MEETINGS & MINUTES UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 1956 A Presentation by KAUSHIK M JHAVERI PRACTISING COMPANY SECRETARY E-Mail : kmjandco@gmail.com CS KAUSHIK M JHAVERI 1 RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS : are records of formal decisions of Directors or Shareholders and are prefixed by the word “ RESOLVED”. q Resolutions are of 2 types: • Ordinary Resolution • Special Resolution CS KAUSHIK M JHAVERI 2 ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS Section189 (1) of Companies Act‚1956 ØA resolution shall be an
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impact of Alcoholics Anonymous on sobriety as well as the impact of gender differences and extroversion on success in AA. In Alcoholics Anonymous‚ women typically consist of one-third of the members (Krentzman‚ Brower‚ Cranford‚ Bradley‚ & Robinson‚ 2012). Some studies have also shown that women more frequently attend AA meetings and tend to be more extroverted (Krentzman et al.‚ 2012). The researchers questioned if extroversion was a factor in women’s AA success as AA includes group fellowship and working
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