Computing the Cost of Ineffe
Abe.Sch...@cn.ca
of meetings. When facilitating a meeting I usually do a rough calculation of
the wages of those in the room times the time spent in the meeting. From
experience I know that facilitated meetings take less time and increase the
chances of action items being better defined (who, what, by when) and the
chance that these tasks actually get done when we leave the meeting.If you
could calculate the difference in time between facilitated and unfacilitated
meetings you would be able to determine the$ savings. Also, the increase
in likelihood of action items being generated and completed might be
given a dollar value. This would make a great study for our friends
in academia.
Abe Schoenewolf
Manager, Process Improvement
MacMillan Yard Locomotive Repair Center,
CN Rail.
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One could possibly use Cost of Quality calculations.
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>Has anyone seen a method of quantifying the cost of ineffective meetings?
>Do we have a way of measuring the value that facilitation brings to such
>circumstances?
>
>I suppose the question really has two parts: how do we measure
inefficiency,
>and how do we measure effectiveness?
>
>Any comments are welcome.
>
>Rick Arons
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Bernie De Koven
costs of meetings. It's called the Meeting Meter and functions as a "taxi
meter for meetings." Display it on a computer screen, assign the meeting a
budget, enter the total salaries and then put the flag down. Actually, even
asking people for a "budget" is often startling enough to get the point
across. It is available in its beta version for no charge, except some
feedback. If you'd like a copy, e-mail me for instructions.
Bernie DeKoven