Human Relations For Career and Personal Success 9th Edition by Andrew Dubrin

Exercise 14

Applying Human Relations Exercise
Evaluating a Business Meeting
The class organizes into teams of about six students to conduct a meeting to formulate plans for building temporary housing for homeless people downtown in your city or a nearby city. Three other students, or the entire class, will observe the meeting. This exercise should take about thirtyfive minutes, and it can be done inside or outside of class. Each team takes on the assignment of formulating plans for building temporary shelters for the homeless. The dwellings you plan to build, for example, might be two-room cottages with electricity and indoor plumbing. During the time allotted to the task, formulate plans for going ahead with shelters for the homeless. Consider dividing up work by assigning certain tasks to each team member. Sketch out tentative answers to the following questions: (a) How will you obtain funding for your venture? (b) Which homeless people will you help? (c) Where will your shelters be? (d) Who will do the actual construction?
After the meeting is completed, the three observers will provide feedback to the team members about the effectiveness of the meeting, using the following criteria:
Did the team move toward any conclusions or action plans?