Had it with meetings? In aviation, more gets done with four Team Facilitations

Ralph Eckhardt and Arne Schulke

No 3/2019e, IU Discussion Papers - Transport & Logistics from IU International University of Applied Sciences

Abstract: The paper focuses on meetings as an over-utilized, but often under-structured tool for managerial effectiveness and efficiency. The authors present four different meeting types, more precisely termed team facilitations, as commonly used in aviation by flight crews: Brainstorming, Briefing, Decision Meeting and Debriefing. In addition, the role of a facilitator is discussed and the importance of a "Comm Cadence" (structural and communicative rules for each facilitation) is put forth. It is suggested that each facilitation be used with a specific purpose, structure, set of attendants, timing etc., and argued towards their general usefulness beyond aviation in any contemporary business setting.

Keywords: Aviation; Aviation; Time Management; Project Management; Meetings; Leadership; Agility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M11 M31 N70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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