In the modern workplace, meetings have become the default setting for collaboration—yet too often, they’re also the single greatest drain on productivity, energy, and momentum. Is your calendar filled with gatherings that lack purpose, direction, or clear outcomes? The solution isn’t fewer meetings; it’s better ones. This is where Meeting Hygiene comes in. What is Meeting Hygiene? Meeting Hygiene is the disciplined framework of practices and norms that ensure every meeting is purposeful, inclusive, efficient, and outcome-driven. It moves meetings from being passive calendar obligations to active, valuable working sessions that respect participants' time and intelligence. Think of it as the operational standard for how your team gathers: it governs the why, who, how, and what next of every interaction. Good meeting hygiene transforms vague discussions into decisive action. The High Cost of Poor Meetings (Why This Matters) The data is staggering: professionals spend an average of 1...
Operations management is the management of processes that transform inputs into goods and services that add value for the customer. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain the role of operations management KEY TAKEAWAYS The goal of operations management is to maximize efficiency while producing goods and services that effectively fulfill customer needs. Operations is one of the three strategic functions of any organization. Operations decisions include decisions that are strategic in nature, meaning that they have long-term consequences and often involve a great deal of expense and resource commitments. Key Terms strategy : A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal. tactic : A maneuver or action calculated to achieve some end. Operations management: Management of processes that transform inputs into goods and services that add value for the customer. What is Operations Management? Operations management is the management of processes that transform inputs into goods and services ...