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MEETING BEHIND SCENES MANIPULATION [1 record]

Record 1 1986-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
OBS

The disadvantage of a convention is that, unless staged effectively, it may not inspire the participants. "Steam-roller" tactics may also creep in. There are possibilities of "behind the scenes" manipulation, and mob action may disrupt the normal and sensible train of events. Sometimes the participant feels himself being swept along by a current of events too overwhelming for his comprehension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

Les réunions perverses. Ce sont celles au sein desquelles le "non-dit", le caché prend le pas sur l'explicite. Les comportements, les problèmes et les choix abordés se trouvent biaisés consciemment ou inconsciemment. [...] Un certain flou est ressenti [...] Les informations préalables nécessaires au traitement du problème sont inégalement réparties [...] Les réunions perverses représentent les hauts lieux de la manipulation [...] [Revue française de gestion, jan.-fév., 1979, p. 24-25].

Spanish

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