Business Meetings

Related key business terms

Board meeting is a meeting of the board of directors of a company. (заседание правления/совета директоров компании)
Annual general meeting (AGM) Br.E./annual meeting (AM) Am.E. is a formal meeting of the shareholders and directors of a company, held once each year, at which they consider, as laid down in their Articles of Association, the directors’ report on the year’s activities and the auditors’ report, appoint the directors and auditors, decide the amount of the dividend, etc. (ежегодное общее собрание)
Annual report is a report presented each year by the directors to the shareholders of a company, giving information about the company’s business activities and including certain documents which must be produced by law (the balance sheet, the profit and loss account and the auditors’ and directors’ reports). (годовой отчет)

Extraordinary general meeting (EGM) is a special meeting of the shareholders and directors of a company, called to discuss matters that cannot wait until the next annual general meeting. (чрезвычайное общее собрание акционеров)

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS MEETINGS?

WHICH TYPES OF MEETINGS ARE ILLUSTRATED BY THESE PICTURES?

READING - EFFECTIVE BUSINESS MEETINGS – RB, p. 6

I Discuss these questions before reading the text in

the RB.

• Why are business meetings usually held?
• What are the typical problems associated with meetings?
• What makes meetings effective?
• What is the role of the chairperson in a meeting?

II Read the text and find out.

VOCABULARY - Match these words to their definitions below:

• the last item on the agenda, an abbreviation for “any other business”; the time during a meeting when people can discuss things that were not on the agenda
• a place where the meeting is held
• one of the subjects or issues discussed in the meeting, written on the agenda
• a person who writes down the things said and decided at the meeting
• a list of subjects to be discussed in the meeting
• a person who is in charge of the meeting
• an official written record of what is said and decided at the meeting
• agreement between all the people at a meeting