committee

(noun)

a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols

Related Terms

  • chairperson
  • subcommittee
  • shareholder

Examples of committee in the following topics:

  • Committees

    • Where there is a large committee, it is common to have smaller committees with more specialized functions - for example, Boards of Directors of large corporations typically have an (ongoing) audit committee, finance committee, compensation committee, etc.
    • Where there is a large committee, it is common to have smaller committees with more specialized functions—for example, Boards of Directors of large corporations typically have an (ongoing) audit committee, finance committee, compensation committee, etc.
    • A committee that is a subset of a larger committee is called a subcommittee.
    • (Formal voting is normally only done in committees involved in governance. ) Governance committees often have formal processes; other types of committees typically operate informally, with the chairperson being responsible for deciding how formal the committee processes will be.
    • Committees are often the most reliable way to make decisions.
  • Do What to Make Friends?

    • I've painted a bleak and humorless picture of committees.
    • Here are his allegations about committees and committee meetings:
    • The quality of the decision made by a committee is a direct function of the average intelligence present for the committee meeting.
    • The accomplishments of a committee are inversely related to the duration of a committee meeting.
    • I've done my best here to denigrate committees and committee meetings.
  • Making the Most of Committees

    • Sadly, committees often fit this description.
    • Many committees have been around a long time.
    • Although committee work can mean joyless drudgery, tools fortunately exist for making it productive instead.
    • Preparing for committee meetings well takes you a third of the way toward productivity.
    • Committee meetings, however, should not be primarily social time.
  • Ownership of Corporations

    • In some cases, this will be a single individua,l but more commonly, corporations are controlled by a committee or by committees.
    • Broadly speaking, two kinds of committee structures exist.
    • A single committee or board of directors is the method favored in most common law countries.
    • A two-tiered committee structure with a supervisory board and a managing board is common in civil law countries.
    • Under this model, the executive directors sit on one committee while the non-executive directors sit on the other.
  • Keys to Better Job Interviewing

    • Our selection committee had just interviewed eight candidates for three empty Resident Advisor slots in our residence hall.
    • "If this guy doesn't work out," I reminded the four veteran RA's on the committee with me, "we'll have to arrange more interviews for next week."
    • Before I could get a word in edgewise, and before the other committee members could get up from their chairs, our candidate circulated briskly to each of them.
    • When it was done and he'd shaken all our hands again and left, I sat down and scanned the young men on the committee.
    • Well, after looking at each other in awed silence after he finished his interview, the student members of our selection committee said he was great.
  • Mistakes in Communication-Part II

    • One spring I served on a committee to screen candidates for vacant hall director positions.
    • On a whim, I put the young man's file on a stack to give to the other committee members for further review.
    • When I'd read all the applications and turned them over to the committee, guilt and embarrassment began gnawing at me.
    • My experience with the screening committee reminded me never to put something on paper which might offend or hurt someone.
  • Identify your information systems needs

    • Many organizations use a cross-functional steering committee to discuss and agree on overall priorities for the IS function.
    • On the other hand, it could be the case that the operations manager has a strong and persuasive personality, and by force of argument in steering committee meetings is able to convince others that operations projects should get the highest priority.
  • What to do when efforts slow

    • Additional examples include the development of a ‘committee mentality' where ‘too much analysis leads to paralysis' and nothing gets done.
  • Business norms and religious beliefs

    • In Russia, plans of any kind must be approved by a seemingly endless string of committees.
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act

    • Kennedy created the President's Committee on Corporate Pension Plans.
    • Javits proposed legislation that would address the funding, vesting, reporting, and disclosure issues identified by the presidential committee.
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