Holding and recording collegial discussion and decision-making

Among others, the duties of the secretary include the preparation of meetings, sessions initiated by leaders at different levels. Often he also keeps minutes of such events. The article shows the specifics of holding and recording joint discussion of issues and development of solutions. The author determined that the main goals and objectives of recording involve summing up the results of the meeting. In order to keep the ideas of the participants, they must be correctly recorded. The article considers the way of improving the effectiveness of such processes. The preparation and execution of the minutes was analyzed from the standpoint of the fundamental procedures for documentary support of management. The paper raise the issue of the effectiveness of the meeting. The documents that are drawn up in the course of the meetings were studied, the features of their design were considered. In particular, the specifics of the registration procedure for the participants of the meeting, the main points of the meeting schedule, the methods of recording the progress of the meeting were determined, the grounds for drawing up the minutes, the composition of its details, the possibility of keeping and drawing up a short minutes during the meeting, as well as the distinctive features of full and short minutes. In addition, the author revealed the features of designing and execution ofthe reportverbatim, decree, and decision.