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Example response 1 (Participant 12): “The [name of service] either in [name of place] feel a little bit distant
from the rest of the organisation because, well I suppose they’re separate sites and especially [name of site]
are so far away.”
Example response 2 (Participant 8): “…you’re working in one town and you never go into another town,
the other part of the organisation will always remain a bit of a mystery”.
4b.5) Team Meetings
It was felt that one of the most important ways in which information is communicated within any organisation is
through team meetings – individuals can update management of anything necessary and vice versa. Indeed it was
assumed by employees that this should be the predominant purpose in the use of team meetings. However, some
of those that took part in the interview phase (6 out of 13) brought up team meetings as being inappropriately
utilised for their work groups.
Example response 1 (Participant 9): “We have our regular Tuesday meeting which is the time that stuff has,
you know that needs to be said is said, erm and its become an
exercise in bashing people over the head.”
Example response 2 (Participant 1): “Often they’re just a time to eat cake and there’ll be discussions about
cake, what people are wearing and where they’re going on holiday
information sharing.”
and it’s not particularly effective for