scholarly journals Virtual meetings promise to eliminate geographical and administrative barriers and increase accessibility, diversity and inclusivity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juncheng Wu ◽  
Anushka Rajesh ◽  
Yu-Ning Huang ◽  
Karishma Chhugani ◽  
Rajesh Acharya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Meetings

Avoid These Virtual Meetings Worst Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Author(s):  
Erin Sandage
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Meetings

Is It the End of the COP as We Know It? An Analysis of the First Year of Virtual Meetings in the UN Environment and Sustainable Development Arena

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Pamela Chasek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
The World ◽  
Initial Shock ◽  
Virtual Meetings ◽  
The United Nations

Abstract The year 2020 started much like any other on the United Nations multilateral calendar. But then the COVID-19 pandemic forced the UN and the world to shut down. After the initial shock wore off, secretariats and governments began to contemplate how to conduct multilateral negotiations during a pandemic. As they created new virtual working methods, they also had to figure out how to maintain trust among delegations and in the process itself to ensure the outcomes of these meetings would be respected. To understand how UN meetings adapted to a virtual environment and maintained trust, this article analyzes a sample of 18 meetings of UN environmental and sustainable development bodies that took place in the 12 months between April 2020 and March 2021. The research examines these cases to see how these meetings were conducted, how they built the necessary trust, and what can be learned from this experience.

scholarly journals Decision Making Success; The Thrust of Virtual Meetings in the Nigeria Banking Sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Patrick N. Nwinyokpugi ◽  
Amachree Ibim Taribo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Virtual Meetings ◽  
Rivers State

In view of the numerous challenges associated with contemporary meeting practice in an ever growing technologically driven society, the general purpose of the study was to determine how virtual meetings influence successful decision making process in the Nigeria banking sector. This descriptive research adopted a cross-sectional survey approach in investigating a homogenously characterised section of the sector in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Eighteen (18) banks were chosen based on the convenience in accessibility and a census of all the senior managers including Information Technology based personnel were drawn for study. Thus, a census population derived was 216. A 5-point Likert Scale structured close-ended questionnaire was designed and adopted for data collection from the targeted respondents. This instrument was further validated for face/content validity and subjected to Croubach’s Alpha reliability test. Data collected were tested and analysed using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient statistic and presented for clarity using the SPSS. Findings revealed the moderating effect of technology for virtual meetings and decision making success in the industry studied. Also, significant relationships exist between the different dimensions of virtual meetings and measures of decision making success in the banking sector and therefore recommendations were made in support of their adoption.

scholarly journals Communication in the 21st century. The influence of technology and globalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 09003
Author(s):  
Florina Bran ◽  
Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav ◽  
Anna Kant ◽  
Raluca Iuliana Georgescu
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Technology Market ◽  
Virtual Meetings ◽  
The Way

Research background: This paper highlights the evolution of the way we communicate, especially on how it accelerated to today’s means of communication, resulted as a secondary outcome of the actual covid19 pandemic. We try to elaborate on the evolution of the technology, from the primitive email to today’s Zoom meetings and others powerful tools of collaboration. Purpose of the article: Globalization although it has decelerated as a 21st century standalone tool, it had its powers and paths saved and restored by the use of communication technology that not only stepped up as a key player in the global IT&C market, but also it is pushed to new limits by the involvement of companies like Google and Amazon in pushing virtual meetings at the next level. Our study follows the journey of becoming a global and connected citizen in the 21st century by analyzing the macroeconomic perspective and also by creating an oversight on how the business concepts in the communication technology market will influence the next decade. Methods: The methods will consist of an analysis of the global environment of the IT&C companies and of the most tech-savvy economies. Findings & Value added: The key feature of this research is that it offers an elaborate plan on the next decade will look like in the field of communication from the technological and globalization perspective.

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