Improving the quality of meetings using music

Niekerk, Caroline van; Page-Shipp, Roy J.

doi:10.1080/14783363.2013.814292

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“…Over the years, regular rehearsals can contribute to effective and collaborative teamwork. Having explored potential benefits of “Music in Meetings”, van Niekerk and Page-Shipp (2013, p. 6) conclude that:…”

Section: Discussion and Observations To Improve Future Performance Of This Self-managed Teamsmentioning

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Conductorless singing group: a particular kind of self-managed team?

Page-Shipp

Joseph

Niekerk

2018

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Purpose: Coordination of group activity is rarely more important than in a singing group that has no designated conductor. This paper aims to explore the group dynamics in an 11-man singing group whose members, all over 60, have without exception occupied senior leadership positions in their working careers. The study arose because responses to a wider research study revealed interesting perceptions of leadership issues in the group. Design/methodology/approach: All the members participated in semi-structured interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis of the responses was used to process the responses. This enabled the identification of practices that support the group's success and illustrated how this group of practiced "leaders" respond to a (relatively) conductorless situation. Findings: It was confirmed that the group exhibits several characteristics of self-managed teams and string quartets. All members felt empowered to take a lead, although their backgrounds might have predisposed them to take such initiatives anyway. But the longserving female accompanist is, by virtue inter alia of her superior musicianship, which appears to overcome any gender bias, in many respects the de facto leader. In performance, the singers synchronize their singing in response to cues from each other, but this could work better if given more specific attention. Originality/value: Whereas conducted choirs have been extensively studied, such a selfmanaged group of amateur singers, all of whom are accustomed to leading in their working careers, has apparently not been studied. This study sheds some light on techniques for overcoming the challenges of creating quality performance in such a group and insights for similar groups, not necessarily musical, are identified.

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Conductorless singing group: a particular kind of self-managed team?

Page-Shipp

Joseph

Niekerk

2018

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“…) The way we talk about music also has an impact on our understanding. The function of language is clear and self-evident, but it does not capture the whole meaning of either conflicts or music (Van Niekerk & Page-Shipp, 2014). As Mithen (2006, p. vii) said, 'I came to appreciate that it was not only music I was addressing but also language: it is impossible to explain one without the other'.…”

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Reimagining organisational conflicts through the metaphor of music

Rossi

2019

Knowledge Management Research & Practice

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In this theoretical article, the vital role of conflicts in knowledge creation is foregrounded, and the concept of conflict is reimagined using a metaphor of music. Theoretically, knowledge creation is understood as a process in which people, through institutionalisation, synthesise their conflicting institutional arrangements affecting their decisions, actions, and behaviour. Utilizing metaphor as a methodological choice, and combining music and organisational conflicts in an analytical framework offer ways to cross and move the boundaries between arts and science of organisational studies. As a result, conflicts are reimagined and reconceptualised as relational, felt meaning and lived experiences of differences in institutional arrangements. This reimagined concept shifts the focus of organisational conflicts from 'thingification' to human aspects underlying the sense-making of conflict experiences: the evolving story, identity, emotions and power relations.

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Improving the quality of meetings using music

Cited by 2 publications

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Conductorless singing group: a particular kind of self-managed team?

Conductorless singing group: a particular kind of self-managed team?

Reimagining organisational conflicts through the metaphor of music

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