“This paper illustrates that several decades of studies reveal meetings are indeed very costly in both terms money and time. Studies also reveal that in general meetings are unproductive and wasteful. Studies find that meetings suffer from a myriad of problems, making managers and workers alike dissatisfied with the process and the outcomes in many cases. These same studies reveal that meetings are essential to accomplish tasks that individuals cannot complete by themselves. Finally the review suggests that both telework and distributed collaboration support are increasing in frequency and importance.”
— Nicholas Romano and John Nunamaker, “Meeting Analysis: Findings from Research and Practice,” p. 3, Proceedings of the 34th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences Proceedings, 2001.