The idea of having access to a shared master schedule that all employees to view and edit seems like a great idea. 

With a shared master schedule it is easy to identify when someone is on a business trip or took an afternoon off, and it can help tremendously with communication in general.  Many offices have some form of master schedule in place already.  In many cases this schedule has gone digital. 

This is one of those wonderful ideas in theory-- and in practice, so long as it is not abused.  I heard about a large company that uses a scheduling program that allows high-level employees to book meetings with their employees as long as the time slot is available.  This seems fair, and like a smart system.

Some executives are trying to enforce a software change that would allow them to reschedule or cancel their employees' meetings so they can schedule meetings in the once-occupied time slots.  It is my personal opinion that canceling someone else's meeting is crossing the line into abuse of the system, but I understand others-- like busy executives-- might think otherwise.

What do you think?