Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills - Softcover

Galanes, Gloria J.; Brilhart, John K.; Adams, Katherine

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9780072286236: Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills

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ISBN 10: 0072286237 ISBN 13: 9780072286236

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1999

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Presents the principles and practical applications needed to work effectively in small groups both in and out of the classroom. The text emphasizes critical thinking and uses a general systems theory framework to help analyze the complex human system of the small group.

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From the Publisher:

New Chapter! Chapter 11 "Oral Presentations" is a new chapter

New Chapter!" Chapter 8 "Celebrating Diversity in the Small Group" is a new chapter.

Apply Now! Boxes apply concepts learned throughout the text. These boxes are found in every chapter.

Every chapter begins with a case study relating to the main themes of the chapter.
Case Studies from different contexts (business, health, etc') provide realistic scenarios for student application.

Oral Presentation coverage has been added to Chapter 11.

New Exercises, Case Studies, and Examples are found throughout the text.

About the Author:

Katherine L. Adams is Professor of Speech Communication at California State University, Fresno, where she received a Meritorious Promise and Performance award in 1989. She has served as their Graduate Coordinator since 1989. She received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah under the direction of B. Aubrey Fisher. She has authored four instructor’s manuals in interpersonal and small group communication and most recently, this group communication book with Gloria Galanes. She has published articles in the areas of conversational analysis and interpersonal communication. Currently she is an associate editor for Communication Reports and The Western Journal of Communication. She participates, at all levels, in the Western States Communication Association and Speech Communication Association and teaches in the areas of interpersonal communication, communication theory, small group communication, and research methods.

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