This small group communication text combines research with the practical tools students need to become productive group members. It takes the approach that an understanding of small group communication is necessary in order to function effectively in modern society.
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Gloria J. Galanes is Associate Professor of Communication and Mass Media at Southwest Missouri St. University and has received the University's Faculty Excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member awards. 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. John K. Brilhart has written numerous academic and mass market articles, is the author of several texts and is Professor Emeritus of the University of Nebraska.
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newer editions have chapters changed in order and have added on new different ones. i bougth this instead of new and still am able to keep up in class
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good communication book,
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I bought this at Amazon.com from an Awesome Deal I found on DailyTool.com. This is a great book on communication theories. Also with the book you will have access to online learning center where you may find the chapter outlines and quizes over there.
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This is an excellent book and it is the 13th edition. It was sent in a timely fashion and arrived ahead of the scheduled time. Despite a few mistakes in grammar, it is very useful and informative.
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general procedural model, preference for procedural order, innovative deviance, phasic progression, effective online communication, verbal interaction analysis, negotiating latitude, small group communication, group communication theory, fantasy chain, population familiarity, effective group discussion, secondary tension, small group decision making, cooperative requirements, small group research, evaluation clarity, effective group leaders, teambuilding activities, solution multiplicity, procedural conflict, educational speaker, effective group decision making, net conferences, throughput processes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Online Learning Center, Communication Quarterly, Beverly Hills, Central Message, Vigilant Interaction Theory, Robert's Rules of Order, Decision Development, African American, Englewood Cliffs, General Manager, Marshall Scott Poole, Prentice Hall, Group Decision Support Systems, Human Communication Research, Manufacturing Company, Myers-Briggs Type, Aubrey Fisher, Communication Monographs, Procedural Model of Problem Solving, State-Level Strategic Planning, Fort Worth New!
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