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Working in Groups : Communication Principles and Strategies
ISBN: 9780205554980 | 0205554989
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003
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"Working in Groups" provides students with strategies for using theory and contemporary research findings to enhance group communication, group productivity, and member satisfaction.
| Basic Group Concepts | |
| Introduction to Group Communication Succeeding in Groups | |
| Defining Group Communication | |
| The Process of Group Communication | |
| Types of Groups | |
| Advantages and Disadvantages of Working in Groups | |
| Balance: The Guiding Principle of Group Work | |
| GroupWork: It Was the Best of Groups; It Was the Worst of Groups | |
| GroupAsse... MORE | |
| Group Development | |
| The Life Cycle of Groups Forming: Balancing Individual and Group | |
| Needs Storming: Balancing Conflict and Cohesion | |
| Norming: Balancing Conformity and Nonconformity | |
| Performing: Balancing Task and Maintenance | |
| Dimensions Adjourning: Balancing Engagement and Disengagement | |
| Balancing Needs, Norms, and Roles | |
| GroupWork: Classroom Norms GroupAssessment: Group Attraction Survey | |
| Group Member Diversity | |
| Heterogeneous Groups | |
| Personality Dimensions | |
| Cultural Dimensions | |
| Gender Dimensions | |
| Generational Dimensions | |
| Balanced Diversity GroupWork: Personality Preferences | |
| Group Assessment: Identifying Cultural Dialectics | |
| Interaction Skills | |
| Confidence in Groups | |
| Group and Member Confidence Communication Apprehension | |
| Strategies for High Apprehensives | |
| Strategies for Low Apprehensives | |
| Assertiveness Balancing Ability and Confidence GroupWork: Sorting the Symptoms | |
| Group Assessment: Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) | |
| Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in Groups | |
| Two Essential Tools Language and Meaning | |
| Team Talk Language Difficulties Adapting to Language Differences | |
| Improving Verbal Communication | |
| Importance of Nonverbal Communication | |
| Nonverbal Behavior | |
| The Nonverbal Environment | |
| Nonverbal Communication and Culture Creating a Supportive Communication | |
| Climate Balancing Language and Nonverbal Behavior | |
| GroupWork: Context, Context, Context | |
| Group Assessment: Auditing Team Talk | |
| Listening in Groups | |
| The Challenge of Listening in Groups | |
| Types of Listening Group | |
| Roles and Listening | |
| Improving Listening | |
| Listening to Differences Taking | |
| Notes in Groups | |
| Self-Listening in Groups | |
| Balanced Listening | |
| GroupWork: Practice Paraphrasing | |
| GroupAssessment: Shafir's Self-Listening Test | |
| Conflict and Cohesion in Groups | |
| Conflict in Groups | |
| Constructive and Destructive Conflict | |
| Conflict Styles | |
| Conflict Management Strategies | |
| Group Cohesion Adapting to Differences | |
| Balancing Conflict and Cohesion | |
| GroupWork: Win as Much as You Can Assessment: Ross-DeWine Conflict Management Message Style Instrument | |
| Achieving Group Goals | |
| Group Leadership | |
| What Is Leadership? | |
| Leadership and Power Becoming a Leader | |
| Leadership Theories | |
| The 4M Model of Leadership Effectiveness | |
| Diversity and Leadership Balanced | |
| Leadership GroupWork: The Least-Preferred Coworker Scale | |
| GroupAssessment: Are You Ready to Lead? | |
| Structured and Creative Problem Solving in Groups | |
| Group Decision Making | |
| The Need for Procedures | |
| Structured Problem Solving | |
| Creative Problem Solving | |
| Problem-Solving Realities | |
| Balanced Problem Solving | |
| GroupWork: Game Building | |
| Group Assessment: Problem-Solving Competencies | |
| Argumentation in Groups | |
| Why Argue? Argumentativeness | |
| The Structure of an Argument | |
| Presenting Your Arguments | |
| Refuting Arguments | |
| Adapting to Argumentative Styles | |
| Argumentation and Emotional Intelligence | |
| Balanced Argumentation | |
| GroupWork: Got Water? | |
| Assessment: Argumentativeness Scale | |
| Goal Setting and Motivation in Groups | |
| Goal Setting Member Motivation | |
| Group Motivation Assessment and Feedback | |
| Rewards and Punishment | |
| Balancing Mission and Motivation | |
| GroupWork: Your Guiding Motive | |
| GroupAsssessment: Group Motivation Inventory | |
| Participation Tools | |
| Planning and Conducting Meetings Meetings, Meetings, Meet | |
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