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Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills, 7/e

Katherine L. Adams, CALIF STATE U-FRESNO
Gloria J. Galanes, MISSOURI STATE UNIV

Part One: Orientation to Small Group Systems

1. Small Groups as the Heart of Society
    Groups in Your Life
    Groups versus Individuals as Problem Solvers
    Groups, Small Groups, and Small Group Communication
    Classifying Groups by their Major Purpose
    Being a Valuable Group Member
    Being and Ethical Group Member
    The Participant-Observer Perspective

2. Groups as Structured Open Systems
    Overview of General Systems Theory
    The Small Group as a System
    Organizations as Systems of Groups

Part Two: Foundations of Small Group Communicating.

3. Communication Principles for Group Members
    Communication: What’s That?
    Implications for Small Group Communication
    Listening: Receiving, Interpreting, and Responding to Messages from Other Group Members

4. Verbal and Nonverbal Message Use in Small Group Communication
    Creating Messages in a Small Group
    How Communication Structures the Small Group
    Using Language to Help the Group Progress
    Nonverbal Messages in Small Group Communication
    Computer-Mediated Communication and Group Messages

Part Three: Individuals to Group

5. Becoming a Group
    The Life Cycle of a Group
    Phases and Social Tensions in the Development of a Group
    Group Socialization of Members
    Group Roles
    Rules and Norms
    Development of a Group’s Climate

6. Working with Diversity in the Small Group
    What is Diversity?
    Celebrating Diversity/Bridging Differences

Part Four: Understanding and Improving Group Throughput Processes

7. Creative and Critical Thinking in the Small Group
    What Is Creative Thinking?
    Enhancing Group Creativity
    What Makes Thinking “Critical”?
    Enhancing Critical Thinking in a Group

8. Group Problem-Solving Procedures
    A Systematic Procedure as the Basis for Problem Solving
    What Is a Problem?
    Effective Problem Solving and Decision Making
    The Procedural Model of Problem Solving (P-MOPS)
    Applications of P-MOPS

9. Managing Conflicts Productively
    What is Conflict?
    Myths about Conflict
    Managing Conflict in the Group

10. Applying Leadership Principles
    Leadership and Leaders
    Myths about Leadership
    Current Ideas about Leadership
    What Good Leaders Do
    Encouraging Distributed Leadership
    Ethical Guidelines for Group Leaders

Part Five: Small Group Public Presentations

11. Planning, Organizing, and Presenting Small Group Oral Presentations
    The Planning Stage
    The Organizing Stage
    The Presenting Stage
    What Makes a Good Oral Presentation?

Appendix: Techniques for Observing Problem-Solving Groups
References
Bibliography
Index

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