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Effective Group Discussion: Theory and Practice 15th Edition by Gloria Galanes, ISBN-13: 978-0078037016
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- Publisher: McGraw Hill; 15th edition (May 7, 2018)
- Language: English
- 432 pages
- ISBN-10: 0078037018
- ISBN-13: 978-0078037016
Now in its fifteenth successful edition, Effective Group Discussion combines the most recent research findings and practical tools students need to become productive group members. A variety of secondary groups are covered in the text: work groups, committees, task forces, self-directed work teams, and other small groups whose objectives include finding solutions to problems, producing goods, and creating policies.
Table of Contents:
Preface xi
PART I THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS 1
1 The Small Groups in Everyone’s Life 3
2 Human Communication Processes in the Small Group Context 21
3 The Small Group as a System 51
PART II DEVELOPING THE GROUP 75
4 Diversity and the Effects of Culture 77
5 The Members and Their Roles 109
PART III SMALL GROUP THROUGHPUT PROCESSES 135
6 Communication and Group Culture: Tensions, Fantasy, Socialization,
Norms, and Climate 137
7 Leading Small Groups: Theoretical Perspectives 169
8 Leading Small Groups: Practical Tips 197
PART IV IMPROVING GROUP OUTPUTS 225
9 Problem Solving and Decision Making in Groups: Theoretical Perspectives 227
10 Problem Solving and Decision Making in Groups: Practical Tips and Techniques 259
11 Managing Conflict in the Small Group 291
PART V GROUP OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION TOOLS 321
12 Tools for Assessing and Evaluating Groups 323
Appendix A: Preparing for Problem-Solving
Discussions: Informational Resources
for the Group 353
Appendix B: Making Public Presentations of the Group’s Output 363
Glossary 381
Name Index 391
Subject Index 402
Gloria Galanes is professor emerita, former department head of Communication, and former dean, College of Arts and Letters, Missouri State University. Her various administrative roles―22 years spent in university administration―have fueled her long-standing interest in small groups. In addition to small group courses, she has taught organizational communication,leadership, communication and aging, intercultural communication, quantitative research methods, and applied communication research. Dr. Galanes was the founding director of the Citizenship and Service Learning program at Missouri State. Her classes have investigated such topics as the needs of youth in the community, the needs of older adults, and the perceptions of Springfield Public Schools on behalf of numerous community organizations in Springfield. She is the co-author of two small group communication textbooks and co-edited a text on social constructionism. Her Ph.D. is from The Ohio State University.
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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