Offers skills and information designed to enhance your success in groups and teams. You'll learn how to facilitate positive group and team experiences and how, in truly successful teams, every member also takes on the roles of facilitator, contributor, participant, and leader. Just as important, you'll discover how diversity contributes to quality teamwork. The authors give you the tools you need to appreciate different points of view and understand how factors such as gender and culture influence every group dynamic.
The text also explores the growing trend among colleges to challenge students' understanding of their leadership competence and consider the ethical and social implications of group participation.
Revised edition of: Communicating in groups: building relationships for group effectiveness. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
The influences and effects of small group computer-mediated communication (CMC) are discussed in Chapter 15. ... The Instructor's Manual/Test Bank and PowerPoint Slides are available to instructors at the book's webpage at waveland.com.
Communicating in Groups and Teams: Sharing Leadership
This volume considers the current research of group communication scholars, provides an overview of major foci in the discipline, and points toward possible trajectories for future scholarship.
The book then describes and explains the core processes for which each group member is responsible, such as sharing information and managing conflict.
The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to Group and Team Communication.
Communicating in Groups and Teams
REVELâ„¢ for Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices balances the principles of small group communication with real-world applications.
Visually appealing and practical, this text will help you succeed in your small groups course. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.