Communicating in Groups - Adams, Katherine L. / Galanes, Gloria J
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Communicating in Groups offers a concise, step-by-step introduction to the theory and practice of small group communication, and teaches students to develop and apply critical thinking in group problem solving. With the firm belief that group participation can be an uplifting and energizing experience, authors Kathy Adams and Gloria Galanes give students the tools they will need in order to achieve this outcome. Research and theory are presented with a focus on what is important to students--understanding their group experiences and making them effective communicators.
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Communicating in Groups offers a concise, step-by-step introduction to the theory and practice of small group communication, and teaches students to develop and apply critical thinking in group problem solving. With the firm belief that group participation can be an uplifting and energizing experience, authors Kathy Adams and Gloria Galanes give students the tools they will need in order to achieve this outcome. Research and theory are presented with a focus on what is important to students--understanding their group experiences and making them effective communicators.

Table of contents:
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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
5. 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
6. 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
Part Three: Understanding and Improving Group Throughput Processes
7. 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
8. Celebrating Diversity in the Small Group
What is Diversity?
Celebrating Diversity/Bridging Differences
9. Managing Conflicts Productively
What is Conflict?
Myths about Conflict
Groupthink
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 Four: 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
Autorenporträt
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.
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.