Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills

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 instructors 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 professor emerita, former departmenthead of Communication, and former dean, College of Arts and Letters, MissouriState University. Her various administrative roles22 years spent in universityadministrationhave fueled her long-standing interest in small groups. Inaddition to small group courses, she has taught organizational communication,leadership, communication and aging, intercultural communication, quantitativeresearch methods, and applied communication research. Dr. Galanes was thefounding director of the Citizenship and Service Learning program at MissouriState.  Her classes have investigated such topics as the needs of youth inthe community, the needs of older adults, and the perceptions of SpringfieldPublic Schools on behalf of numerous community organizations in Springfield.She is the co-author of two small group communication textbooks and co-edited atext on social constructionism. Her Ph.D. is from The Ohio State University.

Adams, Communicating in Groups, 9ePART ONE: Orientation to Small Group SystemsChapter 1: Small Groups as the Heart of SocietyChapter 2: Groups as Structured Open SystemsPART TWO: Foundations of Small Group CommunicatingChapter 3: Communication Principles for Group MembersChapter 4: Using Verbal and Nonverbal Messages in Small Group CommunicationPART THREE: From Individuals to GroupChapter 5: Becoming a GroupChapter 6: Working with Diversity in the Small GroupPART FOUR: Understanding and Improving Group Throughput ProcessesChapter 7: Creative and Critical Thinking in the Small GroupChapter 8: Group Problem-Solving ProceduresChapter 9: Managing Conflicts Productively Chapter 10: Applying Leadership Principles*ONLINE ONLY*: PART FIVE: Small Group Public Presentations Chapter 11: Planning, Organizing, and Presenting Small Group Oral Presentations Appendix A: Techniques for Observing Problem-Solving Groups