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A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction

A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction

11th Edition
By Stewart Tubbs
ISBN10: 0073534323
ISBN13: 9780073534329
Copyright: 2012
09780073534329

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Preface

Chapter 1 What Is Small Group Interaction?

Chapter 2 Communication Processes

Chapter 3 Relevant Background Factors

Chapter 4 Group Circumstances and Structure

Chapter 5 Leadership and Social Influence Processes

Chapter 6 Decision-Making Processes

Chapter 7 Conflict Management

Chapter 8 Consequences

Appendix A Small Group Presentations to an Audience

Appendix B Observing Group Process

Glossary

References

Credits

Index

About the Author

Stewart Tubbs

Stewart L. Tubbs is the dean of the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University. He received his doctorate in communication and organizational behavior from the University of Kansas. His master’s degree in communication and his bachelor’s degree in science are from Bowling Green State University. He has completed postdoctoral work in management at Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University. Dr. Tubbs has also taught at General Motors Institute and at Boise State University, where he was chairman of the Management Department and later associate dean of the College of Business. He has been named Outstanding Teacher three times and Outstanding Scholar twice. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies and is past chairman of the Organizational Communication division of the Academy of Management. He has been named an Outstanding Teacher three times and an Outstanding Scholar twice, has consulted extensively for Fortune 500 companies, and is past chairman of the Organizational Communication division of the Academy of Management. He has also received the outstanding leadership award in London from the Academy of Business Administration and has been inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame by Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Ohio. Dr. Tubbs is the co-author, with Sylvia Moss, of Interpersonal Communication and Human Communication. He is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Contemporary Authors, Directory of American Scholars, the International Who’s Who in Education, and Outstanding Young Men of America.