Effective small group communication /
Ernest G. Bormann and Nancy C. Bormann
- Second Edition
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Burgess Publishing Company, c1972
- vi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Small group communication -- The dynamics of good groups -- Leadership -- The task dimension of groups.
The second edition of Effective Small Group Communication contains the, same basic core of information about the dynamic process of good groups, about leadership, and about planning for and participating in meetings which made the first edition a useful and popular text for courses in speech communication, psychology, education, business, and for workshops in continuing education: The authors have supplemented the basic core by enlarging the second edition substantially in the areas of small group communication theory, considerations of the task dimension of group process, conflict management, listening, public discussions, task-oriented small groups in the organizational context, and the influence of cooperation and competition on small group communication. The book contains an entirely new section dealing with the task dimension of group process, which presents a descriptive account of how groups process information, solve problems, and make decisions based upon the latest research findings.