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In Mixed Company combines theory, applications, and current research on small group communication in a conversational and engaging style. It is a comprehensive text and has been the market leading small group communication text for the last several editions.

To communicate effectively within groups and teams, we must understand our relationships with other members and how those relationships influence the tasks and activities that the groups and teams undertake. Communicating in Groups, Third Edition, emphasizes that all groups--decision-making and social--require members to successfully convey both relational and task messages. Author Joann Keyton points to the five key elements that define a group-...

Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives continues to live up to its long-standing reputation as the most dynamic and current exploration of health communication on the market. This top seller offers rich, current research and in-depth analysis of the cultural, social, and organizational issues that influence health communication and health advocacy.

Communicating About Health is an indispensable resource for readers seeking to...

Communicating for Results 6e offers practical, classroom-tested instruction in the rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies that students need to become effective writers and speakers. Supported by abundant, assignable group and individual activities to reinforce key principles and help students hone their skills, this invaluable text will teach students to communicate with confidence.

With engaging story lines, unpredictable plot twists, and realistic characters, the case studies in Communication and Social Media tackle real life issues that are relevant for students. Case studies increase students' enjoyment of and interest in communication, further their desire to learn, and remind them to think critically about their communication as they navigate their relationships with others through social media and new technologies.

The Engineering Communication Manual addresses authentic writing issues and communication tasks faced by engineers, such as collaborative writing, design of data graphics, and poster presentations. The text helps students to generate effective technical arguments and to think critically about how they present content.

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Organizational Communication: A Lifespan Approach is a student-focused introduction to the field. Full of real-world stories, helpful and unique illustrations, and constant application of theory, this text engages students and shows them how to apply concepts, theories, and perspectives in every chapter.

The most applied, relevant, and clearest guide to strategic marketing equipping students with the tools, mindset, and skills to develop successful marketing strategies. The fourth edition offers extensively-revised global examples throughout, as well as unique interviews with practitioners providing invaluable real-world insights and advice.

Placing people and strategy at its core, this is the most relevant and forward-thinking text on project organizing.

Ideal for research methods courses covering multiple methodologies, Communication Research Methods is the only text that uses a research-as-argument approach to help students not only become more effective researchers but also more insightful consumers of research. It expertly balances the interpretive, critical, and discovery paradigms. No other research methods book on the market better reflects actual research practice and provides methodologi...

Compelling Criminal Justice Communications motivates and assists criminal justice students to produce compelling written and oral communications. This text provides comprehensive coverage of the concrete principles involved in the production of compelling writings and briefings about crime, accompanied by both end-of-chapter review and writing exercises. The contents include broad coverage and consideration of academic as well as professiona...

In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise.

Global Strategic Management reveals how business managers secure competitive advantage and make effective decisions on a global scale. Core theories are supported by diverse real-world examples from international organizations, including Ikea, Google, and Walmart.

Lean, Ethical Business Communication focuses on five key elements of business communication - strategy, content, outcome, presentation, and ethics ("S.C.O.P.E."). Through a series of case studies, students learn to apply this five-point focus to the complex communication challenges that they are likely to encounter in their future careers, including applying for a job, sending routine business messages, creating formal reports and presentati...

Now in its tenth edition, Media and Communication in Canada continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the study of media and communication in today’s society. Thoroughly revised and updated, this authoritative guide explores the shifting nature of media and communication systems by examining traditional and new media, and a wealth of current media issues and trends. Highlighting historical and social contexts, theoretical perspectives,...

Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations is an "all-in-one" handbook that covers the areas of scientific communication that a student, researcher, or scientist needs to know and to master in order to successfully promote his or her research and career. Written in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner, the book begins with several chapters on the basics of the scientific writing style. It then builds on thes...

With strong foundations in theory and a wide range of current and international examples, Strategic Advertising Management presents an overview of how advertising works and what is required from a manager's perspective, in the development of an effective communication plan.

The only textbook that builds upon the traditional branding models to fully explore the emotional, social, and cultural impact real-world brands have on contemporary consumers.

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Written in a conversational style, this book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a vibrant discipline within the field. Authors Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva Chung take a multicontextual, inclusive approach that balances international and intercultural communication issues against U.S. domestic diversity issues. In addition to emphasizing a value-oriented perspective on intercultural encounters, the text contains...

A complete and concise introduction to strategic management, packed with real-life examples and an emphasising on the essential tools of analysis.

Case studies offer students the opportunity to explore critical incidents and develop effective strategies for resolution. Featuring the exclusive, real-life case studies of top communication scholars, Case Studies for Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes, Third Edition, employs a unique applied approach that allows students to use their knowledge of organizational communication to analyze typical organizational pro...

PLEASE NOTE: Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication 16e is available in the Oxford Insight courseware platform. All instructor and student resources are included in Oxford Insight.

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This market-leading text provides students with a solid foundation for effective interpersonal communication with an emphasis on Canadian cultures, values, and identities. By showing how to apply communication skills in a variety of situations and cultural settings, Interplay prepares students to become effective communicators in both their personal and professional lives.

The most practically focused guide for first year psychology students, created to give them the skills and confidence they need to begin their undergraduate studies.

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Engaging, up-to-date, and accessible, Mediated Communication & You introduces you to crucial questions and issues in media use, the possible negative effects of media, and theories and research on mediated communication.

Filled with classic and contemporary examples and engaging stories, Organizational Communication teaches students how to apply theory in diverse real-world contexts including government, small or family-run businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurship. This book considers the increasingly global and mediated communication in organizations to present a highly readable and engaging introduction to the field for twenty-first century students.

Nonprofit organizations need smart, informed managers. This comprehensive introductory textbook aims to expose students to the range of responsibilities expected from modern nonprofit organizations and their boards, executive management, frontline staff, and community volunteers. Section 1 focuses on the characteristics of a nonprofit organization, with an explanation of the specific attributes of both charitable and member-serving nonprofits. It...

The only text to focus on study and communication skills specifically for chemistry students.

Case-Based Learning for Group Intervention in Social Work provides essential information on planning and facilitating groups in a clear and easy-to-understand format. Current practice challenges, such as working with people that are mandated to group services and the proliferation of open-ended groups, are taken on directly with an array of strategies. To develop student competency, this volume uses a contemporary pedagogy--case-based learning--a...

The most commonly read introduction to the field, Mass Communication Theory has introduced thousands of young scholars to the discipline over two decades. Accessible, balanced, and clearly written, this book provides a complete history of mass communication theory to the present with thorough and effective coverage of both social science and cultural theory.

Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach is a comprehensive and engaging guide to quantitative research. Drawing on their extensive research and teaching experience in the field of communication, authors Jason S. Wrench, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Virginia Peck Richmond, and James C. McCroskey encourage students to take an active, hands-on role in the learning process. After giving students the tools they need to locate, c...

To captivate students' attention and stimulate their imaginations, Modern Digital and Analog Communication, Sixth Edition, places strong emphasis on connecting fundamental concepts of communication theory to students' daily experiences of communication technologies. The text provides highly relevant information on the operation and features of wireless cellular systems, Wi-Fi access, broadband Internet services, and more.