It is now widely recognized that communication is at the very heart of effective management. There is therefore an ever-expanding demand for valid and generalizable information on how best to relate to people in organizational contexts. Communication Skills for Effective Management meets this demand. It demonstrates how, for managers to be successful, they need to employ a range of key communication skills, styles and strategies. The contents are based upon the authors' considerable experiences of researching, teaching and consulting in a range of private and public sector organisations. From their academic and real-world involvement they have identified the core skills of effective management, presented in an academically rigorous yet student-friendly way, the reader is encouraged to interact with the material covered. Each chapter contains a series of boxed text, diagrams, tables and illustrations which summarise core points. Exercises are also provided to enable managers to put the material reviewed into practice. All of this is underpinned and supported by a firm foundation of research findings. This will be an excellent text for undergraduate business and management students studying business communication and MBA students. Practising managers will also find this book to be an invaluable resource.

Communication Skills for Effective Management

Business & Money

Hargie, Owen

Dickson, David

Tourish, Dennis

Finance

Palgrave

"Professional Interviewing" presents a detailed, informed and informative account of research, theory and practice in interviewing. As a single source for practitioners, it focuses on the professional practice of interviewing as a strategy for achieving specific objectives. As well as providing reviews of recent research in interviewing, it includes practical examples of interviewing in many different contexts. The authors, all of whom have wide experience of interviewing, draw on a wealth of information and insight acquired during their work. They examine the definitions and purposes of interviewing and then describe the main settings within which it takes place - counselling, selection, research, medical and appraisal. Taking a social interactional model of interviewing, they discuss the main components of the activity: person perception; interviewer goals; interview structures and stages; effective interviewing skills; and the interviewee's perspective on the interview process. Examples are used to illustrate particular issues and to highlight their relevance to practice. The authors also consider important ethical and professional problems which may crucially affect t This book should be of interest to professionals and students in psychology, health, counselling and business.

Professional Interviewing (INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS)

Crute, Valerie

Millar, Rob

Routledge

For the professional who uses interviewing as an integral part of their everyday work, or as one of a range of skills. Professional Interviewing is a complete and comprehensive guide. The book explains not only the interpersonal skills involved, but also the theoretical background and each practical step of the process. It also explores some of the issues which professionals need to be aware of, if they are to make use of their skills in an entirely appropriate way.

Professional Interviewing (International Series on Communication Skills)

Crute, Dr Valerie

Social Skills and Interpersonal Communication

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Taylor & Francis Books Ltd

Following the success of editions one and two, this revised, updated and extended edition of Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication will continue as the core textbook for students of interpersonal communication. The professional groups for whom these skills are most important include counsellors, psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers, occupational and speech therapists, physioptherapists and industrial personnel. New chapters in the third edition include the increasingly popular area of interpersonal influence and there is a chapter on the theoretical basis of the authors' approach.

Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication: Third Edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Saunders, Christine

Mental Health

The subject of interpersonal skill has attracted research interest in recent years. This third edition of the text has been completely revised and rewritten to bring the book up to date. New chapters have been added on the social psychology of skilled communication.

Social Skills Interpersnl Comm

Psychology & Counseling

Skilled Interpersonal Communication: Research, Theory and Practice

Previous editions ('Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication') have established this work as the standard textbook on communication. Directly relevant to a multiplicity of research areas and professions, this thoroughly revised and updated edition has been expanded to include the latest research as well as a new chapter on negotiating. Key examples and summaries have been augmented to help contextualise the theory of skilled interpersonal communication in terms of its practical applications. Combining both clarity and a deep understanding of the subject matter, the authors have succeeded in creating a new edition which will be essential to anyone studying or working in the field of interpersonal communication.

This illuminating book cuts through conflicting issues to show the role organizational communication plays in confronting uncertainty. Featuring international contributions and cutting edge research, it is a valuable guide to this topical subject.

Key Issues in Organizational Communication

Management & Leadership

Professional Interviewing (Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management)

This book, first published in 1992, presents a detailed, informed and informative account of research, theory and practice in interviewing. As a single source for practitioners, it focuses on the professional practice of interviewing as a strategy for achieving specific objectives. As well as providing reviews of recent research in interviewing, it includes practical examples of interviewing in many different contexts. The authors, all of whom have wide experience of interviewing, draw on a wealth of information and insight acquired during their work. They examine the definitions and purposes of interviewing and then describe the main settings within which it takes place - counselling, selection, research, medical and appraisal. Taking a social interactional model of interviewing, they discuss the main components of the activity: person perception; interviewer goals; interview structures and stages; effective interviewing skills; and the interviewee's perspective on the interview process. Examples are used to illustrate particular issues and to highlight their relevance to practice. The authors also consider important ethical and professional problems which may crucially affect the practice of interviewing. This book should be of interest to professionals and students in psychology, health, counselling, human resource management and business.

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Communication Skills for Effective Management

Professional Interviewing (INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS)

Professional Interviewing (International Series on Communication Skills)

Social Skills and Interpersonal Communication

Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication: Third Edition

Social Skills Interpersnl Comm

Skilled Interpersonal Communication: Research, Theory and Practice

Skilled Interpersonal Communication: Research, Theory and Practice

Key Issues in Organizational Communication

Professional Interviewing (Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management)