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This fully updated ninth edition provides an introduction to
conflict and conflict management that is firmly grounded in current
theory, research, and practice. Covering a range of conflict
settings, including interpersonal, group, and organizational
conflicts, it includes an abundance of real-life case studies that
encompass a spectrum of theoretical perspectives. Its emphasis on
application makes it highly accessible to students, while expanding
their comprehension of conflict theory and practical skills. This
new edition features a new chapter presenting key principles
students can practice to become more skillful at managing conflict,
a wealth of up-to-date research and case examples, suggested
readings and video resources, and integrated questions for review
and discussion. This textbook can be used in undergraduate or
graduate courses on conflict in communication, business and
management, political science, and counseling programs. Online
resources for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and an
instructor's manual, can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/folger.
This fully updated ninth edition provides an introduction to
conflict and conflict management that is firmly grounded in current
theory, research, and practice. Covering a range of conflict
settings, including interpersonal, group, and organizational
conflicts, it includes an abundance of real-life case studies that
encompass a spectrum of theoretical perspectives. Its emphasis on
application makes it highly accessible to students, while expanding
their comprehension of conflict theory and practical skills. This
new edition features a new chapter presenting key principles
students can practice to become more skillful at managing conflict,
a wealth of up-to-date research and case examples, suggested
readings and video resources, and integrated questions for review
and discussion. This textbook can be used in undergraduate or
graduate courses on conflict in communication, business and
management, political science, and counseling programs. Online
resources for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and an
instructor's manual, can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/folger.
The Emerald Handbook of Group and Team Communication Research
considers the current research of group communication scholars,
provides an overview of major foci in the discipline, and points
toward possible trajectories for future scholarship. It establishes
group communication's central role within research on human
behaviour and fosters an identity for group communication
researchers. This book establishes communication scholarship as
essential to group research by exploring the various dimensions of
communicating in groups and teams. Communication is fundamental to
group research, and the deeper, more nuanced treatment of the
subject in this handbook consolidates and expands theory and
research in the area.
This volume introduces a series of different data-driven
computational methods for analyzing group processes through
didactic and tutorial-based examples. Group processes are of
central importance to many sectors of society, including
government, the military, health care, and corporations.
Computational methods are better suited to handle (potentially
huge) group process data than traditional methodologies because of
their more flexible assumptions and capability to handle real-time
trace data. Indeed, the use of methods under the name of
computational social science have exploded over the years. However,
attention has been focused on original research rather than
pedagogy, leaving those interested in obtaining computational
skills lacking a much needed resource. Although the methods here
can be applied to wider areas of social science, they are
specifically tailored to group process research. A number of
data-driven methods adapted to group process research are
demonstrated in this current volume. These include text mining,
relational event modeling, social simulation, machine learning,
social sequence analysis, and response surface analysis. In order
to take advantage of these new opportunities, this book provides
clear examples (e.g., providing code) of group processes in various
contexts, setting guidelines and best practices for future work to
build upon. This volume will be of great benefit to those willing
to learn computational methods. These include academics like
graduate students and faculty, multidisciplinary professionals and
researchers working on organization and management science, and
consultants for various types of organizations and groups.
This volume introduces a series of different data-driven
computational methods for analyzing group processes through
didactic and tutorial-based examples. Group processes are of
central importance to many sectors of society, including
government, the military, health care, and corporations.
Computational methods are better suited to handle (potentially
huge) group process data than traditional methodologies because of
their more flexible assumptions and capability to handle real-time
trace data. Indeed, the use of methods under the name of
computational social science have exploded over the years. However,
attention has been focused on original research rather than
pedagogy, leaving those interested in obtaining computational
skills lacking a much needed resource. Although the methods here
can be applied to wider areas of social science, they are
specifically tailored to group process research. A number of
data-driven methods adapted to group process research are
demonstrated in this current volume. These include text mining,
relational event modeling, social simulation, machine learning,
social sequence analysis, and response surface analysis. In order
to take advantage of these new opportunities, this book provides
clear examples (e.g., providing code) of group processes in various
contexts, setting guidelines and best practices for future work to
build upon. This volume will be of great benefit to those willing
to learn computational methods. These include academics like
graduate students and faculty, multidisciplinary professionals and
researchers working on organization and management science, and
consultants for various types of organizations and groups.
This volume provides an overview of the methodological issues and
challenges inherent in the study of small groups from the
perspective of seasoned researchers in communication, psychology
and other fields in the behavioral and social sciences. It
summarizes the current state of group methods in a format that is
readable, insightful, and useful for both new and experienced group
researchers. This collection of essays will inspire new and
established researchers alike to look beyond their current
methodological approaches, covering both traditional and new
methods for studying groups and exploring the full range of groups
in face-to-face and online settings. The volume will be an
important addition to graduate study on group research and will be
a valuable reference for established group researchers, consultants
and other practitioners. The essays in this volume when considered
as a whole will be a contemporary interdisciplinary integration on
group research methods.
This volume is the result of a three-year study that
investigated the factors associated with the implementation of
program changes in a nonprofit community welfare agency. It
addresses factors such as administration behavior and perception,
its effect on board members, mobility orientation, job
satisfaction, and the prediction of program change and will be of
interest to management in both the private and non-profit sector as
well as students of organizational sociology and psychology.
Innovation in the private and public sectors has been the
subject of a great deal of study, since it is central to the
economic growth and effective governance of most organizations.
Determining the changes needed in an organization is less difficult
than determining how to make the changes work. This volume is the
result of a three-year study that investigated the factors
associated with the implementation of program changes in a
nonprofit community welfare agency.
The results of the research showed that a greater understanding
of the implementation process was needed, both by the workers and
administrators. In addition, factors other than "need" were
determined to influence what action is taken to implement the
recommendations. This book takes the results of the study and
demonstrates how implementation can be successful in an
organization.
This work includes factors such as administration behavior and
perception, its effect on board members, mobility orientation, job
satisfaction, and the prediction of program change and will be of
interest to management in both the private and non-profit sector as
well as students of organizational sociology and psychology.
The merging of Bristol-based Badgerline and Scottish based GRT
Holding saw the creation of FirstBus inn West Yorkshire. After the
corporate logo was introduced, local liveries arrived. However, by
1998 First were pushing for its ‘Willow Leaf’ livery and
corporate interior as the standard. Former West Yorkshire PTE
vehicles were withdrawn and replaced by the standard
Volvo/Wrightbus vehicles from 2004. The low-floor era brought in
120 Volvo/Alexander double-deckers and 20 Volvo saloons with
Wrightbus bodies. Investment in Bradford and Leeds was apparent,
eventually trickling down elsewhere. In 2012 First refreshed the
livery with a more pastel colour scheme, as 98 new buses arrived in
Leeds from the Olympic games. Newer vehicles were also cascaded
into Halifax and Huddersfield. Scott Poole documents the ups and
downs of this operator, with a range of previously unpublished
images.
This volume provides an overview of the methodological issues and
challenges inherent in the study of small groups from the
perspective of seasoned researchers in communication, psychology
and other fields in the behavioral and social sciences. It
summarizes the current state of group methods in a format that is
readable, insightful, and useful for both new and experienced group
researchers. This collection of essays will inspire new and
established researchers alike to look beyond their current
methodological approaches, covering both traditional and new
methods for studying groups and exploring the full range of groups
in face-to-face and online settings. The volume will be an
important addition to graduate study on group research and will be
a valuable reference for established group researchers, consultants
and other practitioners. The essays in this volume when considered
as a whole will be a contemporary interdisciplinary integration on
group research methods.
Satan in America tells the story of America's complicated
relationship with the devil. "New light" evangelists of the
eighteenth century, enslaved African Americans, demagogic
politicians, and modern American film-makers have used the devil to
damn their enemies, explain the nature of evil and injustice, mount
social crusades, construct a national identity, and express anxiety
about matters as diverse as the threat of war to the dangers of
deviant sexuality. The idea of the monstrous and the bizarre
providing cultural metaphors that interact with historical change
is not new. Poole takes a new tack by examining this idea in
conjunction with the concerns of American religious history. The
book shows that both the range and the scope of American
religiousness made theological evil an especially potent symbol.
Satan appears repeatedly on the political, religious, and cultural
landscape of the United States, a shadow self to the sunny image of
American progress and idealism.
Monsters arrived in 2011aand now they are back. Not only do they
continue to live in our midst, but, as historian Scott Poole shows,
these monsters are an important part of our pastaa hideous
obsession America cannot seem to escape. Poole's central argument
in Monsters in America is that monster tales intertwine with
America's troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and
gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers
deeper into America's tangled past to show how monsters continue to
haunt contemporary American ideology. By adding new discussions of
the American West, Poole focuses intently on the Native American
experience. He reveals how monster stories went west to Sand Creek
and Wounded Knee, bringing the preoccupation with monsters into the
twentieth century through the American Indian Movement. In his new
preface and expanded conclusion, Poole's tale connects to the
presentaillustrating the relationship between current social
movements and their historical antecedents. This proven textbook
also studies the social location of contemporary horror films,
exploring, for example, how Get Out emerged from the context of the
Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, in the new section "American
Carnage," Poole challenges readers to assess what their own monster
tales might be and how our sordid past horrors express themselves
in our present cultural anxieties. By the end of the book, Poole
cautions that America's monsters aren't going away anytime soon. If
specters of the past still haunt our present, they may yet invade
our future. Monsters are here to stay.
In 2018, five gas buses using Scania NU280D chassis with stylish AD
E40D MMC City bodywork were presented by Nottingham City Council.
Then 2019 saw the arrival of another sixty-seven new gas buses,
working a variety of routes around the city. The 120 gas buses now
operating in the city have impressive environmental credentials,
offering an 80 per cent reduction in harmful pollutants. Passengers
have also enjoyed greater comfort, with super-fast WiFi, USB
charging sockets and audio and visual stop announcements. Here,
Scott Poole offers an interesting selection of photographs
illustrating these remarkable new buses.
As operations in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate, America's
adversaries are capable of manipulating domestic and international
media with lies, distortion and propaganda disseminated via the
internet or media outlets. The U.S. military's inability to
dominate the global information environment, as it does on
conventional battlefields, represents a strategic and operational
weakness that must be addressed. This study investigates the roles
and responsibilities of deployed military public affairs officers
as they pertain to influencing selected target audiences in order
to gain and maintain popular support. Current and past doctrine is
examined, along with marketing and advertising practices to
determine military applicability. The research explores mass
communication theories and techniques to improve public affairs
officers' ability to influence these key audiences. This study
concludes that influencing audiences, to include the U.S. domestic
audience is the primary role and responsibility of military public
affairs officers. Recommendations in this study include altering
Public Affairs Joint and Service doctrine to reflect the
responsibility for public affairs officers to influence their
audiences and change public affairs training to teach mass
communication theories that are designed to influence their
audiences.
The captivating, colorful, and controversial history of South
Carolina continues to warrant fresh explorations. In this sweeping
story of defining episodes in the state's history, accomplished
historians Jack Bass and W. Scott Poole trace the importance of
race relations, historical memory, and cultural life in the
progress of the Palmetto State from its colonial inception to the
present day.
In the discussion of contemporary South Carolina that makes up the
majority of this volume, the authors map the ways through which
hard-won economic and civil rights advancements, a succession of
progressive state leaders, and federal court mandates operated in
tandem to bring a largely peaceful end to the Jim Crow era in South
Carolina, in stark contrast to the violence wrought elsewhere in
the South. This volume speaks directly to the connections between
the state's past, present, and future, and it serves as a valuable
point of entrance for new inquiries into South Carolina's diverse
and complex heritage.
The role of the larynx has often been overlooked as an important
factor in vibrato production on the bassoon. In 2004, Dr. Scott
Pool sought to find answers to his questions regarding vibrato
production and the function of the throat. His observations
revealed new revelations into how the larynx played a key role in
this important element of bassoon tone and technique. By
understanding how the larynx affected bassoon vibrato, Dr. Pool was
able to apply new insightful information to both his own
performance and teaching strategies. Both teachers and performers
of the bassoon (and other wind instrument) will want to read this
study, which discusses the mechanics behind the larynx and vibrato
as an important element of musical artistry.
The most focused and detailed history of southern conservatism to
date. Near Appomattox, during a cease-fire in the final hours of
the Civil War, Confederate general Martin R. Gary harangued his
troops to stand fast and not lay down their arms. Stinging the
soldiers' home-state pride, Gary reminded them that "South
Carolinians never surrender." By focusing on a reactionary hotbed
within a notably conservative state--South Carolina's hilly western
"upcountry" --W. Scott Poole chronicles the rise of a post-Civil
War southern culture of defiance whose vestiges are still among us.
The Society of the rustic antebellum upcountry, Poole writes, clung
to a set of values that emphasized white supremacy, economic
independence, masculine honor, evangelical religion, and a
rejection of modernity. In response to the Civil War and its
aftermath, this amorphous tradition cohered into the Lost Cause
myth, by which southerners claimed moral victory despite military
defeat. It was a force that would undermine Reconstruction and, as
Poole shows in chapters on religion, gender, and politics, weave
its way into nearly every dimension of white southern life. Poole
traces the evolution of Lost Cause ideology in South Carolina from
its prewar genesis through Reconstruction and the New South era,
from its romanticized agrarian roots to its appropriation by the
entrepreneurial middle-class. Focused but malleable, Lost Cause
conservatism informed a variety of social movements in the
postbellum period, from the Ku Klux Klan to the ostensibly
progressive Populists. The Lost Cause's shadow still looms over the
South, Poole argues, in contemporary controversies such as those
over the display of the Confederate flag.Never Surrender brings new
clarity to the intellectual history of southern conservatism and
the South's collective memory of the Civil War.
Near Appomattox, during a cease-fire in the final hours of the
Civil War, Confederate general Martin R. Gary harangued his troops
to stand fast and not lay down their arms. Stinging the soldiers'
home-state pride, Gary reminded them that "South Carolinians never
surrender." By focusing on a reactionary hotbed within a notably
conservative state--South Carolina's hilly western "upcountry"--W.
Scott Poole chronicles the rise of a post-Civil War southern
culture of defiance whose vestiges are still among us. The society
of the rustic antebellum upcountry, Poole writes, clung to a set of
values that emphasized white supremacy, economic independence,
masculine honor, evangelical religion, and a rejection of
modernity. In response to the Civil War and its aftermath, this
amorphous tradition cohered into the Lost Cause myth, by which
southerners claimed moral victory despite military defeat. It was a
force that would undermine Reconstruction and, as Poole shows in
chapters on religion, gender, and politics, weave its way into
nearly every dimension of white southern life. The Lost Cause's
shadow still looms over the South, Poole argues, in contemporary
controversies such as those over the display of the Confederate
flag. Never Surrender brings new clarity to the intellectual
history of southern conservatism and the South's collective memory
of the Civil War.
Satan in America tells the story of America's complicated
relationship with the devil. 'New light' evangelists of the
eighteenth century, enslaved African Americans, demagogic
politicians, and modern American film-makers have used the devil to
damn their enemies, explain the nature of evil and injustice, mount
social crusades, construct a national identity, and express anxiety
about matters as diverse as the threat of war to the dangers of
deviant sexuality. The idea of the monstrous and the bizarre
providing cultural metaphors that interact with historical change
is not new. Poole takes a new tack by examining this idea in
conjunction with the concerns of American religious history. The
book shows that both the range and the scope of American
religiousness made theological evil an especially potent symbol.
Satan appears repeatedly on the political, religious, and cultural
landscape of the United States, a shadow self to the sunny image of
American progress and idealism.
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