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Berko, R. M., Aitken, J. E., & Wolvin, A. D. (2010). ICOMM:  Interpersonal concepts and competencies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE

This chapter examines interpersonal communication skills in the workplace, which you can practice in everyday life. After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

      •Identify communication patterns in an organization, such as culture, climate, group dynamics.

•Adapt interpersonal communication to the patterns of an organization.

•Explain expectations of professional relationships.

•Identify strategies for rhetorical sensitivity at work.

•Apply rhetorical sensitivity to the workplace context, with communication relevant to such principles as change, deception, and personal boundaries.

 

CHAPTER 12

 

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ADAPTING TO COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN THE WORKPLACE

            ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

            ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE

            ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY

            NETWORKING

            GROUP COLLABORATION

                        GROUP LEADERSHIP

                        MEETING EFFICIENCY

            INTERVIEWING

                        PLANNING FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW

                        PLANNING FOR A PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL INTERVIEW

            USING INFORMAL COMMUNICATION

RHETORICAL SENSITIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE

            IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT

            NONVERBAL IMMEDIACY

            TIME

            POWER

            COMMUNICATION BOUNDARIES

            DECEPTION

            DISAGREEMENTS IN THE WORKPLACE

            ADAPTING TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE

            GENDER IN THE WORKPLACE

            LEAVING A JOB WITHOUT BURNING BRIDGES

VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

            RESPONDING TO VERBAL OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

KEY TERMS             

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