COM - phyllis young

Keywords for Assignment 2

Group Communication

Small Group

Types of Groups

Primary Groups

Social Groups

Help Groups

Civic Groups

Community-Based Groups

Virtual Groups

Problem Solving Groups

Benefits of Group Decision Making

Diversity

Group Synergy

Division of Labor

Group Commitment

Cohesion

Problems with Group Decision Making

Task Avoidance

Groupthink

Group Norms

Explicit Norms

Implicit Norms

Individualism / Collectivism

Power Distance

Uncertainty Avoidance

Masculinity/Femininity

Group Roles

Task Roles

Maintenance Roles

Disruptive Roles

Ways to Come to a Decision

Majority Rules

Authority Decision Making

Consensus Decision Making

Leadership

Leadership Styles

Authoritarian Leadership

Laissez-faire Leadership

Democratic Leadership

Requirements for the second assignment are identical to the first one except you are selecting your keywords from the material we cover during the second part of the semester.

Select three (3) communication concepts and provide the following:

1. Definition of the concept using the textbook.  Definition of the concept using the textbook. You need a definition in quotes with page numbers and a sentence (or two) describing why this is an important communication concept. 

2. Summary of how this concept has been used in one specific study. This means, you must cite an academic journal article for this part of the assignment. Use a different study for each keyword. Provide substantive information about the study - what was studied, how it was studied and what was discovered about your selected concept.  This assignment is asking you to use CSU Library databases. Please use this page prepared for our class by librarian to learn about the resources available to you at the library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji9-nclUh3U. Same info is available here http://researchguides.csuohio.edu/c.php?g=568238. Feel free to contact our librarian Ben if you have any questions about locating academic journal articles. His contact info is on that page as well.

3. Provide an example from personal life using this concept.

4. Provide in text and end of the concept references. Here are the links to APA and MLA style guides.