Kuga, Lilian A.

Communicating in a diverse workplace: a practical guide to successful workplace communication techniques. / Lilian A. Kuga - San Francisco: Jossey- Bass Pfeiffer, 1996. - vii, 91p.: ill.; 24cm.

Includes appendix.

Contents: Introduction: Why read this guidebook -- Who should read this guidebook -- The Importance of communication in diverse work groups : Business communication -- Interpersonal communication -- Communication in diverse work groups -- Challenges and opportunities: Potential communication challenges -- Communicating for success: a four - step process -- Adding new work-group members : When you're the new leader -- When you're the new group member -- When someone else is the new group member -- Getting organized in a diverse work group : Assigning responsibilities and tasks -- Influencing and motivating -- Negotiating -- Decision making -- Coping with ongoing dynamics in a diverse work group : Participation in groups -- Stereotyping -- Managing conflicts -- Giving and receiving feedback in diverse work groups: Two different views of feedback -- Levels of directness -- Differences of formality -- Summary -- Appendix: Reproducible forms and worksheets.

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Diversity in the workplace.
Communication in organizations
Personnel management.

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