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A Goals-Plans-Action Theory of Communication: Ravi and Joe Battle over Cleaning the Apartment
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Sample Why do people say what they say? The answer given by Goals-Plans-Action Theory is that usually individuals craft messages that they believe will help them to achieve whatever they are trying to accomplish. Goals-Plans-Action (GPA) is a theory of message production that has its roots in the...
Conflict and Coping in Military Families: Expectation Violations During Wartime Deployments
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Abstract The effects of military life extend beyond service members. Military spouses experience a variety of psychological, communicative, and emotional impairments as a by-product of wartime deployments. Yet, the media still promulgates themes, myths, and expectations about military life and de...
Cycling 101: Road and Mountain Biking Fundamentals
Author(s): William R Lamb
At a very young age many of us developed a love affair with our bikes. After all, it wasn't just a bike-it was our best friend, our means of escape, our opportunity to fly like a bird, only closer to the ground. Being reintroduced to bicycling can be a blessing in so many ways. Reaching a destin...
OpenStax Principles of Accounting Vol 1 Financial Accounting softcover
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"Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in two volumes. This book is specifical...
A Different Existence Duquesne
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"Through the presentation of the behavior of a single case, van den Berg elaborates the major forms of experiencing, including one's physical world, one's body, one's social world, and time perspective of past and future. Before elaborating how these notions can be dealt with within an existential o...
Persuasive Communication
Author(s): Kristie Sigler
Providing an opportunity for students to both learn and apply course concepts in a single semester is challenging but necessary. Persuasive Communication is a unique compilation with a three-part focus: persuasion, writing, and speaking. Professors can adapt the order of chapters to meet the needs o...
A Watered Down Case of Social Responsibility
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Abstract Karen Little, an environmentally conscious individual, is excited when she is assigned to Pure Water One, a company that claims to adopt socially responsible practices at its newest plant. However, the more she learns about this company’s practices, the more conflicted Karen is about wor...
Fitness and Your Health
Author(s): David C Nieman
Fitness & Your Health has been written to satisfy the general education requirement for physical education. In many colleges and universities students are given the option to take a class that focuses on fitness and health issues. Fitness & Your Health uses a physical fitness approach to educate the...
Administrative Management and Procedures
Author(s): Pamela Scott Bracey
The purpose of Administrative Management and Procedures is to assist current and future leaders to develop the necessary skills to survive and thrive professionally in an ever-changing work environment, even when impacted by unforeseen tragedies beyond their ability to control. Appropriate administr...