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Wrestling with Team Conflict

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Abstract Tony and his friends have been wrestling together since they were ten years old. At the start of their sophomore year, Tony is named team captain. Tony is thrilled, but soon realizes that being team captain has changed his relationship with his friends. Instead of always joking around on...

OpenStax Microbiology softcover prints in 2 parts

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"Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of the text make the material interesting and acc...

Bonding Apart: Building Mediated Relationships Among Fulltime Teleworkers

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Sample This chapter focuses on how full-time teleworkers use mediated communication to initiate and maintain remote workplace relationships. Research has shown that informal communication is an important communicative process for initiating and maintaining relationships in workplace environments ...

OpenStax Calculus Vol 2 hardcover

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"Calculus is designed for the typical two- or three-semester general calculus course, incorporating innovative features to enhance student learning. The book guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around t...

FreshFood: A Case Study of the Organizational Image Repair Process

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Abstract FreshFood made a grave error when it sold bad seafood to its customers. The company now must figure out how it can regain its positive image in the mind of patrons, and it decides that social media would be conducive for such apology dissemination. *** Monday morning meetings were no...

Living Inspiration: A Text/Workbook for Applied Ethics, Public Speaking, Human Relations and Creative Good

Author(s): Nancy Erbe

Living Inspiration introduces the leadership skills that all employees seek in graduates with student reflection and skill development teaching and learning activities.  Students of humanities and peace studies/peacebuilding use to guide inner peacebuilding (mental health).  It is a popular text for...

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...

Eric Shinseki's Image Repair for the Veteran's Administration Health Care Scandal

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Sample Concerns that veterans were not receiving timely medical care swirled about the Veterans Affairs (VA). In May of 2014, the Inspector General’s office issued a report confirming the scandal. Bronstein and Griffin (2014) reported that the VA had kept a secret list of veterans seeking medical...