COMM 140: Small Group Communication
CID Descriptor:
COMM 140: Small Group Communication Links to an external site.
Are you aware of additional resources for COMM 140? If so, please contact Shagun Kaur.
OER Textbooks
- Small-Group Communication Links to an external site. - Adopted by College of the Canyons
- An Introduction to Group Communication Links to an external site.- Available on LibreTexts
- Problem-Solving in Teams and Groups Links to an external site. - Content in this textbook is adapted from The Open University, OpenStax, The Noba Project, and Wikipedia. Each chapter presents the source in the top header and each chapter has its own version of the Creative Commons (CC) license, noted at the bottom of the chapter.
OER Courses
- Small-Group Communication Links to an external site. - This course is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
- Influencing Stakeholders: Dealing with Power and Dynamics in Teams and Networks Links to an external site. - by TU Delft OpenCourseWare is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Although aimed at engineering students, it contains excellent case studies on team development and negotiation.
Some other resources to consider:
- Managing Groups and Teams Links to an external site. - A wiki book covering topics of leadership, team roles and dynamics, cohesion, inclusion and groupthink.
- Negotiation and Conflict Management Links to an external site. - MIT OpenCourseWare that contains lecture notes, class activities, real-world simulations on all things conflict.
- Working in Diverse Teams Links to an external site. - An OpenLearn course exploring diversity within teams and team roles. Includes a section on virtual teams.
- Leadership and followership Links to an external site. - Additional reading on leadership.
- Dynamics on Interpersonal Relationship Links to an external site. - Contains elements of small group theory along with assignments and class activities. The work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Small Business Management Links to an external site. and Management Leadership Links to an external site. - Saylor Academy courses with a module on team building covering leadership styles and conflict resolution.