Suggestions for teaching conflict management in tacit, implicit, and explicit communication environments. (CH)

Two implicit mandates are posited as fundamental to the consideration of any successful evaluation procedure by every instructor in the basic speech course. First, a clear philosophical position must be taken for guiding both the course objectives and the evaluation techniques. Second, a successful method for executing the philosophical position…

Conflict is defined by the authors as a struggle over scarce status, power, and resources. They discuss the role of communication as one of the several strategies leading to conflict and as a potential strategy leading to conflict resolution. First, there is tacit communication, wherein the participants are engaged not in face-to-face interactions…

Simulation, defined as a representational model of a particular theory, has been the subject of some research in the communication field, but there has been little material published on the uses of simulation as a research tool. Simulations are considered helpful in closing gaps between field studies and laboratory research, serving to increase…