Training in Interpersonal Skills: TIPS for Managing People at Work (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Stephen P. Robbins; Phillip L. Hunsaker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134358279 ISBN 13: 9780134358277

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1995

Synopsis

The only book available devoted exclusively to the development of interpersonal skills, this completely self-contained program provides an action-oriented approach in which readers actually practice skills behavior. Centered around twelve key interpersonal skills and discussion of the concepts underlying each skill. Contains skills modules on coaching, team building, negotiation, interviewing, and empowering people. Organizes chapters around the ten-step TIPS learning model based on social-learning theory.

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The only text available devoted exclusively to the development of interpersonal skills, this completely self-contained program provides an action-oriented approach in which students actually practice skills behavior.

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Training in Interpersonal Skills (TIPS) was one of the first interpersonal skills training packages for management students. Since its original publication, college and university management faculty have increasingly come to recognize the importance of developing interpersonal skill competencies in their students. Dr. Milton Blood, a former professor and now an executive with the International Association for Management Education, explains why management skills training has gained in popularity over more traditional theory building:

Leadership sounds like an applied topic, but its classroom presentation can
leave students no better prepared to lead: . . . The business school graduate
needs to lead, not trace the history of leadership research. Similarly the graduate
needs to motivate, not compare and contrast six different theories of
motivation (Blood, 1994, p. 216).

By developing and practicing the interpersonal skills in this book, students can learn to lead and motivate others. In addition, they will master other vital interpersonal skills in the areas of communication, teaming, and problem solving. OVERVIEW OE THE THIRD EDITION

The first edition of TIPS was widely used in courses such as Interpersonal Relations, Organizational Behavior, Management, Human Relations, Supervision, and Organizational Development. It also was used with practicing managers in executive development programs.

The second edition included a number of significant additions and changes resulting from our experiences in the classroom; new research findings; and the feedback from colleagues, reviewers, and students. One of the major changes was a modified learning model that, because of its demonstrated effectiveness, also is applied in this edition. It contains 10 components: (1) assessment of basic skill levels; (2) review of key concepts relevant to application of the skills; (3) test of conceptual knowledge; (4) identification of the specific behavioral dimensions needed for each skill; (5) observation of how to apply the skill through modeling exercises; (S) skill practice in small groups; (7) summary checklist self-assessment to identify deficiencies; (8) application questions to cement practical understanding of the concepts; (9) reinforcement exercises outside of the classroom; and (10) development of an action plan for ongoing skill improvement.

This edition contains 17 chapters compared to the 15 chapters in the second edition. Based on feedback from users and research regarding emerging skills needed for organizational managers, this edition contains four new chapters: Sending Interpersonal Messages, Clarifying Expectations, Applying Leadership Style, and Promoting and Managing Resistance to Change. Materials from the second edition chapters on coaching and interviewing have been integrated as applications or subsections in these new, more comprehensive chapters. This edition is organized into six major skill domains vital for managerial success: Self-Awareness, Communicating, Motivating, Leading, Teaming, and Problem Solving.

Many role plays, cases, and exercises have been added, replaced, and revised to enhance the chapters in this edition. As always, concepts, research references, and examples have been updated throughout the book.

The Instructor's Manual has been revised and expanded to provide more complete guidance based upon the cumulative experience and feedback from instructors using the previous editions. We welcome any comments or suggestions that you might have for continually improving the role plays and exercises to enhance forthcoming editions. Please send your ideas to Phil Hunsaker at philmail@sandiego.edu. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful td our students who offered us open and honest feedback about what did and did not work for them in the second edition of TIPS. They also contributed many ideas for improvements.

We are grateful to our wives, Laura Ospanik and Jo Hunsaker, for agreeing to let us take the time away from usual family activities to complete the third edition. We acknowledge this debt and are certain that they will collect what they believe is owed to them many times over, still with our undying gratitude.

Special thanks go to the Prentice Hall book representatives and editors, for encouraging us to complete this third edition. We are also grateful to Cindy Spreder at Prentice Hall for guiding this revision through its development stage. Finally, we thank Shannon Moore, our marketing manager, for her constant feedback and creative ideas for improving this edition.

Stephen P. Robbins
Phillip L. Hunsaker

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0134358279
• ISBN 13: 9780134358277
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 305