Results-Oriented Interviewing: Principles, Practices, and Procedures - Softcover

Schmidt, Wallace V.; Conaway, Roger N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205267106 ISBN 13: 9780205267101

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1998

Synopsis

Explores the factors affecting interviewing in its various contexts and identifies the tools and skills fundamental to functioning effectively in any of those contexts. Covers basic principles, the selection interview, the appraisal interview, the workplace counseling interview, the discipline interview, telephone interviews, focus group interviews, organizational audits, broadcast and journalistic interviews, and computer-assisted interviews. The videotape designed to accompany the text is referenced throughout. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book examines the role and shape of interviewing in different settings, from business to research and media, emphasizing the differing perspectives of the interviewer and interviewee. A central theme of the book is the notion that interviewing, in whatever setting, brings together individuals in a highly mobile and changing interactive environment. Offering a holistic approach to the study of interviewing, this book offers a review of theory and practice with case analyses.

The book is divided into four sections. Chapters include: The Nature of Effective Interviewing; The Interview Process; also includes analysis of different types of interviews; and includes coverage of media practices and procedures.

For anyone in business and communication settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0205267106
• ISBN 13: 9780205267101
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 430