Pathfinder Communication

Bibliography

The following list represents the majority of the books used as reference in preparing materials for Pathfinder. I recommend them as excellent resources and additions to any serious student's library. Also, there is a multitude of magazine articles on the subject of argumentation, critical thinking, and business communication. I estimate that 25% of the articles appearing in the Harvard Business Review in 2007, for example, were concerned with the role that poor communication plays in reducing profitability and with ways to improve.

Also, refer to my links page for some web sites you could find informative.

I recognize that there are MANY classic texts and worthwhile books on this and related subjects that I have omitted. This list is not intended to be exhaustive; merely representative of the books I can personally and responsibly recommend, and that have influenced the material in the course.


Book Title	Author
Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning (2 Vols)	Professor David Zarefsky
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most	Douglas Stone, et.al.
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time	Susan Scott
Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when the stakes are high	Kerry Patterson, et.al.
Dealing With People You Can't Stand	Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner
The Art and Skill of Dealing with People	Brandon Toropov
Succeeding in Project-Driven Organizations	Joan Knutson
The Art of Argument	Aaron Larsen and Joelle Hodge
Advanced Team Facilitation	Ingrid Bens
Facilitating the Project Lifecycle	Jan Means and Tammy Adams
How to Read a Person Like a Book	Gerald I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero
Fearless Living	Rhonda Britten
Teaching an Anthill to Fetch	Steven James Joyce
The Art of Styling Sentences	Amy Longknife, Ph.D. and K.D. Sullivan
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior	Kerry Patterson, et.al.
Reading People	Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, Ph. D and Mark Mazzarella
How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic	Madsen Perle
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team	Patrick Lencioni
Engaging Organizational Communication: Theory and Research	Steven May and Dennis K. Mumby
Perspectives on Organizational Communication	Steven R. Corman and Marshall Scott Poole
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - A Field Guide	Patrick Lencioni
The Art of Reasoning	David Kelly
Logical Thinking	Richard L. Purtill
A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms	Richard A. Lanham
Schaums Outlines - Logic	John Nolt, et.al.
Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style	Virginia Tufte
Critical Thinking and Everyday Argument	Jay Verlinden
The Art of Deception	Nicholas Capaldi
Figures of Speech: 60 ways to Turn a Phrase	Arthur Quinn
How to Win an Argument	Michael A. Gilbert
Thank You for Arguing	Jay Heinrichs
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything	David Maxfield
A Rulebook for Arguments	Anthony Weston
"Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments"	T. Edward Damer

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