In this book, Michael W. Kramer applies uncertainty reduction theory (URT)--a key theory in current communication scholarship--to the context of organizational communication. Examining URT and the range of research applicable to organizational settings, Kramer proposes a groundbreaking theory of managing uncertainty (TMU), which synthesizes prior research while also addressing its criticisms. Examples are provided to illustrate the principles of the TMU at both the individual and collectiv...

Developing Women Leaders in the Academy through Enhanced Communication Strategies explores the experiences, strategies, and triumphs of women who have attained leadership roles within the academy as well as the shortfalls, disappointments, and battle scars many women leaders have experienced in their quest to lead. Clear direction, focused strategies, and enhanced communication are necessary to increase the ever-growing number of women in leadership positions in the academy. Contributions ...

You’re cordially invited to attend this year’s spring break retreat at The Lodge.It’s a highly exclusive experience guaranteed to redefine your future.Assuming you survive.SydneyI thought it was a joke.Some pompous high-society game meant to play with the children of the elite.But then people started dying.Including the one who invited me to attend.Now I’m the one they all suspect.Because I have blood on my hands....

A journey through English history, starting with Edward the Confessor and going on to William the Conqueror, his family and their fighting among themselves for dominance. Because William built a series of castles to help impose his will upon Saxon England, the story of the two (2) castles he built within the city walls of York is included in this book. One of these was originally called York Castle. Both it and the other castle in York called Bailey Hill were burned down during the rebelli...

The history of French Indochina, including the first, second and thhird Indochina Wars. This book also looks at the intrigues and poitical moves by the conservative political aprties of Australia, Britain, France and the USA wich were made to justify the invasion of Indochina and the systematic enslavement of the people for the sole benefit of the West powers, in particular, the USA! Was was never declared, yet constant warfare including ariel bombing of the civilian areas of Hanoi and Hai...

After the Romans left Britain, the Picts and Scots began going through openings in Hadrian's Wall and then raiding and spreading terror among the Britons. After this has gone on for a number of years, the king of Britons, called Vortigern, asked for help from the Engels who were living in Anglen which is in northern Germany and locted half way along the Jutland penisular. What Vortigern did not know was that the Engels, Kimbern and Saxons had amalgamated to form a powerful confederacy whic...

This moment in history, says Joel Kramer, is a historical crossroads when "the moral order, the glue that has held civilizations together, begins to unravel"--a time to escape authoritarian constraints and move into self-trust and creativity.

THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMEREA COMPANION STORY TO THE ORIGINAL MISTBORN TRILOGY****There's always another secret.Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy.As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for ...

Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer feel there is a tremendous amount of human potential that is untapped, but we have been stunted by various beliefs, limited identities, and rigid worldviews. In particular, they feel spiritual traditions make people feel inadequate and bad about themselves for not being selfless enough and for being self-centered.

After the American withdrawal from Indochina in April 1975, Vietnam invaded Kampuchea in 1978 and removed Pol Pot from government. It was soon found that the Vietnamese veterans of the war against Pol Pot resulted in the Vietnamese veterans of that war having symptoms similar to those of Allied soldiers who were diagnosed as having PTSD! As the new Communist Government took over in Vietnam, some people ran afoul of the new government and they then felt that thay had to flee in order to be ...

The full story of the three Indochina Wars and the injustices inflicted upon the people of the Indochina (Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam)

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All TimeTwo men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Hailed as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR.Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the ...