PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Introduction - Marshall Scott Poole and Randy Y Hirokawa Communication and Group Decision Making Remembering and `Re-membering′ - Lawrence R Frey A History of Theory and Research on Communication and Group Decision Making PART TWO: THEORIES Functional Theory and Commumnication in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Groups - Dennis S Gouran and Randy Y Hirokawa An Expanded View Symbolic Convergence Theory and Communication in Group Decision Making - Ernest G Bormann The Structuration of Group Decisions - Marshall Scott Poole, David R Seibold, and Robert D McPhee Bona Fide Groups - Linda L Putnam and Cynthia Stohl An Alternative Perspective for Communication and Small Group Decision Making Small Group Communication May Not Influence Decision Making - Dean E Hewes An Amplification of Socio-Egocentric Theory PART THREE: PROCESSES Developmental Processes in Group Decision Making - Marshall Scott Poole and Carolyn L Baldwin Communication and Influence in Group Decision Making - David R Seibold, Renée Meyers, and Sunwolf Communication and Group Decision-Making Effectiveness - Randy Y Hirokawa, Larry Erbert, and Anthony Hurst Leadership Skills and the Dialectics of Leadership in Group Decision Making - J Kevin Barge PART FOUR: PROCEDURES Procedures for Enhancing Group Decision Making - Susan Jarboe Procedural Influence on Group Decision Making - James H Davis, Lorne Hulbert, and Wing Tung Au The Case of Straw Polls - Observation and Simulation New Communication Technologies for Group Decision Making - Poppy Lauretta McLeod Toward an Integrative Framework