This article reports the results of an investigation using an
interactive approach to teaching listening skills that
appears to be ideal for a business communication class. The
authors describe their experiences with integrating listen
ing activities into the content of an undergraduate organi
zational behavior course. The conclusion is drawn that this
can be done quite successfully.
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