Synopses & Reviews
Today's technical professionals need to reach audiences and collaborate on projects across borders of culture, language, and technology. This versatile, inexpensive book encourages readers to think critically in a changing environment, with the goal of communicating successfully with people who may not share their values or approaches. Uses descriptions, cases, and special feature boxes to provide guidelines for communicating effectively. Emphasizes information design in a global context throughout. Offers a greatly enhanced Website that updates the book and displays visual information in a powerful format. Streamlines discussion of planning and sentence structure, and provides references for grammar assistance. The perfect communication reference for engineers, scientists, and other technical professionals.
Synopsis
Today's technical professionals need to reach audiences and collaborate on projects across borders of culture, language, technology, and expertise. This versatile, highly readable text encourage students to think critically in a changing environment, with the goal of communicating successfully with people who may not share their values, approaches, or knowledge base. Deborah Andrews provides strategies and guidelines for communicating effectively and for enjoying the challenge of communication. Information design is a constant emphasis.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index.
Table of Contents
I. PERFORMING YOUR ROLE AS A COMMUNICATOR. 1. Introduction. 2. Writing Collaboratively.
3. Writing Ethically.
II. MANAGING INFORMATION FOR READERS. 4. Collecting Empirical Information.
5. Collecting Information from Documents and Websites.
6. Managing Information for Readers.
III. DESIGNING INFORMATION FOR READERS. 7. Designing Information for Readers.
8. Composing Visuals.
9. Composing Text.
10. Explaining.
11. Persuading and Proving.
12. Revising.
IV. DEVELOPING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS. 13. Abstracts and Other Summaries.
14. Proposals.
15. Reports.
16. Progress Reports.
17. Instructions.
V. COMMUNICATING AS A PROFESSIONAL. 18. Letters.
19. The Job Search.
20. Memos and Electronic Mail.
21. Articles and Reviews of Literature.
22. Oral Presentations.
Works Cited.
Index.