The Essentials of Technical Communication
ISBN: 9780199890781 | 0199890781
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 12/20/2011
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The Essentials of Technical Communication,Second Edition, clearly and concisely highlights the basic rhetorical guidelines that will help students successfully get their message across in today's workplace. This brief text incorporates a wealth of real-world documents and scenarios to help students understand key communication principles (Chapters 1-6) and then apply those principles to the most common types of professional documents, including e-mails, letters, memos, technical reports, proposals, progress reports, instructions, websites, and ... MORE
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Preface
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES
1. Characteristics of Writing at Work
Writing at Work versus Writing at School
> Requires Acute Awareness of the Need for Strict Security Procedures; Poses Legal Liability for the Writer and the Organization; May Be Read by Readers Unknown to the Writer, Inside or Outside the Organization, for an Infinite Time
> Achieves Job Goals
> Addresses a Variety of Readers Who Have Different Perspectives
> Creates Excessive Paperwork and E-Mails
> Uses a Variet... MORE
Elizabeth Tebeaux is a Professor of English at Texas A&M University.
Sam Dragga is a Professor of English and the Chair of the English Department at Texas Tech University.
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