Strategies for Engineering Communication

ISBN-13: 9780471128175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str.

Steven Whitmore; Susan Stevenson; Susan Stevenson

Opis

Designed around general principles of communication that can be applied to the specific field of engineering in which they are working.
* Examples throughout text are largely drawn from real documents written by professional engineers.
* Emphasis on rhetorical principles.

Spis treści

Planning and Inventing Strategies.

Drafting and Revising Strategies.

Rhetorical Strategies.

Strategies for Teamwork and Workplace Communication.

Oral Presentation Strategies.

Stylistic Strategies.

Format Strategies.

Document Strategies and Sample Documentation.

Index.

Blurb

DEVELOP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ANY ENGINEERING SITUATION

Effective communication is the key to success in engineering. Whether you′re already working in the field or will soon be entering professional practice, you will need to explain how the systems and devices you design work, why they are needed, how to use them, and how to sell them.

Strategies for Engineering Communication will help you master the skills needed to successfully communicate in situations commonly encountered by engineers. Throughout the text, you′ll find flexible strategies for researching, drafting, and revising documents and speeches, for working individualky and on teams, and for meeting the challenges of the many audiences, purposes, and contexts encountered at school and at work. Numerous exercises and examples provide opportunities for you to examine your own writing and the writing of other engineers.

This practical, hands–on text will help you:

• Master basic principles of effective communication.
• Develop communication skills that you can apply to a variety of writing situations, audiences, and media.
• Examine examples of real documents written by students and professional engineers.
• Understand the differences and similarities between successful spoken and written communication.
• Analyze your own writing.