Technical ideas may be solid or even groundbreaking, but if these ideas cannot be clearly communicated, reviewers of technical documents--e.g., proposals for research funding, articles submitted to scientific journals, and business plans to commercialize technology--are likely to reject the argument for advancing these ideas.
The problem is that many engineers and scientists, entirely comfortable with the logic and principles of mathematics and science, treat writing as if it possesses none of these attributes. The absence of a...
A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO WRITING
Technical ideas may be solid or even groundbreaking, but if these ideas cannot be clearly communicat...
This book covers the ever-increasing problem of information overload from both the professional and academic perspectives. Focusing on the needs of practicing engineers and professional communicators, it addresses the causes and costs of information overload, along with strategies and techniques for reducing and minimizing its negative effects. The theoretical framework of information overload and ideas for future research are also presented. The book brings together an international group of authors, providing a truly global point of view on this important, rarely covered topic.
This book covers the ever-increasing problem of information overload from both the professional and academic perspectives. Focusing on the needs of pr...
This book demonstrates some of the ways in which communication and developing technologies can improve global food and water safety by providing a historical background on outbreaks and public resistance, as well as generating interest in youth and potential professionals in the field
History of muckraking in the food industry
Case study on groundwater regulation
Interviews with members of the beef industry and livestock market owners
This book demonstrates some of the ways in which communication and developing technologies can improve global food and water safety by providing a his...
Provides a foundation for understanding a range of linguistic, cultural, and technological factors to effectively practice international communication in a variety of professional communication arenas
An in-depth analysis of how cultural factors influence translation, document design, and visual communication
A review of approaches for addressing the issue of international communication in a range of classes and training sessions
A summary of strategies for engaging in effective e-learning in international contexts
A synopsis of how to incorporate...
Provides a foundation for understanding a range of linguistic, cultural, and technological factors to effectively practice international communication...
College teaches you to be a good engineer. But it's likely that your college engineering courses didn't have time to teach you how to effectively contribute your ideas or how to transition to management or leadership. This book provides you with those missing tools.
Identify patterns of behavior that don't serve you (or your organization) well and change them
Create a plan of action that will allow for personal change that will impact your professional work
Hone the ways that your technical work can be seen positively inside your organization
Promote...
College teaches you to be a good engineer. But it's likely that your college engineering courses didn't have time to teach you how to effectively cont...
This book presents an effective solution to three issues. The first has to do with a missing framework to put engineering in the service of social justice, to date that framework has remained under-researched and unelaborated. Second, no book-length work has described the implications of such a social justice framework for multiple components of the engineering curriculum: specifically, the engineering sciences, engineering design, and the humanities and social sciences, particularly professional communication. Finally, of all the research focused on how to recruit and retain students from...
This book presents an effective solution to three issues. The first has to do with a missing framework to put engineering in the service of social ...
The goal of this book is to introduce students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. Readers will learn how considerations of audience and purpose govern the structure of their documents. The handbook is broken up into two sections: Writing in Engineering Organizations and What Can You Do With Writing? The first section helps readers approach their writing in a logical and persuasive way as well as analyze their purpose for writing. The second section demonstrates how to distinguish rhetorical situations and the generic forms to inform, train,...
The goal of this book is to introduce students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. Readers will learn how c...
