The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous Environments
ISBN: 9780805836851 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The crash of an Amtrak train near Baltimore, the collapse of the Hyatt hotel in Kansas City, the incident at Three Mile Island, and other large-scale technological disasters have provided powerful examples of the ways that communication practices influence the events and decisions that precipitate a disaster. These examples have raised ethical questions about the responsibility of writers within agencies, epistemological questions about the nature of representation in science, and rhetorical questions about the nature of expertise and experience as grounds for judgments about risk.
In... The crash of an Amtrak train near Baltimore, the collapse of the Hyatt hotel in Kansas City, the incident at Three Mile Island, and other large-scale ...
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702,94 zł |
The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous Environments
ISBN: 9780805836868 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This work examines rhetorical practice relating to situations of risk and how documents and communication succeed or fail in these contexts. It should be of use to scholars in technical communication, rhetoric, and related areas.
This work examines rhetorical practice relating to situations of risk and how documents and communication succeed or fail in these contexts. It should...
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249,88 zł |
Technical Communication and the World Wide Web
ISBN: 9780805845723 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) "Technical Communication and the World Wide Web" is a collective of sixteen chapters designed to help technical communication teachers prepare their students for twenty-first century writing for the World Wide Web by providing advice and examples in
"Technical Communication and the World Wide Web" is a collective of sixteen chapters designed to help technical communication teachers prepare their s...
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702,94 zł |
Communication of Complex Information: User Goals and Information Needs for Dynamic Web Information
ISBN: 9780805849929 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users, as well as stymie any designer tasked with presenting the information. Providing large amounts of information in a coherent and usable format remains an unresolved problem. Choosing, structuring, formatting, and displaying information to allow easy access and to facilitate understanding are critical issues for effective design. To build an effective design that addresses complex information needs, one must look at research from psychology, sociology, human computer interaction, and...
The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users, as well as stymie any designer tasked with ...
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192,60 zł |
Communication of Complex Information: User Goals and Information Needs for Dynamic Web Information
ISBN: 9780805849936 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users as well as stymie any designer tasked with presenting the information. Providing large amounts of information in a coherent and usable format remains an unresolved problem. Choosing, structuring, formatting, and displaying information to allow easy access and to facilitate understanding are critical issues for effective design. To build an effective design that addresses complex information needs, one must look at research from psychology, sociology, human computer interaction, and...
The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users as well as stymie any designer tasked with p...
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104,09 zł |
Write It Down: Guidance for Preparing Effective and Compliant Documentation
ISBN: 9780849321719 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book covers writing for the FDA as it applies to the pharmaceutical industry. It presents a brief overview of the regulatory environment and documentation requirements, identifies the roles of writers and readers, and discusses the purpose of good documentation. The book offers a documents and representative writing samples from throughout the industry, ranging from the laboratory to Quality Assurance to manufacturing and regulatory affairs. It provides writers with the tools they need to complete writing tasks effectively. This new edition includes examples of various forms of...
This book covers writing for the FDA as it applies to the pharmaceutical industry. It presents a brief overview of the regulatory environment and docu...
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Survival Writing for Business
ISBN: 9780874258561 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This no-nonsense book is a virtual lifeline to writing success. Author Steve Gladis has been a writer all his life. He has published 11 books as well as numerous magazine and journal articles. Use this book to learn how to keep your writing clear and concise. Survival Writing for Business presents, in an easy-to-follow format, his top tips for writing clearly and briefly. The book answers your most pressing questions about writing, shows you what works and what doesn't, and reveals dozens of shortcuts you can apply today for instant results. The chapters also contain numerous examples that...
This no-nonsense book is a virtual lifeline to writing success. Author Steve Gladis has been a writer all his life. He has published 11 books as well ...
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Business Letter Writing
ISBN: 9781406756494 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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Write to the Point: How to Communicate in Business with Style and Purpose
ISBN: 9781564146397 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Provides practical, proven techniques for making business writing more effective and less stressful. Includes step-by-step procedures for generating effective e-mail, memos, letters, and reports.
Provides practical, proven techniques for making business writing more effective and less stressful. Includes step-by-step procedures for generating e...
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72,96 zł |
Effective Environmental Assessments
ISBN: 9781566705592 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For the first time, readers are provided with a comprehensive and auth oritative source on how to effectively prepare an EA. This book is spe cifically designed to appeal to a diverse audience, ranging from the g eneral public to decisionmakers and seasoned practitioners. The inform ation has been carefully synthesized and organized providing a wealth of information for the professional and layperson alike. It supplies c urrent research from nationally recognized experts from the government and private sectors, and contains tables, figures, graphics, flow cha rts, and checklists. All this...
For the first time, readers are provided with a comprehensive and auth oritative source on how to effectively prepare an EA. This book is spe cificall...
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781,04 zł |
Outlining Goes Electronic
ISBN: 9781567503791 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book examines a writing activity that has recently fallen into disrepute. Outlining has a bad reputation among students, even though many teachers and textbooks still recommend the process. In part, the author argues, the medium is to blame. Paper and ink make the revision difficult. But if one uses an electronic outliner, the activity can be very helpful in developing a thoughtful and effective document, particularly one that spans many pages and deals with a complicated subject. "Outlining Goes Electronic" takes an historical approach, examining the way people developed the idea... This book examines a writing activity that has recently fallen into disrepute. Outlining has a bad reputation among students, even though many teac... |
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191,84 zł |
The Development of Scientific Writing: Linguistic Features and Historical Context
ISBN: 9781845533175 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book traces the development of the scientific journal article as a linguistic genre in terms of its linguistic features. It looks at Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe as the first technical text written in English. Texts by Boyle, Power and Hooke from the late seventeenth century are then considered. This leads to the detailed analysis of a corpus of texts taken from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society covering the period 1700 to 1980. The main linguistic features studied are passive forms, first person pronouns, nominalization, and thematic structure. From the study of...
This book traces the development of the scientific journal article as a linguistic genre in terms of its linguistic features. It looks at Chaucer's Tr...
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137,03 zł |
Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication
ISBN: 9780805841404 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Information design is an emerging area in technical communication, garnering increased attention in recent times as more information is presented through both old and new media. In this volume, editors Michael J. Albers and Beth Mazur bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the issues facing those in this exciting new field.
Treating information as it applies to technical communication, with a special emphasis on computer-centric industries, this volume delves into the role of information design in assisting with concepts, such as usability, documenting procedures, and... Information design is an emerging area in technical communication, garnering increased attention in recent times as more information is presented thro...
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702,94 zł |
Technical Writing in a Corporate Culture: A Study of the Nature of Information
ISBN: 9780893916039 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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Organizational Rhetoric: Situations and Strategies
ISBN: 9781412956680 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) An unprecedented text explains how to analyze the role of rhetoric in organizationsIntegrating rhetorical theories and methods with principles of organizational communication, this pioneering text provides students with a step-by-step method for analyzing and critiquing examples of organizational rhetoric. The first half of the book offers an accessible introduction to rhetorical research, theory, and criticism and equips students for analyzing the messages of organizations in a variety of contexts. The second half focuses on needs in real-life organizational situations: to...
An unprecedented text explains how to analyze the role of rhetoric in organizationsIntegrating rhetorical theories and methods with pri...
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791,46 zł |
Organizational Rhetoric: Situations and Strategies
ISBN: 9781412956697 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) An unprecedented text explains how to analyze the role of rhetoric in organizationsIntegrating rhetorical theories and methods with principles of organizational communication, this pioneering text provides students with a step-by-step method for analyzing and critiquing examples of organizational rhetoric. The first half of the book offers an accessible introduction to rhetorical research, theory, and criticism and equips students for analyzing the messages of organizations in a variety of contexts. The second half focuses on needs in real-life organizational situations: to...
An unprecedented text explains how to analyze the role of rhetoric in organizationsIntegrating rhetorical theories and methods with pri...
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567,56 zł |
Fictions of Well-Being: Sickly Readers and Vernacular Medical Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain
ISBN: 9780812242553 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in Spain, health-related information in the vernacular began to circulate widely in treatises, compendiums, manuals, plague tracts, summaries, encyclopedias, and recipe collections. These were often the work of concerned physicians who attempted to refashion medical information to appeal to nonprofessionals. In "Fictions of Well-Being" Michael Solomon explores the shaping of this audience of sickly readers, highly motivated individuals who, when confronted with the painful, disruptive, and often alienating conditions of physical disorder,... From the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in Spain, health-related information in the vernacular began to circulate widely in treatises, ... |
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Wissenschaftlich schreiben - lehren und lernen
ISBN: 9783110178630 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Schreiben ist ein zentrales Medium wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation. Die Fahigkeit, wissenschaftliche Texte zu verfassen, ist eine Kompetenz, die den Erfolg in Wissenschaft und Studium wesentlich mitbestimmt. Diese Fahigkeit bedarf systematischer Vermittlung - eine Aufgabe fur Schule und Universitat. Neueste Entwicklungen in der Linguistik erarbeiten Grundlagen fur eine solche Schreibdidaktik. Der Band bietet einen reprasentativen Uberblick uber die aktuelle Diskussion und den derzeitigen Kenntnisstand. Schreiben ist ein zentrales Medium wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation. Die Fahigkeit, wissenschaftliche Texte zu verfassen, ist eine Kompetenz, die d... |
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365,22 zł |
Business Writing Makeovers: Shortcut Solutions to Improve Your Letters, E-Mails, and Faxes
ISBN: 9781450208840 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Do you want to save time and boost your career when you write at the office? Business Writing Makeovers: Shortcut Solutions to Improve Your Letters, E-Mails, and Faxes can help. Hawley Roddick draws on her WriteAssets(r) seminars for Fortune 500 companies to suggest various ways to write for results. She demonstrates, for example, that it is easier than you may imagine to write requests for a raise or promotion, proposals and reports, thank-you or sympathy notes, meeting minutes, e-mails, and sales letters. Business Writing Makeovers is a seminar in a book at a small fraction of a... Do you want to save time and boost your career when you write at the office? Business Writing Makeovers: Shortcut Solutions to Improve Your Letters... |
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A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing
ISBN: 9781441997876 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This linguistic guide to writing a scientific paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal also demonstrates how to address referees comments and responses. It focuses less on grammar and vocabulary, and more on the vital elements of discourse such as tenses and clarity. "This linguistic guide to writing a scientific paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal also demonstrates how to address referees comments an... |
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461,56 zł |