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- 07/04/2003
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ISBN-13: | 9780471444732 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 07/04/2003 |
Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
Pages: | 536 |
Product dimensions: | 8.52(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.96(d) |
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Preface xiiiPART I Getting Started: Writing the First Drafts
Can Engineers Write? 3
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 Joan Knapp
Preparing to Write the Document: A Worksheet for Situational Analysis in the Workplace 7
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1990 Ronald J. Nelson
Issue Trees: A Tool to Aid the Engineering Writer 12
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(2) June 1994 Joan Temple Dennett and Michael Hseih
Ready, Aim—Write! 21
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(1) March 1988 Ruth C. Savakinas
Beginnings and Endings: Keys to Better Engineering Technical Writing 24
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(4) December 1997 Marcia Martens Pierson and Bion L. Pierson
Could You Be Clearer? An Examination of the Multiple Perspectives of Clarity 30
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 Ronald E. Dulek
The Grammar Instinct 34
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(2) June 2002 Alan D. Manning
Comparing the Two Cultures in Technical Writing 39
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(2) June 1991 Don Bush
PART II Construction and Content: Putting Documents Together
Creating a Doc Spec 45
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(2) June 1999 Liz Wing
Write a Good Technical Report 49
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 Gael D. Ulrich
How to Avoid the Transitional Ax in Indirect Bad News Messages 55
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(1) March 1991 Thomas L.Wiseman
Job Hunting: Sharpening Your Competitive Edge 5
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(4) December 1984 Ron S. Blicq
How to Write a Recommendation 6
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(4) December 1984 Alan D. Wilcox
Some Guidance on Preparing Technical Articles for Publication 7
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 Richard Manley, Judith Graham, and Ralph Baxter
Today’s Style Guide:Trusted Tool with Added Potential 8
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 Jane Perkins and Cassandra Maloney
“Professional Communication” and the “Odor of Mendacity”: The Persistent Suspicion that Skillful Writing is Successful Lying 8
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-38(3) September 1995 Edmond H. Weiss
PART III Text and Graphics: Presenting Information Visually
Editing Visual Media 97
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 Thomas R. Williams and Deborah A. Harkus
Visual Discriminability of Headings in Text 110
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 Thomas R. Williams and Jan H. Spyridakis
Choosing the Right Graph 117
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(1) March 2002 Jean-Luc Doumont and Philippe Vandenbroek
Table Construction: Do’s and Don’ts 123
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 Eva Dukes
Safety Labels: What to Put in Them, How to Write Them, and Where to Place Them 128
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(3) September 1987 Christopher Velotta
Editing Math: What to Do with the Symbols 134
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-33(3) June 1990 Barry W. Burton
Displaying Scientific Graphics on Computer 138
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(2) June 1997 Janet E. Lincoln and Donald L. Monk
PART IV Manuals and Procedures: Giving Directions that Work
Designing and Writing Operating Manuals 155
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 Lidia Lopinto
Manual Dexterity—What Makes Instructional Manuals Usable 158
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(2) June 1984 James P. Gleason and Joan P. Wackerman
Selecting and Switching: Some Advantages of Diagrams Over Tables and Lists for Presenting Instructions 161
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(4) December 1998 Angelique Boekelder and Michael Steehouder
Using a Structured Design Analysis To Simplify Complex In-House Computer Manuals 174
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(1) March 1992 John S. Craig
Single-Source Manuals 180
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(2) June 1994 Gary Bist
The Effects of Screen Captures in Manuals: A Textual and Two Visual Manuals Compared 187
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(2) June 1999 Mark Gellevij, Hans van der Meij, Ton deJong, and Jules Pieters
The User Edit: Making Manuals Easier to Use 202
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-24(1) March 1981 Marshall A. Atlas
PART V Proposals: Writing to Win the Customer
Fifteen Questions to Help You Write Winning Proposals 207
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(2) June 1983 T. M. Georges
The Short Proposal:Versatile Tool for Communicating Corporate Culture in Competitive Climates 208
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(2) June 1989 Bernard E. Budish and Richard L. Sandhusen
Technical Writing and Illustrating Strategies for Winning Government Contracts 213
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-28(2) June 1992 Robert B. Greenly
Storyboarding Can Help Your Proposal 219
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 Robert A. Barakat
Developing Winning Proposal Strategies 225
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(3) September 1991 Robert A. Barakat
Clarification Questions That Work 235
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(2) June 1988 Annette D. Reilly
Proposals: Write to Win 238
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(2) June 1983 Clark E. Beck
Broadening Employment Horizons:Transferring Proposal Writing Skills from For-Profit to Nonprofit Organizations 240
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(2) June 1996 Sherry Shebley Hamilton
PART VI Revising and Editing: Refining Your Documents
Theory and Practice of Editing Processes in Technical Communication 247
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-28(1) March 1985 Roger E. Masse
When the Basics Aren’t Enough: Finding a Comprehensive Editor 256
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(3) September 1994 Laurel K. Grove
Collaborative Writing in the Workplace 260
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(3) September 1989 Charles R. Stratton
Reverse Engineering: The Outline As Document Restructuring Tool 265
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-29(3) September 1986 Dietrich Rathjens
How Writing Helps R&D Work 271
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(2) June 1987 Herbert B. Michaelson
The Paradox of Revision: A Study of Writing as a Product in the Revision of Manuals 271
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(1) March 1996 Alice I. Philbin and Melissa M. Spirek
Online Editing: Mark-Up Models and the Workplace Lives of Editors and Writers 279
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-38(3) June 1995 David K. Farkas and Steven E. Poltrock
PART VII Oral Presentations: Speaking Effectively to Groups
A Quick and Easy Strategy for Organizing a Speech 289
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-33(3) September 1990 Richard A. Lindeborg
A Good Speech is Worth a Thousand (Written) Words 293
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 Bert Decker
The Engineering Presentation—Some Ideas on How to Approach and Present It 296
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(4) December 1983 Ronald C. Rosenburg
Authenticity Beats Eloquence 299
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(2) June 1987 Susan Dressel and Joe Chew
Handling a Hostile Audience—With Your Eyes 301
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 Gilda Carle
Improving Oral Marketing Presentations in the Technology-Based Company 304
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(2) June 1988 Michael F. Warlum
Illustrations in Oral Presentations: Photographs 308
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(3) September 1998 Thomas Walsh
Producing a Video on a Technical Subject: A Guide 312
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-36(2) June 1993 Danny Dowhal, Gary Bist, Peter Kohlman, Stan Musker, and Heather Rogers
PART VIII Listening, Meeting, and Teamwork:Working with Others to Get Results
You Haven’t Heard a Word I Said: Getting Managers to Listen 323
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(1) March 1994 Jo Procter
Becoming an Effective Listener 326
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-23(2) June 1980 Marion E. Haynes
Toward Better Meetings: A Psychologist’s View 330
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-24(3) September 1981 Eugene Raudsepp
Presenting the Successful Technical Seminar 333
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(1) March 1983 Thomas Ealey
Project Characteristics and Group Communication: An Investigation 336
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(2) June 2002 Tom L. Roberts, Paul H. Cheney, and Paul D. Sweeney
Between Silence and Voice: Communicating in Cross-Functional Project Teams 351
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(1) March 1991 Linda Loehr
A Dialogue Technique to Enhance Electronic Communication in Virtual Teams 357
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(2) June 2000 Bernard C. Y. Tan, Kwok-Kee Wei, Wayne W. Huang, and Guet-Ngoh Ng
Videoconferencing as a Communication Tool 370
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 Jan A. Sprey
PART IX Global Communication: Conveying Meaning Internationally
World Language Status Does Not Ensure World Class Usage 379
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(1) March 1992 Joann T. Dennett
English Language Education for Specific Professional Needs 380
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(3) September 2001 Thomas Orr
When Culture and Rhetoric Contrast: Examining English as the International Language of Technical Communication 385
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(4) December 1999 Kirk St. Amant
The Organization of Japanese Expository Passages 389
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(3) September 1999 Waka Fukuoka and Jan H. Spyridakis
Measuring the Translatability of Simplified English in Procedural Documents 398
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 Jan H. Spyridakis, Heather Holmback, and Serena K. Shubert
Babel in Document Design: The Evaluation of Multilingual Texts 407
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(3) September 2000 Leo Lentz and Jacquelin Hulst
Aligning International Editing Efforts with Global Business Strategies 417
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 Carol Leininger and Rue Yuan
Tackling the Needs of Foreign Academic Writers: A Case Study 425
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 Shimona Kushner
PART X The Internet: Making the Most of Cyberspace
Stylistic Guidelines for E-Mail 433
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-77(4) December 1994 Renee B. Horowitz and Marian G. Barchilon
“Who’s Reading My E-Mail?” A Study of Professionals’ E-Mail Usage and Privacy Perceptions in the Workplace 439
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 Patricia A. Chociey
Customer Partnering: Data Gathering For Complex On-Line Documentation 446
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(2) June 1997 JoAnn T. Hackos, Molly Hammar, and Arthur Elser
Challenges in Developing Research-Based Web Design Guidelines 455
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(3) September 2000 Mary B. Evans
The Web and Corporate Communication: Potentials and Pitfalls 466
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(1) March 1996 Gary Ritzenthaler and David H. Ostroff
Editing A Web Site: Extending the Levels of Edit 473
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 Steven L. Anderson, Charles P. Campbell, Nancy Hindle, Jonathan Price, and Randall Scasny
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities: An Introduction for Web Developers 484
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(4) December 2001 Jeff Carter and Mike Markel
A Conceptual Framework for International Web Design 493
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(2) June 2001 Fatemah M. Zahedi, William V. Van Pelt, and Jaeki Song
Index 515
About the Editor 519