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Meeting Corporate Needs: How Technical Writing Can Prepare Students for Today's Changing Work Place.
Peer reviewedGerson, Steven M.; Gerson, Sharon J. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1994
Asks how technical writing teachers can better prepare students for careers. States that corporations want employees who can work together on teams, solve problems, and communicate. Explains that this requirement is due to the modern style of business which focuses on information and a horizontal management structure. States that writing should be…
Descriptors: Business, Career Guidance, Communication Skills, Corporations
Peer reviewedMcGuire, Peter; Putzell, Sara – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1989
Discusses difficulties technical writers and readers have concerning proposals that define problems and suggest innovation. Suggests that when writers recognize both their own and readers' assumptions about such problems, they can adopt techniques to gain reader concurrence. (KEH)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Feedback, Innovation, Organizational Communication
