Practical strategies for technical communication

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Title:

Author:

Markel, Michael H., author.

ISBN:

9781319003364

Personal Author:

Markel, Michael H., author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 525 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Pt. 1. Working in the technical-communication environment -- Introduction to technical communication -- Understanding ethical and legal obligations -- Writing collaboratively -- pt. 2. Planning and drafting the document -- Analyzing your audience and purpose -- Researching your subject -- Writing for your readers -- pt. 3. Designing user-friendly documents and websites -- Designing print and online documents -- Creating graphics -- pt. 4. Learning important applications -- Writing correspondence -- Writing job-application materials -- Writing proposals -- Writing informational reports -- Writing recommendation reports -- Writing definitions, descriptions, and instructions -- Making oral presentations.

Subject Term:

Technical writing.

English language -- Rhetoric.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016439376-b.html
Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016439376-d.html
Table of contents only https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016439376-t.html

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Summary

In Practical Strategies for Technical Communication , Mike Markel gives students the essentials they'll need to communicate successfully in today's workplace. The book offers concise and accessible yet thorough coverage of audience and purpose, research, style, and document design, and strategies for designing all of the major document types. For the second edition, Markel has worked with organizations to choose sample documents and annotate them with insights and advice from the employees who developed them. Throughout the text, a new set of engaging graphics provides visual explanations of key concepts. Practical Strategies for Technical Communication is now available with LaunchPad- a customizable course space featuring an ebook and an exciting array of digital resources including a test bank, adaptive quizzing, multimedia Document Analysis Activities, and more. To order or purchase the print book packaged with LaunchPad, use ISBN 9781319018207.