The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781119070139 Author(s): David Kmiec Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2017 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Pages: 200 Series: IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series

Description: Helps both engineers and students improve their writing skills by learning to analyze target audience, tone, and purpose in order to effectively write technical documents This book introduces students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. It teaches readers how considerations of audience and purpose govern the structure of their documents within particular work settings. The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields is broken up into two sections: A?Writing in Engineering OrganizationsA? and A?What Can You Do With Writing?A? 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, persuade, and collaborate. The emergence of the global workplace has brought with it an increasingly important role for effective technical communication. Engineers more often need to work in cross-functional teams with people in different disciplines, in different countries, and in different parts of the world. Engineers must know how to communicate in a rapidly evolving global environment, as both practitioners of global English and developers of technical documents. Effective communication is critical in these settings. The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields Addresses the increasing demand for technical writing courses geared toward engineersAllows readers to perfect their writing skills in order to present knowledge and ideas to clients, government, and general publicCovers topics most important to the working engineer, and includes sample documentsInc