Technical Writing - A Practical Approach

Pfeiffer, William S.,

ISBN 10: 0130213721 / ISBN 13: 9780130213723

Edité par Allyn & Bacon, 1999

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Technical Writing - A Practical Approach
• Éditeur: Allyn & Bacon
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0130213721
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780130213723
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

For undergraduate-level courses in Technical Writing, Business Communication, Professional Communication, and Freshman Composition with a company emphasis.

Technical Writing: A Practical Approach offers an easy-to-use approach towards learning the fundamentals of technical writing. The author's writing style is reader-friendly, and engages the student by providing a comprehensive overview of current topics in technical writing.

Quatrième de couverture

Pfeiffer's Technical Writing: A Practical Approach, Fifth Edition, continues to set the standard with these important and practical features:

• Focus on both the writing process and the writing product
• A simple "ABC" pattern for organizing all types of documents
• A fictional company—McDuff, Inc.—that gives students a working world context for writing models and assignments
• Easy-to-use, numbered guidelines for writing documents
• Annotated writing models conveniently grouped at the ends of chapters
• "Communication Challenge" case studies at the end of all 15 chapters
• Alphabetized writing "Handbook" for quick reference
• Ethics assignments in every chapter
• Coverage of international communication

The fifth edition includes these NEW features:

• New "Collaboration at Work" exercises open every chapter and provide easy-to-use group exercises to get students involved in the chapter content.
• "International Communication" assignments in every chapter require students to use information from the chapter to solve a problem related to communicating across cultures and nations.
• New material on web site design introduces students to issues of design, construction, use, and evaluation (Appendix B).
• Expanded coverage of email in Chapter 7 addresses the increased emphasis on email in the workplace.
• Chapter 13 has been significantly revised again to address the rapid changes in Internet research and databases.

  Access the Pfeiffer web site by pointing at www.prenhall.com/pfeiffer. Here you will find additional resources to aid you in learning and applying the information from the book.