Practical Strategies for Technical Communication with 2016 MLA Update
2nd Edition
Published on 19. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-319-14313-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Ideal for students taking Technical Communication, Professional Writing or Professional Communication courses, as well as Writing for Engineers, or Business Writing/Communication courses.
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information.
Ideal for students taking Technical Communication, Professional Writing or Professional Communication courses, as well as Writing for Engineers, or Business Writing/Communication courses.
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Approx. 560 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-319-14313-8 (9781319143138)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Mike Markel | Stuart Selber
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication
Book
01/2019
3rd Edition
Bedford/Saint Martin's
€50.28
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Person
Mike Markel was director of technical communication at Boise State University. The former editor of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, he is the author of numerous articles and six books about technical communication, including Ethics and Technical Communication: A Critique and Synthesis.
Content
Part 1 Working in the Technical Communication Environment.- 1: Introduction to Technical Communication.- 2: Understanding Ethical and Legal Obligations.- 3: Writing Collaboratively.- PART 2: Planning and Drafting the Document.- 4: Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose.- 5: Researching Your Subject.- 6: Writing for Your Readers.- Part 3: Designing User-Friendly Documents and Websites.- 7: Designing Print and Online Documents.- 8: Creating Graphics.- Part 4: Learning Important Applications.- 9: Writing Correspondence.- 10: Writing Job-Application Materials.- 11: Writing Proposals.- 12: Writing Informational Reports.- 13: Writing Recommendation Reports.- 14: Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions.- 15: Making Oral Presentations.- Appendix: Reference Handbook.- A: Documenting Your Sources.- B: Editing and Proofreading Your Documents.- References.- Index.- Selected Sample Documents and Examples.- Index of Features.