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Managing Global Communication in Science and Technology

Peter J. Hager (Editor), H. J. Scheiber (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-24922-1
Hardcover
392 pages
November 1999
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MANAGING DOCUMENT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE GLOBAL LEVEL.

"Technical Communicators and their Contribution to the Systems Development Process" (J. Fisher).

"Global Graphics: Effectively Managing Visual Rhetoric for International Audiences" (P. Hager).

"The Impact of International Standards on Technical Communication" (R. Robinson).

MANAGING CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.

"A Participatory Approach to Communication for Developing Countries" (D. Andrews).

"Technology as a Communication Nexus: Transparent Aid or Technical Hinderance" (C. Ciborra & H. Scheiber).

"Creating Effective Global Teams" (D. Hanson).

"Document Design in the Information Age: A Consideration of Hypertext for International Technical Communication" (J. Inman).

"Lessons on Efficiency from the Field of Computing" (T. Orr).

MANAGING STYLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: TECHNICAL TRANSLATIONS, READABILITY AND USABILITY.

"The Influence of Linguistic Patterns on the Transfer of Strategic Information: A Diachronic Study of the Rhetoric of Patent Applications in the U.S." (M. Frobert-Adamo).

"Improving Cost-Effectiveness in the Documentation Development Process through Integrated Translation" (K. Spalink).

GLOBAL TRAINING FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS.

"The Message Sent vs. The Message Received: Implications for Designing Training Materials for Central and Eastern Europeans" (V. Mikelonis).

"Café, the ou late?: Teaching Technical Communicators to Manage Translation and Localization" (B. Maylath & E. Thrush).

"Preparing Technical Communicators for International Publishing: The Need for Industry-Education Cooperatives" (B. Speck).

ISSUES OF ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION.

"All Work, No Play, and No Education: The American Apparel Industry's Responses to the Problems of International Child Labor" (G. Kennedy).

"Managing Ecologically Responsible Publications in the 'Green' Global Village" (H. Shirk).

"Technical Communication in a Multicultural World: How to Make It an Asset in Managing International Businesses, Lessons from Europe and Asia for the 21st Century" (J. Ulijn & R. Kumar).

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