• DocumentCode
    1583927
  • Title

    Motivating the writing process: who says engineers have no emotions?

  • Author

    Franke, Ernie ; Thornton, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    ECI Div., E-Systems, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Lastpage
    249
  • Abstract
    The process of writing technical papers is examined from the prospective of both the engineer and industry. The motivation for working in any esoteric specialty centers around purpose fulfillment and colleague acceptance. This poses a management challenge, namely how to recognize the engineering writing environment and achieve the organization´s technical objectives in a way that also fulfills the writer´s needs. The engineer must believe that the effort of writing will be rewarded. Mentors, who encourage younger engineers, also need to be properly nurtured. Both the engineer and the employer benefit by gaining experience and exposure
  • Keywords
    technical presentation; colleague acceptance; engineers; management challenge; mentors; motivation; purpose fulfillment; technical papers; writing process; younger engineers; Engineering management; Environmental management; Feedback; Humans; Immune system; Power engineering and energy; Proposals; Research and development management; Speech; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 1995. IPCC '95 Proceedings. Smooth sailing to the Future., IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Savannah, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2957-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.1995.554919
  • Filename
    554919