Title :
When the writer isn´t a technical person
Author_Institution :
Marcro Corp., Horsham, PA, USA
Abstract :
Most of the current members of the Society for Technical Communication, the largest professional society of technical communicators, began their careers in communications. In the 1970s, on the other hand, most technical communicators were technical people who had taken on writing tasks. This shift has created new opportunities for improving the technical writing product, as well as new problems for technical professionals, communications professionals, and managers to face and resolve
Keywords :
management; professional aspects; professional communication; technical presentation; Society for Technical Communication; communications professionals; professional society; technical communicators; technical professionals; technical writing product; writing tasks; Concrete; Engineering profession; Professional communication; Professional societies; Remuneration; Statistics; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1993. IPCC 93 Proceedings. 'The New Face of Technical Communication: People, Processes, Products'
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1993.593761
