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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461861403321

Autore

Winsor Dorothy A

Titolo

Writing power [[electronic resource] ] : communication in an engineering center / / Dorothy A. Winsor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8670-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication

Disciplina

620/.001/4

Soggetti

Communication in engineering

Technical writing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Writing Power""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Vignette 1. Scenes in an Engineering Center(and Elsewhere)""; ""1. Using Writing to Negotiate Knowledge and Power""; ""Vignette 2. Two Hours in an Afternoonof a Manager: Doug""; ""2. Managing the Organization Through Powerful Texts""; ""Vignette 3. A Meeting with Engineers: John""; ""3. Negotiating Knowledge Across, Down, and Up the Hierarchy""; ""Vignette 4. Two Hours in a Technician�s Afternoon: Rich""; ""4. Amassing Knowledge in the Hands of the More Powerful""

""Vignette 5. An Engineering Intern�s Morning: Kevin""""5. Entering Systems of Knowledge/Power""; ""6. Knowledge/Power/Texts in an Engineering Center""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""