03355nam 22005533u 450 991081718680332120230617032453.00-89503-688-6(CKB)2670000000275701(EBL)3117836(SSID)ssj0000817640(PQKBManifestationID)12392400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000817640(PQKBWorkID)10829599(PQKB)10285136(MiAaPQ)EBC3117836(EXLCZ)99267000000027570120151005d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower and Legitimacy in Technical Communication, Volume I[electronic resource] The Historical and Contemporary Struggle for Professional StatusAmityville Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.20031 online resource (263 p.)Baywood's Technical Communications SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-89503-247-3 ""Power and Legitimacy in Technical Communication, Volume I: The Historical and Contemporary Struggle for Professional Status""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION Toward Professional Status in Technical Communication""; ""PART I. HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR STATUS""; ""CHAPTER 1 Instructions as ""Inventions"": When the Patent Meets the Prose""; ""CHAPTER 2 Plain Talk from Rudolf Flesch: Making a Science of Writing""""CHAPTER 3 Status and the Technical Communicator: Utilitarianism, Prestige, and the Role of Academia in Creating our Professional Persona""""PART II. THE CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLE FOR STATUS""; ""CHAPTER 4 A Critical Look at Professional Organizations in Technical Communication""; ""CHAPTER 5 Inside Out/Outside In: Transcending the Boundaries that Divide the Academy and Industry""; ""CHAPTER 6 Moving from the Periphery: Conceptions of Ethos, Reputation, and Identity for the Technical Communicator""; ""CHAPTER 7 The Process and Prospects for Professionalizing Technical Communication""""PART III. ENVISIONING EMPOWERED PRACTICE FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION""""CHAPTER 8 The Technical Communicator as Author: Meaning, Power, Authority""; ""CHAPTER 9 The Technical Communicator as Author? A Critical Postscript""; ""CHAPTER 10 Universities, Corporate Universities, and the New Professionals: Professionalism and the Knowledge Economy""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles From Baywood�s Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover""Baywood's Technical Communications SeriesCommunication of technical informationEngineering & Applied SciencesHILCCTechnology - GeneralHILCCCommunication of technical information.Engineering & Applied SciencesTechnology - General808.0666Kynell-Hunt Teresa1687118Savage Gerald J1687119AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910817186803321Power and Legitimacy in Technical Communication, Volume I4088783UNINA