Winsor Writing Power

Communication in an Engineering Center
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8670-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 183 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication

Adds to our understanding of the powerful nature of texts and writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winsor, Dorothy A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Vignette 1. Scenes in an Engineering Center (and Elsewhere)
Chapter 1. Using Writing to Negotiate Knowledge and Power
Vignette 2. Two Hours in an Afternoon of a Manager: Doug
Chapter 2. Managing the Organization through Powerful Texts
Vignette 3. A Meeting with Engineers: John
Chapter 3. Negotiating Knowledge Across, Down, and Up the Hierarchy
Vignette 4. Two Hours in a Technician's Afternoon: Rich
Chapter 4. Amassing Knowledge in the Hands of the More Powerful
Vignette 5. An Engineering Intern's Morning: Kevin
Chapter 5. Entering Systems of Knowledge/Power Chapter 6. Knowledge/Power/Texts in an Engineering Center
Notes
Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dorothy A. Winsor is Professor of English at Iowa State University. She is the author of Writing Like an Engineer: A Rhetorical Education.