Integrating workforce communication into senior design tutorial

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-426

  Norback, Judith Shaul ^a   Hardin, Jill R ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Engineering education; Oral communication; Professional communication; Writing

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; ORAL COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 29344448659     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2005.859717     Document Type: Article

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