Do curricula in technical communication jibe with managerial expectations? A report about core competencies

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 359-368

  Rainey, Kenneth T ^a,b   Turner, Roy K ^a,b   Dayton, David ^a  

^a SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Information Design and Communication ^*

Author keywords

Collaborative; Competencies; Information products; Research; Self evaluation; Skills; Technical; Writing

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE; COMPETENCIES; INFORMATION PRODUCTS; SELF-EVALUATION; SKILLS; WRITING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EDUCATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 33745240077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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