Effective Communication Skills For Scientific And Techinical Professionals

Author : Harry E. Chambers
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0738202878

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Effective Communication Skills For Scientific And Techinical Professionals by Harry E. Chambers Pdf

Flatter, more collaborative organizational structures, combined with the pressure to translate innovative ideas into action quickly, are increasing the need by technical professionals-such as computer programmers, design specialists, engineers, and R&D scientists-to expand their repertoire of communication and managerial skills. In this highly accessible and practical book, Harry Chambers offers a wealth of strategies and tactics for building these skills, to the benefit of individuals, teams, and companies. In his trademark shoot-from-the-hip style, Chambers identifies specific real-world challenges that technical professionals face in the workplace, and offers definitive guidelines for enhancing their communication skills-from making presentations to giving and receiving criticism to navigating office politics. Featuring interviews with people in the trenches, as well as self-assessment tools and exercises, Effective Communication Skills will become a valued resource for technical professionals and their colleagues, trainers, and HR departments in all industries.

Author : Jennifer MacLennan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Communication of technical information
ISBN : 019544468X

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Effective Communication for the Technical Professions by Jennifer MacLennan Pdf

Effective Communication for the Technical Professions is a core text aimed at the first- through third-year university and college levels. Using a theoretical and practical approach, this text is a concise guide to technical communication that helps students practise critical reading andanalysis skills, technical writing, as well as develop communication skills employers value. By approaching communication as a human process that requires not only clarity of purpose, but also a strong sense of audience, the text is based on the premise that an understanding of basic rhetoricaltheory can enhance one's practical communication skills.

Author : Herbert Hirsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780471660897

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Essential Communication Strategies by Herbert Hirsch Pdf

Learn the tricks-of-the-trade of becoming a great technicalcommunicator Remember when you were an undergraduate and freshman compositionseemed so irrelevant to your life? After all, you were going toconquer the world with technological know-how. Your spellchecksoftware would handle the details. Now that you're a professional -pitching an idea, vying for a contract or grant, or presenting at ameeting - getting your point across effectively suddenly seemspretty essential for success, doesn't it? Fear not. This light-hearted text, brimming with proventechniques, good advice, and real-world examples that you caneasily apply to your own case, will turn you into an adeptcommunicator. Written expressly for technologists, this is asimple, concise, and practical guide to the communication dynamicsof writing, presentation delivery, and meeting interaction. Herbert Hirsch, in-demand consultant who developed thesetechniques for his own prolific engineering career, teaches you howto use "scripting" to plan for communication events. More than amere outline or storyboard, scripting is a powerful technique thatassists you in getting the right structure and content, in theproper order. Using scripting, you will master the fundamental principles ofcommunicating: How to grab the reader's or audience's attention from thestart How to maintain the connection while proceeding smoothly fromtopic to topic How to provide the substantiation for the points you made How to communicate with people from other groups, such asmarketers, investors, users, and others How to overcome such obstacles as fear, boredom, and aversionto your material Distilling the art of communication to its essence, EssentialCommunication Strategies empowers you to communicate withconfidence and authority in every situation, to every audience.

Author : NIRA KUMAR
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788120344204

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Communication Skills for Professionals by NIRA KUMAR Pdf

In today’s competitive and globalized world, communication has become an essential tool for everyone—be they students, academics or professionals. For technocrats and professionals, it becomes all the more necessary to acquire good communication skills as they have to communicate effectively with all their business and professional colleagues. This book on Communication Skills for Professionals, now in its Second Edition, strives to equip the students of engineering and technology with the requisite knowledge of effective communication. Divided into seven parts, this compact and student-friendly text discusses the various aspects of language such as vocabulary, grammar, verbs, phrasal verbs, voices, tenses, transformation and synthesis of sentences. Besides, the book gives a clear analysis of such skills as writing, reading, listening and public speaking. Finally, the book ends with means of effective communication, business communication, situational dialogues, public speaking skills, body language, and group discussions (GDs). The book which is suffused with plenty of examples and skillfully designed questions, is primarily intended as a textbook for the first-year engineering students of West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) for their core course on English Language and Communication. It is activity based and classroom tested and would be highly useful also for B.Tech./BE students across the country. WHAT’S NEW TO THIS EDITION : A new chapter on Business Communication New sections on Business Talk and Meetings Gives the characteristics of a good speaker Has more indepth study of listening and reading skills.

Author : Stephanie Barnard,Health Care Communications Group,Kirk T. Hughes,Deborah St. James
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0300088620

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Writing, Speaking, & Communication Skills for Health Professionals by Stephanie Barnard,Health Care Communications Group,Kirk T. Hughes,Deborah St. James Pdf

Strong communication skills are required of today's health care practitioners. This guide contains practical advice on a broad range of essential communication skills for health-care practitioners.

Author : Martin S. Roden,Teressa E. Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technical writing
ISBN : 0979348730

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Writing and Speaking for Technical Professionals by Martin S. Roden,Teressa E. Murphy Pdf

Author : Li-Shih Huang
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761852810

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Academic Communication Skills by Li-Shih Huang Pdf

Academic Communication Skills is designed to assist international graduate students as they create their own opportunities to expand their linguistic and strategic repertoires in academic English conversations. The needs of international graduate students are often different than those of others who have learned English as an additional language because they participate in academic conversations at advanced levels, encounter daily opportunities to discuss topics about which they have sophisticated knowledge, and are required to share their expertise with others (in their roles as teaching assistants or research assistants). As students progress in their academic studies, they increasingly understand that their fluency in academic oral communications plays an important role in their academic performance and future career options. While they recognize the importance, many voice frustrations, finding that speaking English is more difficult than writing and engaging in impromptu dialogues is more difficult than presenting prepared monologues. This book is an excellent resource for either classroom instruction or for self-study. It provides effective confidence-building strategies that speakers can try when participating in a range of different academic interactions. By guiding both students and instructors in examining common conversational challenges in academic environments, including many of the assumptions that frequently cause miscommunication, the book provides proven strategies for increased effectiveness and confidence in cross-cultural academic conversations.

Author : Mohd Nageen Rather
Publisher : Idea Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Approach to PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION by Mohd Nageen Rather Pdf

At the turn of this century, with the advent of the information revolution, the concept of professional communication has been repeatedly redefined to accommodate the new trends, methods and changes that communication in the corporate world has witnessed. Generally, it has to do with the effective transmission of information over various channels, using various mediums and means. It could be oral, written, visual, nonverbal, digital, web-based, etc. Channels can be air waves, pages of a book, newspapers, or more recently computers, smart phones and tablets.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Science of Science Communication: A Research Agenda
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309451055

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Communicating Science Effectively by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Science of Science Communication: A Research Agenda Pdf

Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result, people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal values and other considerations as they make important life decisions about medical care, the safety of foods, what to do about climate change, and many other issues. Communicating science effectively, however, is a complex task and an acquired skill. Moreover, the approaches to communicating science that will be most effective for specific audiences and circumstances are not obvious. Fortunately, there is an expanding science base from diverse disciplines that can support science communicators in making these determinations. Communicating Science Effectively offers a research agenda for science communicators and researchers seeking to apply this research and fill gaps in knowledge about how to communicate effectively about science, focusing in particular on issues that are contentious in the public sphere. To inform this research agenda, this publication identifies important influences â€" psychological, economic, political, social, cultural, and media-related â€" on how science related to such issues is understood, perceived, and used.

Author : David F. Beer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0471444731

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Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions by David F. Beer Pdf

An updated edition of the classic guide to technical communication Consider that 20 to 50 percent of a technology professional's time is spent communicating with others. Whether writing a memo, preparing a set of procedures, or making an oral presentation, effective communication is vital to your professional success. This anthology delivers concrete advice from the foremost experts on how to communicate more effectively in the workplace. The revised and expanded second edition of this popular book completely updates the original, providing authoritative guidance on communicating via modern technology in the contemporary work environment. Two new sections on global communication and the Internet address communicating effectively in the context of increased e-mail and web usage. As in the original, David Beer's Second Edition discusses a variety of approaches, such as: * Writing technical documents that are clear and effective * Giving oral presentations more confidently * Using graphics and other visual aids judiciously * Holding productive meetings * Becoming an effective listener The new edition also includes updated articles on working with others to get results and on giving directions that work. Each article is aimed specifically at the needs of engineers and others in the technology professions, and is written by a practicing engineer or a technical communicator. Technical engineers, IEEE society members, and technical writing teachers will find this updated edition of David Beer's classic Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions an invaluable guide to successful communication.

Author : Nicholas Mocciolo
Publisher : ACTEX Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781625420121

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Making the Grade by Nicholas Mocciolo Pdf

The single-source reference on career advancement and exam-taking skills for wherever you are in the exam process. The author shares a wealth of practical tips and techniques to increase your probability of passing every exam on your first try, just as he did. Information on actuarial organizations in the U.S. and Canada to help you navigate their educational programs, and better understand possible career options and paths. A review of communications and leadership skills that will make you more marketable and facilitate your rise to the top. Specifically targeted to actuarial students. Please note there are no returns on the digital version. "The content of this volume will be found indispensable to anyone embarking upon a daunting process which is likely to devour a significant part of young adulthood. It should be included as no less a part of the employment package for an aspiring actuary than fringe benefit descriptions and a W-4 form" - Robert W Batten, FSA Professor Emeritus of Actuarial Science Georgia State University "This is the only book on the market that directly addresses how to successfully navigate the entire actuarial exam system. Students who read this book are likely both to improve their pass rate on exams and to experience less anxiety both before and after exam day." - Robin Cunningham, Ph.D., FSA Co-Author Models for Quantifying Risk "Given that you can spend over 300 hours studying for just one actuarial examination, it is well worth an investment of two to three hours to read this fine summary of how to study for and write actuarial exams. Written in an easy style, this book is full of sound suggestions to improve your effciency on these trying examinations. Not only that, but if you follow the advice given faithfully, it could just make the difference between receiving a six verses a five." - Robert L. Brown, Ph.D., FSA, FCIA, ACAS Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo President Society of Actuaries 2000-2001 "I am impressed with the information and insight that you provided in the book. Your book gave me hope. I will be using your advice in the future. I especially liked your insight on communication and leadership skills. After reading your book, I am confident that I have a bright future in the field. Thank you so much for boosting my confidence." -- Kiran, Actuarial Student

Author : Samy Azer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781444144130

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Making Sense of Clinical Teaching by Samy Azer Pdf

Are you new to clinical teaching and looking for practical advice? Would you like to challenge and improve your current teaching style? Do you want to direct change in teaching practice within a department or institution?If your answer to any of the above is yes, then Making Sense of Clinical Teaching is the resource for you. It offers the novice a

Author : Clifford Whitcomb,Leslie E. Whitcomb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118514207

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Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers by Clifford Whitcomb,Leslie E. Whitcomb Pdf

Presents key principles of communication that support clear exchanges in a technical context and help engineers learn effective communication skills Effective communication is a necessity for engineers. Even minor on-the-job misunderstandings can cost time, money, or worse. Yet even though recent studies show that improved communication makes for better engineers, the ability to speak clearly and listen carefully have historically been considered "soft skills" and are not typically or explicitly addressed in engineering programs. Working from basic units called microskills, Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers shows readers, one step at a time, how to engage, listen, manage conflict, and influence others with highly constructive, repeatable communication exchanges. This career-enhancing handbook: Presents communication skills for both technical issues and social situations in an engineering context Breaks skills down to elemental usage forms as microskills Includes plenty of practice exercises, case studies, and self-assessment tools Helps develop higher-level skills for more complex situations, such as dealing with confrontation and conflict negotiation Features a direct, user-friendly, practice-oriented format Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers is a must-have guide for professionals and an important supplement for engineering programs at all levels.

Author : David F. Beer
Publisher : Wiley-IEEE Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015040654454

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Writing & Speaking in Technology Professions by David F. Beer Pdf

Did you know that technology professionals spend 20 percent to 50 percent of their time communicating with others? This book delivers concrete advice from foremost experts on how to write technical documents that are clear and effect ive, give oral presentations more confidently, present information visually using graphics, and much more.

Author : Diana J. Mason,Judith K. Leavitt,Mary W. Chaffee
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323242417

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Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare - Revised Reprint by Diana J. Mason,Judith K. Leavitt,Mary W. Chaffee Pdf

Featuring analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Carehelps you develop skills in influencing policy in today's changing health care environment. 145 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in policies and politics, providing a more complete background than can be found in any other policy textbook on the market. Discussions include the latest updates on conflict management, health economics, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change. The revised reprint includes a new appendix with coverage of the new Affordable Care Act. With these insights and strategies, you'll be prepared to play a leadership role in the four spheres in which nurses are politically active: the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community. Up-to-date coverage on the Affordable Care Act in an Appendix new to the revised reprint.Comprehensive coverage of healthcare policies and politics provides a broader understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as complex business and financial issues.Expert authors make up a virtual Nursing Who's Who in healthcare policy, sharing information and personal perspectives gained in the crafting of healthcare policy.Taking Action essays include personal accounts of how nurses have participated in politics and what they have accomplished.Winner of several American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year" awards! A new Appendix on the Affordable Care Act, its implementation as of mid-2013, and the implications for nursing, is included in the revised reprint.18 new chapters ensure that you have the most up-to-date information on policy and politics.The latest information and perspectives are provided by nursing leaders who influenced health care reform with thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.