TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thatcher,Barry
AU  - Evia,Carlos
TI  - Outsourcing Technical Communication: Issues, Policies and Practices
T2  - Baywood's Technical Communications Series
SN  - 9780895036940
AV  - HD2365 -- .O98 2007eb 
U1  - 658.4058 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amityville
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Contracting out
KW  - Information technology -- Management
KW  - Business -- Communication systems
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Changing Face of Technical Communication in the Global Outsourcing Economy -- Part I Outsourcing Practices by Region -- Chapter 1 Technical Communication and IT Oursourcing in India-Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 2 Defining Technical Communication in the United States and India: A Contrastive Analysis of Established Curricula and Desired Abilities -- Chapter 3 Africa Goes for Outsourcing -- Chapter 4 Outsourcing of Technical Communication Tasks from German-Speaking Contexts -- Chapter 5 Approaching Outsourcing in Rhetoric and Professional Communication: Lessons from U.S.-Owned Maquilas in Mexico -- Part II Management and Cross-Cultural Communication Issues -- Chapter 6 The Information Developer's Dilemma -- Chapter 7 Language, Culture, and Collaboration in Offshore Outsourcing: A Case Study of International Training Team Communication Competencies -- Chapter 8 The Implications of Outsourcing for Technical Editing -- Part III Legal, Ethical, and Political Issues -- Chapter 9 The Privacy Problems Related to International Outsourcing: A Perspective for Technical Communicators -- Chapter 10 Outsourcing Technical Communication: The Policy Behind the Practice -- Chapter 11 Obligations and Opportunities: Legal Issues in Offshore Outsourcing Technical Communication -- Conclusion: Personal Reflection on Developing a Viable Trajectory for Outsourcing Technical Communications -- Contributors -- Index
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