1st Edition

Exploring the Rhetoric of International Professional Communication An Agenda for Teachers and Researchers

By Carl Lovitt, Dixie Goswami Copyright 1999
    326 Pages
    by Routledge

    326 Pages
    by Routledge

    Presents a collection of fourteen essays that responds to the need for a more rhetorical conception of professional communication as an international discipline. This book challenges the adequacy of relying on preconceived notions about the factors that determine discourse in international professional settings.

    INTRODUCTION • Rethinking the Role of Culture in International Professional  Communication  Carl R. Lovitt

    PART ONE: Professional Communication in the Global Workplace

    CHAPTER 1 • Communicating in a Global Multicultural Corporation: Other Metaphors and Strategies  Jane M. Perkins

    CHAPTER 2 • Information Systems and Technology in International Professional Communication  Deborah C. Andrews

    CHAPTER 3 • Using Technology to Support Global Drug-Development Teams Stephen A. Bernhardt

    CHAPTER 4 • The Impact of Discourse Communities on International Professional Communication John Webband Michael Keene

    CHAPTER 5 • Redefining the Professional in International Professional Communication Timothy S. Boswood

    PART TWO: Rhetorical Strategies for the Global Workplace

    CHAPTER 6 • Intercultural Business Communication: An Interactive Approach Jürgen Bolten

    CHAPTER 7 • A Relational Framework for Professional Communication in International Organizations  Frederick Steier

    CHAPTER 8 • Effective Communication in Multicultural Organizations: A Receiver-Defined Activity  Judi Brownell

    PART THREE: Teaching and Research in International Professional Communication

    CHAPTER 9 • Cultural Biases in Intercultural Business Communication Courses and How to Avoid Them S. Paul Verluyten

    CHAPTER 10 • Culture and the Shape of Rhetoric: Protocols of International Document Design Elizabeth Tebeauxand Linda Driskill

    CHAPTER 11 • Visual Elements in Cross-Cultural Technical Communication: Recognition and Comprehension as a Function of Cultural Conventions Deborah S. Bosley

    CHAPTER 12 • The Implications of Translation for Professional Communication Timothy Weiss

    CHAPTER 13 • The Student-as-Researcher in International Organizations Jane Jorgenson

    CHAPTER 14 • Afterword: Teaching and Research Directions for International Professional Communication Dixie Goswami

    INDEX

    Biography

    Carl R Lovitt (Author) , Dixie Goswami (Author)