02863nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10613412 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070126s2007 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2007003763 9780895033345 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780895036940 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)820842335 HD2365 .O98 2007eb 658.4/058 22 Outsourcing technical communication [electronic resource] : issues, policies, and practices / edited by Barry Thatcher and Carlos Evia. Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., 2007. v, 235 p. Baywood's technical communications series Includes bibliographical references and index. Technical communication and IT oursourcing in India : past, present, and future / Prashant Natarajan and Makarand Pandit -- Defining technical communication in the United States and India : a contrastive analysis of established curricula and desired abilities / Carlos Evia -- Africa goes for outsourcing / Michael Jarvis, Kwadzo Bokor -- Outsourcing of technical communication tasks from German-speaking contexts / Petra Drewer and Charlotte Kaempf -- Approaching outsourcing in rhetoric and professional communication : lessons from U.S.-owned maquilas in Mexico / Barry Thatcher and Victoriano Garza-Almanza -- The information developer's dilemma / Joann Hackos and William Hackos, Jr. -- Language, culture, and collaboration in offshore outsourcing : a case study of international training team communication competencies / Jim Melton -- The implications of outsourcing for technical editing / Clint Lanier -- The privacy problems related to international outsourcing : a perspective for technical communicators / Kirk St. Amant -- Outsourcing technical communication : the policy behind the practice / Keith Gibson -- Obligations and opportunities : legal issues in offshore outsourcing technical communication / Charlsye Smith Diaz -- Conclusion : personal reflection on developing a viable trajectory for outsourcing technical communications / Barry Thatcher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Contracting out. Information technology Management. Business Communication systems. Electronic books. local Thatcher, Barry, 1964- Evia, Carlos, 1971- ebrary, Inc. Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10613412 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 100846 100846