Information Overload: An International Challenge for Professional Engineers and Technical Communicators

A unique approach to information overload, combining theory and practical solutions Written and edited by an international group of experts from academia and industry, Information Overload clearly links academic theory to real-world practice, providing a truly global and interdisciplinary treatment...

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1. Verfasser: Strother, Judith B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Somerset Wiley 2012
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series v.2
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Zusammenfassung:A unique approach to information overload, combining theory and practical solutions Written and edited by an international group of experts from academia and industry, Information Overload clearly links academic theory to real-world practice, providing a truly global and interdisciplinary treatment of this important topic. Emphasizing the role of engineers and technical communicators, the book discusses the root causes and costs of information overload within organizations and introduces strategies and proven techniques for reducing information overload and minimizing its negative impact. It offers a theoretical framework and ideas for future research, and features special chapter 'insight boxes' that recount different approaches to problems from various multinational corporations. Information Overload: Focuses on key definitions and challenges of information overload for both communicators and organizations Details a variety of technical and human-centered strategies for addressing the deluge of data Presents effective solutions tried at IBM, Xerox, and Harris Corporation Examines the effects of culture as well as that of color, visual form, text, and end-user documentation Offers an engineering perspective on the technologies available for dealing with information overload Information Overload also serves as a first-rate survival manual for researchers in academia, practicing engineers, technical communicators, and managers and professionals at all levels of profit and nonprofit organizations
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (321 pages)
ISBN:9781118360514

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