Technical and business communication for entrepreneurs

Author

Nunally, Patrick O. ; Saad, Shaharil Mad

Author_Institution

Center for Entrepreneurship, Univ. of La Verne, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Oct 1993

Firstpage

301

Lastpage

305

Abstract

The historical as well as current national shifts toward an entrepreneurial based economy, and the impact of recent defense industry reductions on the technical communications necessities of Southern California are outlined. As technical professionals face the downsizing of industries which have traditionally been employers of these professionals, many are endeavoring to become technical entrepreneurs or "technipreneurs". This shift in the professional objectives of technologiests combined with the lack of a communications infrastructure, which adequately facilitates the reconstruction their technical characteristics, presents several unique communication challenges. The communications issues of this transition are examined, and a particular solution for communication infrastructures, which can be provided by IEEE and similar professional societies, is introduced

Keywords

professional communication; IEEE; business communication; communications infrastructure; defense industry reductions; entrepreneurs; technical communications; technipreneurs; Aerospace industry; Business communication; Cultural differences; Defense industry; Facsimile; Global communication; Innovation management; Professional communication; Professional societies; Unemployment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1993. IPCC 93 Proceedings. 'The New Face of Technical Communication: People, Processes, Products'

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1993.593877

Filename

593877