The role of technical communicators in private enterprise in the USSR: a preview of a survey of Soviet business students

Author

Swerdlow, Skip ; Welsh, Dianne H B

Author_Institution

Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

12-14 Sept. 1990

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

142

Abstract

The current state of Western-style management expertise in the USSR is inadequate. Soviet universities, therefore, have been integrating business subjects into their curriculum. Technical communicators will have to cooperate with these Soviet graduates/managers to ensure that information and technology are efficiently transmitted to, and used by, company employees at the foreign location. The authors describe a survey completed by Soviet business students concerning their attitudes toward Western business and the implications that these attitudes could have for technical communicators.<>

Keywords

commerce; education; management; technical presentation; Soviet business students; Soviet universities; USSR; Western business; business subjects; company employees; management expertise; private enterprise; technical communicators; Business communication; Companies; Costs; Government; Information technology; International collaboration; Manufacturing industries; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1990. IPCC 90. Communication Across the Sea: North American and European Practices, International

Conference_Location

Guildford, UK

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1990.111173

Filename

111173