Defining Problems that Call for Innovation.

McGuire, Peter; Putzell, Sara

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Publication Date: 1989

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Defining Problems that Call for Innovation.

McGuire, Peter; Putzell, Sara

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v19 n3 p255-65 1989

Discusses difficulties technical writers and readers have concerning proposals that define problems and suggest innovation. Suggests that when writers recognize both their own and readers' assumptions about such problems, they can adopt techniques to gain reader concurrence. (KEH)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Feedback, Innovation, Organizational Communication, Problem Solving, Proposal Writing, Reader Response, Rhetorical Criticism, Technical Writing, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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