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Rhetorical Practices in Technical Work

DOROTHY A. WINSOR

Iowa State University

Engineers' use of rhetoric differs from that of scientists because of the material objects engineers work with and the material conditions under which they act. For engineers, "publication" takes the form of releasing a marketable object, not a refereed article. Thus, they have less need than scientists do to create written theoretical work and can instead build knowledge by group discussion of instrument traces that they tie directly to the object. The fact that they usually work in hierarchical, for-profit organizations also affects their rhetorical practices, as they must shape the actions of those both below and above them in the corporate hierarchy.

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Vol. 12, No. 3, 343-370 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/1050651998012003004
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