Wednesday, August 27, 2008

A document in the workplace

In order to communicate effectively in a workplace, a writer needs to be able to participate in the continuous process of communication. A writer needs to know how to effectively translate language, making it easier for others to understand and learn from. A writer trying to explain a complicated idea, such as something in the medical or engineering field, they can not expect that their entire audience will be able to understand the terms. So a writer must be able to explain complicated ideas in a way that will be easier to understand.
The writer also needs to take into account how much an audience may or may not know about their subject beforehand, so that they can accurately inform their readers. This goes along with the previous idea. If a writer assumes that their audience knows certain information and does not include it, it can make their communication of a process unfinished. But, if a writer is accomplished at this, they can pass the information on to their readers, who can in turn pass the information on to others; a continuous process.

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