Effective Communication Skills for Scientific and Technical Professionals
Effective Communication Skills for Scientific and Technical Professionals Books
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For technical professionals in all fields, a matter-of-fact guide to enhancing communication, interpersonal, and managerial skills
Flatter, more collaborative organizational structures, combined with the pressure to translate innovative thoughts into action quickly, are increasing the need by technical professionals-such as computer programmers, design specialists, engineers, and R&D scientists-to expand their repertoire of communication and managerial skills. In this highly accessible and matter-of-fact book, Harry Chambers offers a wealth of strategies and tactics for building these skills, to the benefit of individuals, teams, and companies. In his brand shoot-from-the-hip style, Chambers identifies specific real-world challenges that technical professionals face in the workplace, and offers definitive guidelines for enhancing their communication skills-from making presentations to giving and receiving criticism to navigating office politics. Featuring interviews with people in the trenches, as well as self-assessment tools and exercises, Effective Communication Skills will become a valued resource for technical professionals and their colleagues, trainers, and HR departments in all industries.
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This book may have valuable content, but its tone is demaning and insulting to its target audience. Perhaps if the reader was a manager, a marketing executive, or a proffersor teaching communication, this book would reaffirm their beliefs on what a technical person ought to want. But if you are like me, a young engineer trying to become a better communicator, this book will serve to rage you and nothing else.
It fails to follow its own advice and makes use of many “you statements”. Replaced quickly with refferences to “an STP” in place of “you”. It tries to tell the reader what they should want and not want. It added to my “Us vs. Them” mentality (which I though I had small of before).
For a book that really writes for its proposed audience (not for people who wish the proposed audience would read the book), try :
“Why Don’t You Want What I Want?” by Rick Maur
or “How to Converse in, How to Listen” by Mortimer J. Adler
For written communication there are bounty of books with more proffesional and less insulting styles.
Rating: 1 / 5
I had to buy this book for a class and all I can say is that this book is common sense.
“Don’t use demeaning language when talking to your coworkers”.
It is also full of meaningless corporate buzzwords:
“Don’t engage in postmeeting negative criticism frenzies.”
Rating: 2 / 5
Excellent book. Details the issues in the “cubicle” world of today. Clarifies how to improve the number one problem in engineering (and business) today, communication!
Rating: 4 / 5
The seller was extremely quick in sending my book and I was very pleased to work with such professional and prompt people. Thank you very much!!! Would certainly buy from you again.
Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book to flow well, giving a lot of excellent tips on how to conduct better communications in a business/commercial environment. The layout is honestly simple to navigate, and sections that are uninteresting can easily be skipped. For those with more constrained time schedules, the book contains notes in most sections that give highlights of the main points that are made. Reading just these notes would give a pretty excellent review of the material, or exposure that may or may not make a lasting impression.
There are quite a few lists and tables that sum up the “need-to-know” points, so I reckon that reviewing material after reading the full text should be an simple task. I highly urge this text for anyone that has never been taught effective listening skills, and also urge the book for anyone else that feels even a slight motivation to improve their inter-private communication skills.
Rating: 5 / 5