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Subject:Re: New Name for Department From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:25:49 PST
Frankly, I think that a department that does documentation and training
should be called the "Documentation and Training Department." It's
clear, it's simple, and it's product- and customer-centric. Calling
yourself the "Technical Communication Department" is both vaguer and
more pompous.
In this era of downsizing you always want to be a
"Nuts and Bolts" department, not a "Helical Fastener" department.
The people wielding the knife don't plunge it into areas that they
have a gut feel for.
-- Robert
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