OUTSOURCING TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: Issues, Policies, and Practices -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Changing Face of Technical Communication in the Global Outsourcing Economy -- PART I Outsourcing Practices by Region -- CHAPTER 1 Technical Communication and IT Oursourcing in India- Past, Present, and Future -- CHAPTER 2 Defining Technical Communication in the United States and India: A Contrastive Analysis of Established Curricula and Desired Abilities -- CHAPTER 3 Africa Goes for Outsourcing -- CHAPTER 4 Outsourcing of Technical Communication Tasks from German-Speaking Contexts -- CHAPTER 5 Approaching Outsourcing in Rhetoric and Professional Communication: Lessons from U.S.-Owned Maquilas in Mexico -- PART II Management and Cross-Cultural Communication Issues -- CHAPTER 6 The Information Developer's Dilemma -- CHAPTER 7 Language, Culture, and Collaboration in Offshore Outsourcing: A Case Study of International Training Team Communication Competencies -- CHAPTER 8 The Implications of Outsourcing for Technical Editing -- PART III Legal, Ethical, and Political Issues -- CHAPTER 9 The Privacy Problems Related to International Outsourcing: A Perspective for Technical Communicators -- CHAPTER 10 Outsourcing Technical Communication: The Policy Behind the Practice -- CHAPTER 11 Obligations and Opportunities: Legal Issues in Offshore Outsourcing Technical Communication -- Conclusion Personal Reflection on Developing a Viable Trajectory for Outsourcing Technical Communications -- Contributors -- Index -- Selected Titles from: Baywood's Technical Communications Series -- Back Cover.