Documenting an Event, and Reports

Technical Writing, Presentational Skills, and Online Communication ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0237-3.ch009 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 114-125

Keyword(s):

Note Taking ◽

It Professionals ◽

Lab Experiment ◽

Bug Report ◽

Key Issues

In this chapter the author describes a number of key issues in documenting an event. He covers issues related to details, accuracy, timing, note taking, and audience. He also describes the types of events that typically need documenting. The chapter includes detailed discussions about three types of events that IT professionals are commonly required to document: a computer-bug report, a trip report, and a lab experiment. In each of the corresponding sections, the author describes the specifics of these events. The information provided for these specific events can be generalized and applied to other common events. In this way, the author hopes to prepare readers to be competent to document any type of event that may be required. The chapter ends with conclusions.

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IT Directors and it Strategy

Journal of Information Technology ◽

10.1177/0268396291006003-409 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 6 (3-4) ◽

pp. 192-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Colin J. Coulson-Thomas

Keyword(s):

Chief Executive ◽

It Strategy ◽

Network Organization ◽

It Professionals ◽

It Managers ◽

Organizational Surveys ◽

Key Issues ◽

Board Level ◽

A Company

Organizations are transitioning to more flexible and adaptable forms. There is a strategic opportunity for IT that supports the facilitation of change, the building of closer relationships with customers, and the harnessing of human talent. Yet in many organizations there is a gulf of suspicion and misunderstanding between the chief executive and board, and the IT community. There is a requirement for IT professionals, and particularly IT directors, who share the vision of the ‘network organization’, and who can work at board level to bring it about. There is a need for facilitating directors in the boardroom. More IT professionals would secure board appointments if they could demonstrate the skills and qualities needed by a company director. IT directors require directorial qualities which are distinct from those demanded of IT managers. They need a broader, and more strategic awareness and perspective. This article examines the qualities that distinguish directors, and the key issues which should feature on the IT directors agenda. It draws upon three surveys and a report concerning directors and boards, and four organizational surveys.

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Probing vacancies and structural distortions at individual defects in ceramics using EELS

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100165859 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 678-679

Author(s):

D. J. Wallis ◽

N. D. Browning

Keyword(s):

Structural Information ◽

Core Loss ◽

Nearest Neighbors ◽

Ceramic Materials ◽

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽

Real Space ◽

Atomic Scale ◽

Structure Property ◽

Scanning Transmission ◽

Key Issues

In electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), the near-edge region of a core-loss edge contains information on high-order atomic correlations. These correlations give details of the 3-D atomic structure which can be elucidated using multiple-scattering (MS) theory. MS calculations use real space clusters making them ideal for use in low-symmetry systems such as defects and interfaces. When coupled with the atomic spatial resolution capabilities of the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), there therefore exists the ability to obtain 3-D structural information from individual atomic scale structures. For ceramic materials where the structure-property relationships are dominated by defects and interfaces, this methodology can provide unique information on key issues such as like-ion repulsion and the presence of vacancies, impurities and structural distortion.An example of the use of MS-theory is shown in fig 1, where an experimental oxygen K-edge from SrTiO3 is compared to full MS-calculations for successive shells (a shell consists of neighboring atoms, so that 1 shell includes only nearest neighbors, 2 shells includes first and second-nearest neighbors, and so on).

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