The Extension of Technical Writing into Performance Consulting
http://www.cptsc.org/conferences/2000/Hile.html
  peer-reviewed

Hile, Julie
CPTSC Proceedings
2000

Abstract:

Perhaps the trouble for academic programs that teach workplace writing begins with the term 'technical communications.' Perhaps the trouble grows with those programs’ focus on the teaching of writing rather than on the development of professionals who bring complex, strategic writing/thinking processes into work communities.