Writing to High Tech Peers
When writing to a high tech peer, one can use acronyms and abbreviations,
usually without any definition. Educators are familiar with QPA,
NEA, and KPERS. But individuals in other fields would assume that
NEA meant National Endowment for the Arts, not National
Education Association.
Writing to Low Tech Peers
Accountants do not need their high tech peers to define FIFO or CPR.
If these accountants write to one of their fellow employees in sales,
computer technology, or human resources (low tech peers), however,
these high-tech terms must be explained. FIFO could be parenthetically
defined as First In, First Out. CPR, which everyone assumes
means Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, in fact means Continuing
Property Records, something accountants understand.