Ebook: Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems

Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems covers such issues as:
-Fundamental concepts such as 'information', 'data', 'message', 'communication', 'knowledge', 'organization', 'system' and so on;
-Properties of signs vital to organizational functioning, such as their meanings, the intentions they express and the valuable social consequences they produce;
-'Architecture' of organizations when they are viewed as information systems, based on their semiotics features;
-Understanding language in organizational contexts, for example, the limitations on the language used to conduct business affairs;
-The empirical study of communications for requirements elicitation;
-Applying semiotic categories (e.g. physical, empiric, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, social) to various problems;
-Organizational knowledge representation;
-Business process re-engineering methods and the design of e-commerce systems.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Exploring the Explanatory Power of Actability....Pages 1-20
Information and Knowledge Economies....Pages 21-40
Data, Information, and Knowledge....Pages 41-50
Organisations as Practice Systems....Pages 51-70
Knowledge or Information....Pages 71-90
Translation, Betrayal and Ambiguity in IS Development....Pages 91-108
Integrating Information Systems....Pages 109-118
User-System Interface Design....Pages 119-132
Pervasive Computing and Space....Pages 133-152
Systemic Functional Hypertexts (SFHT):....Pages 153-170
The Value of Information in the “E-age”....Pages 171-188
Semiosis, Information and Knowledge....Pages 189-210
Dividing Businesses into Processes....Pages 211-230
A Semiotic Approach to Quality in Requirements Specifications....Pages 231-249
The Institutional Context of Information....Pages 251-262
Seven rules for applying Language/Action Perspective and Organizational Semiotics Successfully....Pages 263-273
Towards a Semiotic Communications Quality Model....Pages 275-285
Semiotics and Intelligent Control....Pages 287-296
Striking the Right Tone....Pages 297-300
Looking Inside....Pages 301-304
Back Matter....Pages 309-309
Levels of Abstraction in Maritime Maneuvering Operations....Pages 305-308

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Exploring the Explanatory Power of Actability....Pages 1-20
Information and Knowledge Economies....Pages 21-40
Data, Information, and Knowledge....Pages 41-50
Organisations as Practice Systems....Pages 51-70
Knowledge or Information....Pages 71-90
Translation, Betrayal and Ambiguity in IS Development....Pages 91-108
Integrating Information Systems....Pages 109-118
User-System Interface Design....Pages 119-132
Pervasive Computing and Space....Pages 133-152
Systemic Functional Hypertexts (SFHT):....Pages 153-170
The Value of Information in the “E-age”....Pages 171-188
Semiosis, Information and Knowledge....Pages 189-210
Dividing Businesses into Processes....Pages 211-230
A Semiotic Approach to Quality in Requirements Specifications....Pages 231-249
The Institutional Context of Information....Pages 251-262
Seven rules for applying Language/Action Perspective and Organizational Semiotics Successfully....Pages 263-273
Towards a Semiotic Communications Quality Model....Pages 275-285
Semiotics and Intelligent Control....Pages 287-296
Striking the Right Tone....Pages 297-300
Looking Inside....Pages 301-304
Back Matter....Pages 309-309
Levels of Abstraction in Maritime Maneuvering Operations....Pages 305-308
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