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Organizational Semiotics

Evolving a Science of Information Systems IFIP TC8 / WG8.1 Working Conference on Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems July 23–25, 2001, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Editors:
  1. Kecheng Liu

    1. The University of Reading, UK

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  2. Rodney J. Clarke

    1. Department of Information Systems, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, Australia

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  3. Peter Bøgh Andersen

    1. Department of Computer Science/Center for Human Machine Interaction, University of Aalborg, Denmark

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  4. Ronald K. Stamper

    1. University of Twente, The Netherlands
      Staffordshire University, UK

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  5. El-Sayed Abou-Zeid

    1. Concordia University, Canada

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 94)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Exploring the Explanatory Power of Actability

    • Pär J. Ågerfalk, Fredrik Karlsson, Anders Hjalmarsson
    Pages 1-20

  3. Information and Knowledge Economies

    • Daniel O’Connor, Rob Shields, Suzan Ilcan, Edwina Taborsky
    Pages 21-40

  4. Data, Information, and Knowledge

    • Frieder Nake
    Pages 41-50

  5. Organisations as Practice Systems

    • Göran Goldkuhl, Annie Röstlinger, Ewa Braf
    Pages 51-70

  6. Knowledge or Information

    • Ewa Braf
    Pages 71-90

  7. Translation, Betrayal and Ambiguity in IS Development

    • Jim Underwood
    Pages 91-108

  8. Integrating Information Systems

    • Valerie A. Martin, Mark Lycett, Robert Macredie
    Pages 109-118

  9. User-System Interface Design

    • John H. Connolly, Iain W. Phillips
    Pages 119-132

  10. Pervasive Computing and Space

    • Peter Bøgh Andersen
    Pages 133-152

  11. Systemic Functional Hypertexts (SFHT):

    • Alexander Mehler, Rodney J. Clarke
    Pages 153-170

  12. The Value of Information in the “E-age”

    • Alex Verrijn-Stuart, Wolfgang Hesse
    Pages 171-188

  13. Semiosis, Information and Knowledge

    • Edwina Taborsky
    Pages 189-210

  14. Dividing Businesses into Processes

    • Mikael Lind
    Pages 211-230

  15. A Semiotic Approach to Quality in Requirements Specifications

    • John Krogstie
    Pages 231-249

  16. The Institutional Context of Information

    • Michael S. H. Heng
    Pages 251-262

  17. Seven rules for applying Language/Action Perspective and Organizational Semiotics Successfully

    • Jan L. G. Dietz
    Pages 263-273

  18. Towards a Semiotic Communications Quality Model

    • Aldo de Moor, Hans Weigand
    Pages 275-285

  19. Semiotics and Intelligent Control

    • Morten Lind
    Pages 287-296

  20. Striking the Right Tone

    • Anna Pollard, Delfryn Thomas
    Pages 297-300
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Keywords

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Reading, UK

    Kecheng Liu

  • Department of Information Systems, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, Australia

    Rodney J. Clarke

  • Department of Computer Science/Center for Human Machine Interaction, University of Aalborg, Denmark

    Peter Bøgh Andersen

  • University of Twente, The Netherlands

    Ronald K. Stamper

  • Staffordshire University, UK

    Ronald K. Stamper

  • Concordia University, Canada

    El-Sayed Abou-Zeid

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organizational Semiotics

  • Book Subtitle: Evolving a Science of Information Systems IFIP TC8 / WG8.1 Working Conference on Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems July 23–25, 2001, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Editors: Kecheng Liu, Rodney J. Clarke, Peter Bøgh Andersen, Ronald K. Stamper, El-Sayed Abou-Zeid

  • Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35611-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7189-8Published: 31 August 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-6111-5Published: 27 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-35611-2Published: 19 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1868-4238

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 314

  • Topics: Computer Science, general, Business Strategy/Leadership, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Organization, Management

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