Overview

This text discusses real information systems in which technologies have an essential role to play. It develops this perspective using the established discipline of semiotics, the theory of signs. A sign is anything that stands for something else within a certain community. This fundamental notion supports a unified treatment of human and technical aspects of information systems. The book covers such issues as: fundamental concepts such as ""information"", ""data"", ""message"", ""communication"", ""knowledge"", ""organization"", ""system"" and so forth. It comprises the proceedings of the Working Conference on Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in July 2001.

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Author:   Kecheng Liu ,  Rodney J. Clarke ,  Peter Bøgh Andersen ,  Ronald K. Stamper
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   94
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9781402071898

ISBN 10:   1402071892
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   31 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Exploring the Explanatory Power of Actability.- Information and Knowledge Economies.- Data, Information, and Knowledge.- Organisations as Practice Systems.- Knowledge or Information.- Translation, Betrayal and Ambiguity in IS Development.- Integrating Information Systems.- User-System Interface Design.- Pervasive Computing and Space.- Systemic Functional Hypertexts (SFHT).- The Value of Information in the “E-age”.- Semiosis, Information and Knowledge.- Dividing Businesses into Processes.- A Semiotic Approach to Quality in Requirements Specifications.- The Institutional Context of Information.- Seven Rules for Applying Language/Action Perspective and Organizational Semiotics Successfully.- Towards a Semiotic Communications Quality Model.- Semiotics and Intelligent Control.- Striking the Right Tone.- Looking Inside.- Levels of Abstraction in Maritime Maneuvering Operations.- Keywords Index.

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