Information, Organisation and Technology - Studies in Organisational Semiotics (Information and Organization Design Series, Volume 1) (Information and Organization Design Series)

Organisational semiotics is a discipline that is concerned with the interrelationships between individuals and groups, and between humans and technology, functioning in organisations and society. Organisational semiotics opens up the prospect of theory-building and the development of new methods and techniques to gain insights into organised behaviour and enacted social practices, in the presence and absence of various technologies. It shares common interests with many other approaches to information and organisations, such as computer science, computational semiotics, organisational engineering, and language action perspective. The common vision shared by these approaches is to treat organisations and related information systems and technologies within a unified semiotic framework, with particular reference to the huge range of issues that elude many traditional disciplines. The analysis and design of information systems develops methods for solving the practical problems but offers no rigorous, theoretical foundation for them or how information functions within and between organisations. The semiotic perspective accommodates the individual and the social, the human and the technical, intra- and inter-organisational interactions, at a level of detail that is required in the study, modelling, design, and engineering of new and alternative organisational and technical systems. This perspective is outlined in the chapter presentations of __Information, Organisation and____Technology__.

Organisational semiotics is a discipline that is concerned with the interrelationships between individuals and groups, and between humans and technology, functioning in organisations and society. Organisational semiotics opens up the prospect of theory-building and the development of new methods and techniques to gain insights into organised behaviour and enacted social practices, in the presence and absence of various technologies. It shares common interests with many other approaches to information and organisations, such as computer science, computational semiotics, organisational engineering, and language action perspective. The common vision shared by these approaches is to treat organisations and related information systems and technologies within a unified semiotic framework, with particular reference to the huge range of issues that elude many traditional disciplines. The analysis and design of information systems develops methods for solving the practical problems but offers no rigorous, theoretical foundation for them or how information functions within and between organisations. The semiotic perspective accommodates the individual and the social, the human and the technical, intra- and inter-organisational interactions, at a level of detail that is required in the study, modelling, design, and engineering of new and alternative organisational and technical systems. This perspective is outlined in the chapter presentations of Information, Organisation and Technology.

Organisational semiotics is a discipline that is concerned with the interrelationships between individuals and groups, and between humans and technology, functioning in organisations and society. Organisational semiotics opens up the prospect of theory-building and the development of new methods and techniques to gain insights into organised behaviour and enacted social practices, in the presence and absence of various technologies. It shares common interests with many other approaches to information and organisations, such as computer science, computational semiotics, organisational engineering, and language action perspective. The common vision shared by these approaches is to treat organisations and related information systems and technologies within a unified semiotic framework, with particular reference to the huge range of issues that elude many traditional disciplines. The analysis and design of information systems develops methods for solving the practical problems but offers no rigorous, theoretical foundation for them or how information functions within and between organisations. The semiotic perspective accommodates the individual and the social, the human and the technical, intra- and inter-organisational interactions, at a level of detail that is required in the study, modelling, design, and engineering of new and alternative organisational and technical systems. This perspective is outlined in the chapter presentations of Information, Organisation and Technology . Henk W.M. Gazendam Henk W.M. Gazendam -- Michael Heng and Mike Newman Henk W.M. Gazendam -- Michael Heng and Mike Newman -- Joop Kielema Henk W.M. Gazendam -- Michael Heng and Mike Newman -- Joop Kielema -- Barend P. van Heusden and René Jorna Henk W.M. Gazendam -- Michael Heng and Mike Newman -- Joop Kielema -- Barend P. van Heusden and René Jorna -- Ronald K. Stamper Henk W.M. Gazendam-- Michael Heng and Mike Newman-- Joop Kielema-- Barend P. van Heusden and René Jorna-- Ronald K. Stamper-- Samuel Chong and Kecheng Liu Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp -- Joseph Barjis; Jan L.G. Dietz and Kecheng Lou Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp -- Joseph Barjis; Jan L.G. Dietz and Kecheng Lou -- Rodney J. Clarke Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp -- Joseph Barjis; Jan L.G. Dietz and Kecheng Lou -- Rodney J. Clarke -- Michael May and Peter B. Andersen Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp-- Joseph Barjis; Jan L.G. Dietz and Kecheng Lou-- Rodney J. Clarke-- Michael May and Peter B. Andersen-- Peter B. Andersen and Michael May Organizational semiotics is a discipline that is concerned with the interrelationships between individuals and groups, and between humans and technology, functioning in organizations and society. Organizational semiotics opens up the prospect of theory-building and the development of new methods and techniques to gain insights into organized behaviour and enacted social practices, in the presence and absence of various technologies. It shares common interests with many other approaches to information and organizations, such as computer science, computational semiotics, organizational engineering, and language action perspective. The common vision shared by these approaches is to treat organizations and related information systems and technologies within a unified semiotic framework, with particular reference to the huge range of issues that elude many traditional disciplines. The analysis and design of information systems develops methods for solving the practical problems but offers no rigorous, theoretical foundation for them or how information functions within and between organizations Front Matter....Pages i-xi Semiotics, Virtual Organisations, and Information Systems....Pages 1-48 Unintended Uses of IS/IT Strategy Planning from an Organizational Semiotics perspective....Pages 49-65 Creating the organisation through performance measurements....Pages 67-82 Toward a semiotic theory of cognitive dynamics in organisations....Pages 83-113 Organisational Semiotics: Informatics without the Computer?....Pages 115-171 A Semiotic Approach for Distinguishing Responsibilities in Agent-Based Systems....Pages 173-186 A Semiotic Approach to Organisational Role Modelling for Intelligent Agents....Pages 187-211 Combining the DEMO Methodology with Semiotic Methods in Business Process Modeling....Pages 213-246 Towards a Systemic Semiotic Approach to Multimedia Interface Design....Pages 247-270 Instrument Semiotics....Pages 271-298 Tearing Up Interfaces....Pages 299-337 Back Matter....Pages 339-351