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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-bu
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Information and Organisation Design Series series editors Richard M. Burton B12Srge Obel
Information, Organisation and Technology: Studies in Organisational Semiotics
Peter B. Andersen Joseph Barjis Samuel Chong Rodney J. Clarke Jan L. G. Dietz Joaquim Filipe Henk W. M. Gazendam Michael Heng Barend P. van Heusden Rena Jorna Joop Kielema Kecheng Liu Michael May Mike Newman Bernadetle Sharp Ronald K. Stamper
Editors Kecheng Liu, Rodney J. Clarke, Peter B0gh Andersen and Ronald K. Stamper
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Information, organisation, and technology : studies in organisational semiotics I editors, Kecheng Liu ... [et aL]. p. cm. -- (lnformation and organization design series ; 1) "Selected papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Organisational Semiotics, 12 to the 14th of October, 1999, Almelo, The Netherlands"--Pref. lncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-5662-2 ISBN 978-1-4615-1655-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-1655-2
1. Knowledge management--Congresses. 2. Organizational effectiveness--Congresses. 3. Industrial management-oData processing--Congresses. 4. Management information systems--Congresses. 5. lnformation technology--Management --Congresses. 6. Semiotics-Congresses. 1. Title. II. Series. HD30.2 .1558 1999 658.4'038-dc21
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Contents Contributors Editors' Preface
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PART 1: ORGANISATIONS 1. Semiotics, Virtual Organisations and Information Systems
Henk W. M. Gazendam 2. Unintended Uses of IS/IT Strategy Planning from an Organizational Semiotics Perspective
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Michael Heng and Mike Newman 3. Creating the Organisation through Performance Measurements
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Joop Kielema 4. Toward a Semiotic Theory of Cognitive Dynamics in Organisations
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Barend P. van Heusden and Rene Jorna PART II: INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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5. Organisational Semiotics: Informatics without the computer?
Ronald K. Stamper 6. A Semiotic Approach for Distinguishing Responsibilities in Agent-Based Systems
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Samuel Chong and Kecheng Liu 7. A Semiotic Approach to Organisational Role Modelling for Intelligent Agents
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Joaquim Filipe; Kecheng Liu and Bernadette Sharp 8. Combining the Demo Methodology with Semiotic Methods in Business Process Modeling Joseph Barjis; Jan L. G. Dietz and Kecheng Liu
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PART III: MULTIMEDIA 9. Towards a Systemic Semiotic Approach to Multimedia Interface Design Rodney J. Clarke
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10. Instrument Semiotics Michael May and Peter B. Andersen
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11. Tearing Up Interfaces Peter B. Ander
