Rodney Clarke

Information, Organisation and Technology: Studies in Organisational Semiotics - Information and Organization Design Series Rodney Clarke

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Selected papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Organisational Semiotics, 12th to the 14th of October, 1999, Almelo, The Netherlands--Pref. Table of Contents: Contributors. Editor's Preface. Part I: Organisations. 1. Semiotics, Virtual Organisations, Information Systems; H. W. M. Gazendam. 2. Unintended Uses of IS/IT Strategy Planning from an Organizational Semiotics Perspective; M. Heng, M. Newman. 3. Creating the Organisation through Performance Measurements; J. Kielema. 4. Toward a Semiotic Theory of Cognitive Dynamics in Organisations; B. P. van Heusden, R. Jorna. Part II: Information Systems. 5. Organisational Semiotics: Informatics without the computer? R. K. Stamper. 6. A Semiotic Approach for Distinguishing Responsibilities in Agent-Based Systems; S. Chong, K. Liu. 7. A Semiotic Approach to Organisational Role Modelling for Intelligent Agents; J. Filipe, et al. 8. Combining the Demo Methodology with Semiotic Methods in Business Process Modeling; J. Barjis, et al. Part III: Multimedia. 9. Towards a Systemic Semiotic Approach to Multimedia Interface Design; R. J. Clarke. 10. Instrument Semiotics; M. May, P. B. Andersen. 11. Tearing Up Interfaces; P. B. Andersen, M. May. Subject Index. Publisher Marketing: 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.