Significance : exploring the nature of information, systems and technology /
Beynon-Davies, Paul.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
"Signs are critically important in all forms of activity, including business, because they establish what it is to be human. Without signs we could not think, we could not communicate what we think and we could not ensure that we collaborate together in our work, home and leisure. The aim of this book is to explain how and why they are significant"--
Includes index.
"Signs are critically important in all forms of activity, including business, because they establish what it is to be human. Without signs we could not think, we could not communicate what we think and we could not ensure that we collaborate together in our work, home and leisure. The aim of this book is to explain how and why they are significant"--
Machine generated contents note: -- The Nature of Significance -- Signs: Units of Significance -- Systems: Patterns of Order -- Sign Systems: Patterns of Significance -- Communication: The Medium is Not the Message -- Control: Remaining Viable -- Data: Form to Inform -- Data Systems: Patterns of Forma -- Information: In-form to Perform -- Information Systems: Patterns of Informa -- Activity: Performa -- Activity Systems: Patterns of Performa -- Organisation: Viable Patterns -- The Nature of Informatics.
Management information systems
Signs and symbols
Business communication
Technological innovations