Significance
Subtitle: exploring the nature of information, systems and technology
By: Paul Beynon-Davies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780230275195
Subjects: Social aspects; Technological innovations; Business communication; Management information systems; Signs and symbols
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The Nature of Significance; title: Signs: Units of Significance; title: Systems: Patterns of Order; title: Sign Systems: Patterns of Significance; title: Communication: The Medium is Not the Message; title: Control: Remaining Viable; title: Data: Form to Inform; title: Data Systems: Patterns of Forma; title: Information: In-form to Perform; title: Information Systems: Patterns of Informa; title: Activity: Performa; title: Activity Systems: Patterns of Performa; title: Organisation: Viable Patterns; title: The Nature of Informatics.