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From: Prof. Kecheng Liu [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 January 2001 09:56
Subject: Books on Semiotics in Computing
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New book announcement -
INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATION DESIGN SERIES Volume 1 (series editors:
Richard Burton, Borge Obel)
"Information, Organisation and Technology - Studies in Organisational
Semiotics"
Edited by:
Kecheng Liu, School of Computing, Staffordshire University, UK
Rodney J. Clarke, Dept. of Business Systems, Wollongong University, NSW,
Australia
Peter Bøgh Andersen, Information and Media Science, Aarhus University,
Denmark
Ronald K. Stamper, Dept. of Information Management, Twente University, The
Netherlands
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2001.
Online ordering and more details: http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-7258-1
Synopsis:
This book contains selected papers from the 2nd International Workshop on
Organisational Semiotics, Almelo, the Netherlands, 1999 (to by followed by
a next book in the series for the selected papers from the 3rd Workshop in
Stafford, 2000).
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 organisations. The semiotic perspective accommodates the and the
social, the human and the technical, intra- and -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.
Contents and Contributors
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.
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For individual's to orders, there are a few copies leftover at a discounted
price (less than GBP40.00, precise price to be informed by the publisher).
If you want to order, contact Kecheng Liu at [log in to unmask] ASAP.
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A new book announcement 2 -
"Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering" by Liu, Kecheng, 2000 -
please check the website of Cambridge University Press for online ordering:
http://www.cup.org/ObjectBuilder/ObjectBuilder.iwx?ProcessName=ProductPage&M
erchant_Id=1&product_id=0-521-59335-2&origin=search&searchField=AUTHOR&searc
hString=liu
or at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521593352/qid%3D961607811/sr%3D1-2/1
07-8760789-0295738
"Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering"
Liu, Kecheng
Semiotics, a well established discipline of signs and their use in human
and computer communications, is increasingly recognized as important to
understanding information systems and computing in general. This important
new resource examines a set of semiotic methods for information systems
development. Kecheng Liu offers well balanced coverage of recent
theoretical investigations and practical applications. He introduces the
MEASUR approach for requirements elicitation, analysis, and representation
and illustrates the methods in three major case studies. In these cases he
demonstrates how information systems can be developed to meet business
requirements and to support business objectives.
SUBJECT: Computer info, methods, human-computer interaction
May 2000 Edition , 230 Pages, 42 figures, 4 tables, Hardback, ISBN:
0-521-59335-2, $49.95
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Professor Kecheng Liu, http://www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/~cmtkl/
BSc MSc PhD CEng FBCS
Chair of Computing Science
Director of Postgraduate Studies
School of Computing
Staffordshire University
Beaconside
Stafford ST18 0AD, UK
Phone:+44.1785.353464 fax: +44.1785.353497
Email: [log in to unmask]
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