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Significance : exploring the nature of information, systems and technology

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
副題名:	exploring the nature of information, systems and technology
作者:	Beynon-DaviesPaul.,
其他團體作者:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
出版地:	New York
出版者:	Palgrave Macmillan;
出版年:	2011
面頁冊數:	1 online resource.
標題:	Management information systems - Social aspects. -
標題:	Signs and symbols - Social aspects. -
標題:	Business communication - Social aspects. -
標題:	Technological innovations - Social aspects. -
標題:	COMPUTERS - Information Technology. -
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295025An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
附註:	Includes index.
摘要註:	What is information and why is it so important? How does information relate to language and communication? In what sense do animals and machines communicate? Are computers the only information technology? What is the value of information systems to organisations? This book considers the nature of significance and the way it is continually accomplished within activity, communication and representation. It argues that significance is generated at the intersection of signs and systems, which involves the enactment of forma (the substance of a sign), informa (the content of a sign) and performa (the use of signs in coordinated action). In demonstrating the value of this perspective the book employs the innovative approach of considering examples and cases from different times, cultures and species. This improves our understanding of the nature of information, information systems and information technology and the way these phenomena entangle in complex ways within human organisation.
ISBN:	9780230295025electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230295029electronic bk.
內容註:	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.

Significance : exploring the nature of information, systems and technology
Beynon-Davies, Paul.

Significance : exploring the nature of information, systems and technology / Paul Beynon-Davies. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 1 online resource..
Machine generated contents note:.
Includes index.Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230295025ISBN 0230295029
Management information systemsSigns and symbolsBusiness communicationTechnological innovationsCOMPUTERS -- Social aspects. -- Social aspects. -- Social aspects. -- Social aspects. -- Information Technology.

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