商品簡介
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.
作者簡介
Paul Beynon-Davies is Professor of Organisational Informatics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK. Before taking up an academic post, Professor Beynon-Davies worked for several years in the informatics industry in the UK and still regularly acts as a consultant to the public and private sector. He has published widely, having 11 books and over 70 refereed academic papers to his name.