Semiotics of Information Systems

John Mingers is Emeritus Professor at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK, where he was previously Professor of Operational Research and Information Systems. He has an international reputation for his work on research metrics, the nature of information, meaning and knowledge, the use of systems methodologies in problem situations - multimethodology, and the philosophy of critical realism. He has published widely in books and journals.Leslie Willcocks is Emeritus Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science and is an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK. He has an international reputation for his work on automation and the future of work, ITO/BPO outsourcing, cloud computing, digital business, strategy, automation, IT and innovation, organisational change and global business management. He was previously Professor in Technology Work and Globalization at the Department of Management. He has published widely in books and journals and is a Series Editor of the Technology, Work and Globalization book series with Palgrave Macmillan.

• Section 1: Semiotic Foundations—Information, Meaning and Embodied Cognition.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Theories of Information— The Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects.- Chapter 3: The Nature of Information and its Relationship to Meaning.- Chapter 4: Embodying Information Systems—The Contribution of Phenomenology.- Chapter 5: A Review of Theories of Information Across Disciplines.- Chapter 6: A Theory of Information as Objective and Veridical.-  Section 2: Semiotics Philosophy and Research Method.- Chapter 7. Developing an Integrative Semiotics Framework.- Chapter 8: Applying the Integrative Semiotic Framework.- Chapter 9: Towards a Methodology for Semiotic Research.- Chapter 10: Enacting Semiotics Research—A 12-Step Process.