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The organisational world can be considered as a collective of social sign systems and formal sign systems (computer based information systems). In this paper the issue of the fundamental differences between the two kinds of sign systems will be discussed, and the implications of these fundamental differences for system development.
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Suurmond, C. (2015). Information Systems and Sign Systems. In: Liu, K., Nakata, K., Li, W., Galarreta, D. (eds) Information and Knowledge Management in Complex Systems. ICISO 2015. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 449. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16274-4_3
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