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Organizational Semiotics is the branch of Semiotics that studies the application of the Theory of Signs in organizational contexts. Organizations are based upon co-coordinated patterns of behavior, including social norms. To achieve the required efficacy, an organization may use both norms and communication to co-ordinate the different agents involved in organizational behavior. The formalization of normative agent behavior can be done using Deontic Agency Logic. The implementation can be done using agent-oriented programming. We propose to combine Ontology Charts, Norm Analysis, Deontic Agency Logic and Agent-Oriented Programming in order to create normative agent-based models of the structure and the dynamics of Virtual Enterprises (VE). This approach seems to be more resistant to organizational change than pure technology-oriented approaches.
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Filipe, J., Cordeiro, J. (2004). Organizational Semiotics: A Normative Agent-Based Approach to VE Modelling. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations. PRO-VE 2003. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 134. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35704-1_28
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