semiotics and signals, complexity and chaos Desouza, Kevin C. creator Hensgen, Tobin. text Armonk, New York M.E. Sharpe c2005 monographic xiv, 248 pages : Illustrations ; Organizations of information : semantics, cybernetics, entropy and signals -- Information forms and dependence -- Evolutionary dimension of information processing : semiotics -- Spatial dimension of information processing : coupling, cohesion, and chaos -- Temporal dimension of information processing : emergence -- Information processing, complexity, and crisis -- Barriers to optimal information processing -- Setting up the organization for optimal information processing -- Recap and real time -- Future of information processing -- Epilogue. Includes index. Communication in organizations Complex organizations Information theory Information resources management HD 30.3 DES 0765613603 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0765613611 (pbk. : alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014841.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014841.html