Modeling the Organization as a System of Communication Activity: A Dialogue about the Language/Action Perspective.

Van Every, Elizabeth J.; Taylor, James R.

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ERIC Number: EJ568445

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Modeling the Organization as a System of Communication Activity: A Dialogue about the Language/Action Perspective.

Van Every, Elizabeth J.; Taylor, James R.

Management Communication Quarterly, v12 n1 p128-47 Aug 1998

Introduces, through a conversation with computer-system designers from the Netherlands, the Language/Action Perspective on modeling business workflow and communication processes. Describes their attempts to develop system models that go beyond data flow to incorporate the communicative actions or transactions that result in the creation of a commitment. (PA)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Computer System Design, Discourse Communities, Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems, Organizational Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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