The Semiotics of Information Systems: A Research Methodology for the Digital Age
暫譯: 資訊系統的符號學：數位時代的研究方法論

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.

約翰·明格斯（John Mingers）是英國肯特大學（University of Kent）肯特商學院（Kent Business School）的名譽教授，曾擔任運籌學與資訊系統教授。他在研究指標、資訊的本質、意義與知識、在問題情境中使用系統方法論（multimethodology）以及批判現實主義哲學方面享有國際聲譽。他在書籍和期刊上發表了大量作品。

萊斯利·威爾科克斯（Leslie Willcocks）是倫敦政治經濟學院（London School of Economics and Political Science）的名譽教授，也是英國牛津大學（University of Oxford）格林坦普頓學院（Green Templeton College）的副研究員。他在自動化與未來工作、IT外包/BPO、雲端計算、數位商業、策略、自動化、資訊科技與創新、組織變革及全球商業管理方面享有國際聲譽。他曾在管理系擔任技術工作與全球化教授。他在書籍和期刊上發表了大量作品，並擔任Palgrave Macmillan出版的《技術、工作與全球化》（Technology, Work and Globalization）系列書籍的系列編輯。