Business language analysis for object-oriented information systems. From: IBM Systems Journal | Date: June 1, 1996| Author: McDavid, Douglas W. | COPYRIGHT 1996 All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Business language analysis is based on the concept of treating business enterprises like living systems. Business language analysis focuses more on understanding than engineering, since an attempt to engineer human communication is futile.

Business language analysis grows out of a philosophy that treats business organizations as living systems. A key concern is the meaning of business information that provides adaptive survival advantage and strategic leverage. Popular object-orien...

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