Strategy and PowerPoint: An inquiry into the epistemic culture and machinery of strategy making

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-346

  Kaplan, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemic culture; Genres; Negotiated meaning; Powerpoint; Strategy as practice; Strategy making; Technology in use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953152862     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0531     Document Type: Article

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