Alternatives Considered But Not Disclosed The Ambiguous Role of PowerPoint in Cross-Project Learning /

• Main Author: Schoeneborn, Dennis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Social Sciences.; Communication Studies.

Powerfully driven by the work practices of consulting firms, the presentation software Microsoft PowerPoint is increasingly used on all levels of business and educational communication. Nevertheless, slideware ranks among the least explored media in communication studies. This study investigates the...

Table of Contents:

• Paradigmatic Perspective: Organizations as Communications
• Theoretical Analysis: The (In-)Visibility of Decision Contingency in Organizational Communication
• Methodology: How to Investigate the (In-)Visibility of Decision Contingency in the Practice of Project Documentation
• Empirical Analysis: Exploring the (In-)Visibility of Decision Contingency in the Practice of Project Documentation
• Conclusion and Outlook.