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Strategy tools‐in‐use: A framework for understanding “technologies of rationality” in practice
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In response to critiques of strategy tools as unhelpful or potentially dangerous for organizations, we suggest casting a sociological eye on how tools are actually mobilized by strategy makers. In conceptualizing strategy tools as tools‐in‐use, we offer a framework for examining the ways that the affordances of strategy tools and the agency of strategy makers interact to shape how and when tools are selected and applied. Further, rather than evaluating the correct or incorrect use of tools, we highlight the variety of outcomes that result, not just for organizations but also for the tools and the individuals who use them. We illustrate this framework with a vignette and propose an agenda and methodological approaches for further scholarship on the use of strategy tools . Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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“…to interpret the practices as strategic through our research team’s immersive experience of such practices ‘in-use’ (Feldman, 2004; Jarzabkowski, 2004; Jarzabkowski & Kaplan, 2015). the ultimate abductive reasoning was from our interpretations ( wisdom) , guided by literature (knowledge) to…”
Metadata
- Authors
- Jarzabkowski, P., & Kaplan, S.
- Venue
- Strategic Management Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-05-08
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 537-558
- ISSN
- 0143-2095 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0266
- OpenAlex
- W2072818062
- Cited by
- 516
- References
- 164
- FWCI
- 75.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Funders
- Advanced Institute of Management (RES-000-22-3134)
- Economic and Social Research Council of the UK (RES-331-25-3013)
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