Managing the Future
Managing the Future

Author: Haridimos Tsoukas

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-02-09

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1405142391

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In this book, leading authors explore ways in which organizationscan develop their ability to manage the future. An exploration of the ways in which organizations can developtheir ability to manage the future. Consists of ten papers written by authors from both sides ofthe Atlantic and from Asia, all of whom are distinguished scholarsin the fields of strategy or organizational learning. Addresses key questions about how organizational foresight canbe conceptualized and developed, and the extent to which it ispossible. The papers are prefaced by a foreword from Spyros Makridakisand an introduction from the editors. Helps to shape a new research agenda, and so will be ofinterest to academics, as well as to students andpractitioners.

Learning from the Future
Learning from the Future

Author: Liam Fahey

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1997-11-10

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9780471303527

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Unter Szenarioplanung versteht man eine spezielle Methode der Vorhersage zukünftiger politischer, ökonomischer und demographischer Entwicklungen, die das Funktionieren eines Unternehmens beeinflussen können. Diese Technik wird hier von renommierten Vorreitern auf diesem Gebiet ausführlich beleuchtet - so lernt der Manager, verschiedene Implikationen plausibler Ereignisse und Einflüsse systematisch zu durchdenken. (11/97)

Strategic Foresight
Strategic Foresight

Author: Patricia Lustig

Publisher: Triarchy Press

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1909470686

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This is a practical (field) guide to foresight and foresight tools for leaders in business, the public sector and NGOs, to aid their practice in strategy, decision making and change.

Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation
Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation

Author: Ian Miles

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 3319325744

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​Decision-makers at all levels are being confronted with novel complexities and uncertainties and face long-term challenges which require foresight about long-term future prospects, assumptions, and strategies. This book explores how foresight studies can be systematically undertaken and used in this context. It explicates why and how methods like horizon scanning, scenario planning, and roadmapping should be applied when dealing with high levels of uncertainty. The scope of the book moves beyond “narrow” technology foresight, towards addressing systemic interrelations between social, technological, economic, environmental, and political systems. Applications of foresight tools to such fields as energy, cities, health, transportation, education, and sustainability are considered as well as enabling technologies including nano-, bio-, and information technologies and cognitive sciences. The approaches will be illustrated with specific actual cases.

Strategic Foresight
Strategic Foresight

Author: A. Marcus

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0230622658

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This book provides students and line managers in organizations with the means to create better scenarios and to use them to create winning business strategies. The book covers scenarios such as: economic outlooks; political environments; acquisitions; downsizing, and more.

Foresight
Foresight

Author: Marcos Eberlin

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781936599653

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Renowned Brazilian scientist Marcos Eberlin uncovers nature's artful solutions to major engineering challenges in chemistry and biology, solutions that point beyond blind evolution to the workings of an attribute unique to minds-foresight.

Safeguarding the Bioeconomy
Safeguarding the Bioeconomy

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0309495679

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Research and innovation in the life sciences is driving rapid growth in agriculture, biomedical science, information science and computing, energy, and other sectors of the U.S. economy. This economic activity, conceptually referred to as the bioeconomy, presents many opportunities to create jobs, improve the quality of life, and continue to drive economic growth. While the United States has been a leader in advancements in the biological sciences, other countries are also actively investing in and expanding their capabilities in this area. Maintaining competitiveness in the bioeconomy is key to maintaining the economic health and security of the United States and other nations. Safeguarding the Bioeconomy evaluates preexisting and potential approaches for assessing the value of the bioeconomy and identifies intangible assets not sufficiently captured or that are missing from U.S. assessments. This study considers strategies for safeguarding and sustaining the economic activity driven by research and innovation in the life sciences. It also presents ideas for horizon scanning mechanisms to identify new technologies, markets, and data sources that have the potential to drive future development of the bioeconomy.

Learning from Tomorrow
Learning from Tomorrow

Author: Bart Édes

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2021-03-26

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1789047641

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COVID-19 wrecked the plans and strategies of organizations everywhere, while injecting greater uncertainty into a world already undergoing disruptive social and technological change. Strategic Foresight can help us navigate through the recovery and beyond. Strategic Foresight is a systematic, intelligence-gathering, vision-building process that helps us manage uncertainty by discerning plausible alternative futures and applying the insights to present-day planning. It is ideally suited to a world upended by the pandemic and rapid transformations in the way we live, work and interact. Using approachable language and a multitude of examples, Learning from Tomorrow shows how Strategic Foresight broadens our perspectives, exposes opportunities and risks, and opens our minds to innovation in a post-pandemic world. It is essential reading for organizational leaders and those responsible for developing strategies, scenarios, policies and plans.

The Handbook of Technology Foresight
The Handbook of Technology Foresight

Author: Luke Georghiou

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2008-03-31

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1781008760

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Cross-cutting analytical chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, approaches and methods, organisational issues, policy transfer and evaluation.