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9781405142397

Managing the Future: Foresight in the Knowledge Economy

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405142397

  • ISBN10:

    1405142391

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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

Table of Contents

Figures
Tables
Notes on the Contributors
Foreword: Foresight Matters
Introduction: Organizations and The Future, From Forecasting To Foresight
Making Sense Of Organizational Foresight.
Re-Educating Attention: What Is Foresight And How Is It Cultivated
Invention And Navigation As Contrasting Metaphors Of The Pathways To The Future
Strategy And Time: Really Recognizing The Future
Foresight And Organizational Learning.
Foresight Or Foreseeing? A Social Action Explanation Of Complex Collective Knowing
Retrospective Sensemaking And Foresight: Studying The Past To Prepare For The Future
Can Illusion Of Control Destroy A FirmÆs Competence? The Case Of Forecasting Ability
Developing Foresightful Organizations.
Time Travelling: Organizational Foresight As Temporal Reflexivity
The Concept Of "Weak Signals" Revisited: A Re-Description From A Constructivist Perspective
Meta-Rules For Entrepreneurial Foresight
Autopoietic Limitations Of Probing The Future
Afterword: Insights Into Foresight
Index
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