Foresight: The Art And Science Of Anticipating The Future
by Denis Loveridge /
2008 / English / PDF
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Since the early 1990s interest in foresight has undergone one of
its periodic resurgences and has led to a rapid growth in formal
foresight studies backed by governments and transnational
institutions, including many from the United Nations. However,
texts that counterbalance in depth practical experience with an
exposition and integration of the many theoretical strands that
underpin the art and theory of foresight are rare.
Since the early 1990s interest in foresight has undergone one of
its periodic resurgences and has led to a rapid growth in formal
foresight studies backed by governments and transnational
institutions, including many from the United Nations. However,
texts that counterbalance in depth practical experience with an
exposition and integration of the many theoretical strands that
underpin the art and theory of foresight are rare.Foresight: The Art and Science of Anticipating the
Future
Foresight: The Art and Science of Anticipating the
Future provides entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors,
inventors, scientists, politicians, and many others with a
succinct, integrated guide to understanding foresight studies and
using them as means for strategy development. The text dispels
the belief that anticipations are 'mere guesswork', and conveys
the depth of thought needed, implicitly or explicitly, to
understand human foresight.
provides entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors,
inventors, scientists, politicians, and many others with a
succinct, integrated guide to understanding foresight studies and
using them as means for strategy development. The text dispels
the belief that anticipations are 'mere guesswork', and conveys
the depth of thought needed, implicitly or explicitly, to
understand human foresight.
The book examines:
The book examines:
The role of foresight and its institutional counterpart in the
modern world
The role of foresight and its institutional counterpart in the
modern world
The epistemology underlying foresight
The epistemology underlying foresight
The need to extend foresight activity into wider spheres,
including sustainable development
The need to extend foresight activity into wider spheres,
including sustainable development
The role that foresight plays in planning processes (including
scenario planning)
The role that foresight plays in planning processes (including
scenario planning)
Much of the material in the book is based upon the
internationally known foresight course at the Manchester Business
School's Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) formerly PREST,
which the author developed and directed from1999 to 2003.
Much of the material in the book is based upon the
internationally known foresight course at the Manchester Business
School's Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) formerly PREST,
which the author developed and directed from1999 to 2003.
