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What is Blind Spots

Chapter 77
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Areas important information go unnoticed and thus the organization falls into one of any number of traps. These include misjudging industry boundaries, failing to identify emerging competition, falling out of touch with customers, over-emphasizing a competitor’s visible competence, and allowing corporate taboos or lack of foresight to limit their frame of reference. Any one of these mistakes will prevent organizational leaders from taking advantage of the opportunities available to them.
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Scanning for Blind Spots
Barbara Jane Holland (Brooklyn Public Library, USA (retired) & Independent Researcher, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch077
Abstract
The environmental scan provides a systematic overview of the external factors that are important to the organization (or sector) and indicates whether the organization can influence them or not.Scanning promotes an active response to positive (opportunities) and compliant factors, and leads to insights how to live with the‘hard facts'. The more organization utilize a systemic approach the more likely they will avoid blind spots during a scan. Managers have instinctive attitudes and assumptions about the external environment. They pay attention to what is most immediate. They may have blind spots that ignore or overlook certain market trends. environmental scanning and analysis aims to gather evidence and reduce uncertainty. This paper examines environmental scanning blind spots, analysis and emerging trends.
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Chapter 38
Scanning for Blind Spots
Areas important information go unnoticed and thus the organization falls into one of any number of traps. These include misjudging industry boundaries, failing to identify emerging competition, falling out of touch with customers, over-emphasizing a competitor’s visible competence, and allowing corporate taboos or lack of foresight to limit their frame of reference. Any one of these mistakes will prevent organizational leaders from taking advantage of the opportunities available to them.
Published in Chapter: Scanning for Blind Spots; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 147
A Three-Vector Approach to Blind Spots in Cybersecurity
Various biases and preconceived information that affect organizational and human decision making; enabled by unknowns or false focus on what is relevant.
Published in Chapter: A Three-Vector Approach to Blind Spots in Cybersecurity; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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