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What is Metascanning

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
There are many people and organizations whose job it is to scan the future. Some will let you have limited access to some of their findings for free, but most will ask you to sign up for a service. The value is that they have already done the initial work for you saving you time – and are satisfied with their approach and methods.
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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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Scanning for Blind Spots
There are many people and organizations whose job it is to scan the future. Some will let you have limited access to some of their findings for free, but most will ask you to sign up for a service. The value is that they have already done the initial work for you saving you time – and are satisfied with their approach and methods.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
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