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What is Strategic Foresight

Chapter 35
Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
a discipline which seeks to develop an organizational understanding of possible future events affecting it, the factors contributing to those events and what steps the organization can take to best position itself.
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Business Intelligence through Analytics and Foresight
Hassan Rasheed (Taif University, Saudi Arabia) and Howard Rasheed (University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch035
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Chapter 288
Environmental Scanning
The practice of creating a functional view of the future, or future events and possibilities, in such a way as to take full advantage of opportunities, as well as to prepare for any possible adversity.
Published in Chapter: Environmental Scanning; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Strategic Foresight Tools for Planning and Policy
Also known as Futures Studies, is discipline organizations use to gather and process information about their future operating environment. This information can include, for example, trends and developments in their political, economic, social, technological, and legal environments
Published in Chapter: Strategic Foresight Tools for Planning and Policy; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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