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Scanning for Blind Spots

Scanning for Blind Spots

Barbara Jane Holland
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522522553|ISBN10: 1522522557|EISBN13: 9781522522560
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch077
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Holland, Barbara Jane. "Scanning for Blind Spots." Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 899-911. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch077

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Holland, B. J. (2018). Scanning for Blind Spots. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 899-911). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch077

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Holland, Barbara Jane. "Scanning for Blind Spots." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 899-911. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch077

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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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