Foresight For Dynamic Organisations In Unstable Environments

Author : Sandro Mendonça,Bartolomeo Sapio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317979517

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Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments by Sandro Mendonça,Bartolomeo Sapio Pdf

Foresight has an especially important role in times of transition and trouble. In times of turbulence foresight arises as a tool for intellectual freedom and enhanced strategic leverage. But foresight itself is always in a continuing process of innovation as it is not detached from the changing environment that engulfs organisations. Taking stock from innovative developments in foresight methodologies and implementation experiences is relevant as new experiments have rapidly accumulated in this new century. Looking ahead calls for a review of new perspectives and recent practice on foresight methodology and on how foresight is embedded in organisations. This book brings together a sample of real-world cases and of conceptual proposals bridging between practitioners and researchers in the field of futures research. Such an ambition is an increasingly difficult balancing act as the gap between the needs of organisational leaders and the incentives of academics becomes an ever widening gulf due to increasingly specialised and self-absorbed agendas. To further this book’s goals we had the opportunity to assemble an international team of authors coming from a variety of backgrounds to provide their first-hand view from the frontier of new foresight empirical work and theoretical reflection. This book was originally published as a special issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.

Author : Sandro Mendonça,Bartolomeo Sapio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317979524

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Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments by Sandro Mendonça,Bartolomeo Sapio Pdf

Foresight has an especially important role in times of transition and trouble. In times of turbulence foresight arises as a tool for intellectual freedom and enhanced strategic leverage. But foresight itself is always in a continuing process of innovation as it is not detached from the changing environment that engulfs organisations. Taking stock from innovative developments in foresight methodologies and implementation experiences is relevant as new experiments have rapidly accumulated in this new century. Looking ahead calls for a review of new perspectives and recent practice on foresight methodology and on how foresight is embedded in organisations. This book brings together a sample of real-world cases and of conceptual proposals bridging between practitioners and researchers in the field of futures research. Such an ambition is an increasingly difficult balancing act as the gap between the needs of organisational leaders and the incentives of academics becomes an ever widening gulf due to increasingly specialised and self-absorbed agendas. To further this book’s goals we had the opportunity to assemble an international team of authors coming from a variety of backgrounds to provide their first-hand view from the frontier of new foresight empirical work and theoretical reflection. This book was originally published as a special issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.

Author : Valerie Revest,Isabelle Liotard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781394226290

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Digital Transformation and Public Policies by Valerie Revest,Isabelle Liotard Pdf

The extent of digitalization and the use of digital tools no longer need to be demonstrated. While companies have been integrating the challenges of such a transformation for more than 20 years, the public sector is lagging behind. Digital Transformation and Public Policies studies the mechanisms of the digital transformation of public organizations. It explores how this new deal, driven mainly by platforms, resonates with new public policies and how digital technology is redrawing the relationship between the governors and the governed. This book, the result of transdisciplinary collaboration between researchers, aims to answer these questions by focusing on several cases: public innovation policies, health data and social policies with fiscal microsimulation devices.

Author : Norbert A. Streitz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031599880

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Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions by Norbert A. Streitz Pdf

Author : Alex Gorod,Leonie Hallo,Vernon Ireland,Indra Gunawan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429591228

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Evolving Toolbox for Complex Project Management by Alex Gorod,Leonie Hallo,Vernon Ireland,Indra Gunawan Pdf

This book enhances learning about complex project management principles and practices through the introduction and discussion of a portfolio of tools presented as an evolving toolbox. Throughout the book, industry practitioners examine the toolsets that are part of the toolbox to develop a broader understanding of complex project management challenges and the available tools to address them. This approach establishes a dynamic, structured platform for a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the modern, rapidly changing, multifaceted business environment to teach the next generation of project managers to successfully cope with the ever increasing complexity of the 21st century.

Author : Bruno F. Abrantes,Jesper Lind Madsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031348143

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Essentials on Dynamic Capabilities for a Contemporary World by Bruno F. Abrantes,Jesper Lind Madsen Pdf

This book is about dynamic capabilities (DCs) in the context of the 21st century, in which global challenges seem to come from different quadrants. For instance, an environmental threat to the planet ́s sustainability, or technological advancements disrupting the traditional value chains call for new business models accompanying societal trends. Although the usual approach in dealing with these business models is from a competitiveness perspective, the editors of this book avoid it as the approach seems reductive of what the organizations are required to be aware of and cope with in the modern world only to their organizational ecosystems. The book offers a compilation of studies on dynamic capabilities covering both cognitive and non-cognitive DCs, according to the managerial and leadership aspects of technological capabilities. Each chapter obeys a certain order, within a particular category of DCs, and their reading along the book is telling a story, showing seminal DCs that a company cannot neglect in the current world. Their grouping also is structured in one way that one might be a preparatory reading for another. Researchers working on the dynamic capabilities approach will particularly benefit from the discussions provided within this book.

Author : Alvaro Rocha,Hojjat Adeli,Gintautas Dzemyda,Fernando Moreira
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031048265

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Information Systems and Technologies by Alvaro Rocha,Hojjat Adeli,Gintautas Dzemyda,Fernando Moreira Pdf

This book covers the following main topics: A) information and knowledge management; B) organizational models and information systems; C) software and systems modeling; D) software systems, architectures, applications and tools; E) multimedia systems and applications; F) computer networks, mobility and pervasive systems; G) intelligent and decision support systems; H) big data analytics and applications; I) human–computer interaction; J) ethics, computers and security; K) health informatics; L) information technologies in education; M) information technologies in radio communications; N) technologies for biomedical applications. This book is composed by a selection of articles from The 2022 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'22), held between April 12 and 14, in Budva, Montenegro. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and challenges of modern information systems and technologies research, together with their technological development and applications.

Author : Tuomo Kuosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317032502

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The Evolution of Strategic Foresight by Tuomo Kuosa Pdf

Embracing the theory and practice of strategic foresight and illuminating how different schools of thought regard its role in policy making, Tuomo Kuosa describes how something not traditionally considered an independent discipline, is steadily becoming one. In The Evolution of Strategic Foresight he explains how the practice of strategic foresight has long been closely associated with the military and politics. Linking strategic thinking more broadly to futurology, however, it is quite new. Since strategic foresight refers to the practice of generating analyses of alternative futures and strategies, based on available intelligence and foreknowledge, the practice can and should be applied to companies, business sectors, national and trans-national agencies of all descriptions, and to all aspects of public policy making. The author explains its practice in terms of structure, process, and knowledge domains, and examines its methodologies and systems, along with how strategic foresight can be used to produce better knowledge and be more effectively linked to policy making. Using examples from 30 different countries and with access to interviews and workshops involving key experts, The Evolution of Strategic Foresight will be valuable to scholars, educators, students engaged in strategy and future studies, long-range, public policy and urban planners, analysts; risk assessment experts, and consultants, managers and decision makers in many organisations, public and private.

Author : Henry Linger,Julie Fisher,Andrew Barnden,Chris Barry,Michael Lang,Christoph Schneider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461475408

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Building Sustainable Information Systems by Henry Linger,Julie Fisher,Andrew Barnden,Chris Barry,Michael Lang,Christoph Schneider Pdf

​Information Systems (IS) as a discipline draws on diverse areas including, technology, organisational theory, management and social science. The field is recognized as very broad and encompassing many themes and areas. However, the development of artefacts, or information systems development (ISD), in the broadest sense, is a central concern of the discipline. Significantly, ISD impacts on the organisational and societal contexts through the use of the artefacts constructed by the development. Today, that impact also needs to be evaluated in terms of its effects on the environment. Sustainable, or "green," IT is a catch-all term used to describe the development, manufacture, management, use and disposal of ICT in a way that minimizes damage to the environment. As a result, the term has many different meanings, depending on the role assumed in the life span of the ICT artefact. The theme of the proposed work is to critically examine the whole range of issues around ISD from the perspective of sustainability. Sustainable IT is an emerging theme in academic research and industry practice in response to an individual concern for the environment and the embryonic regulatory environments being enacted globally to address the environmental impact of ICT. In this work we intend to bring together in one volume the diverse research around the development of sustainable IS.

Author : Mary Drotar,Kathy Morrissey
Publisher : Product Innovation Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781732749214

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Learn & Adapt by Mary Drotar,Kathy Morrissey Pdf

Launch promotion: 25% off through 10/3/2022. In this user guide, we present Exploratory Product Development (ExPD), a strategy-to-launch product development approach that is adaptable and can respond nimbly to environments that are increasingly complex and uncertain. Using the ExPD approach, you can discover how to accelerate your product development process by removing bureaucracy and rework, learning through experimentation, and shifting your focus to the most critical product priorities. We examine the constraints imposed by a traditional phased-and-gated product development process and demonstrate the transformational role of the ExPD approach in adapting to individual product needs. This user guide is for product developers in established enterprises looking to install a new or improved product development process. Product developers in start-ups will also benefit from many of the ideas, tools, and techniques covered in this guide. We provide case studies and examples that transition these concepts from theory into practice. Implementing the ExPD approach will result in a product development function that is stronger, more focused, and more resilient to change. You will better understand the role strategy and business models play in product development and how to build a productive idea pipeline. Also, you will gain a new appreciation for the need to identify, assess and resolve uncertainty and risk before investing in a product, giving you greater confidence in your ability to win savings in resources and time to market and ultimately achieve greater product success.

Author : Khalid Arar,Izhar Oplatka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031145100

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Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership by Khalid Arar,Izhar Oplatka Pdf

Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership presents recent models of leadership and analyzes their components and implications in the educational context. Each chapter features the scholarly background of each model, its components, antecedents, and critically analyzes its values and application to educational institutions. Special attention is given to issues of social justice, equity, equality, anti-racism, and the like. This core text provides aspiring school leaders and administrators with each model theory, and tools for applying it with special attention to issues of social justice, equity, diversity, and anti-racism alike. The book designed in a form of a course textbook for postgraduate students in the field of Educational Leadership and Administration in studying each model. Also, it provides professors of educational leadership in teaching contents and methods in their courses about school leadership, school improvement, Educational Leadership Development, Superintendents’ Qualification; School Leadership Professional Development, every chapter includes teaching tools, reflection questions and practice activities for students, in addition the book informs researchers, and policymakers aiming at promoting multi-faceted educational leadership for equity and excellence and robust models of leading, improving and changing schools.

Author : Andreas Michael Schühly
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030866600

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Cultural Influences on the Process of Strategic Management by Andreas Michael Schühly Pdf

This unique book is positioned at the crossroads of strategic management and international business. Based on an in-depth literature review, the author empirically assesses the widely shared, implicit assumption that strategic management processes can be globally applied in a standardized, i.e., culture-free, manner. So far, a variety of tools have also been recommended but without incorporating cultural differences. As many organizations observe that this ethnocentric view is more an illusion than reality, strategic management research has started to focus on the cultural sensitivity of its theories, tools, and processes to provide practitioners in a multicultural setting with adequate know-how and tools. To foster long-term decision-making despite uncertainty, scenario planning is frequently applied by practitioners. Up until today, scenario planning has however gained little attention from the academic community. Through this book, the author presents a newly developed framework for strategic management that combines the cultural value scale to test the cultural sensitivity of the long-term planning tool called “scenario planning.” The different process steps of scenario planning have been individually examined for their sensitivity toward the cultural dimensions of uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation. The investigation is based on a unique, global set of management consultants working for a leading professional service firm. The results of this research show the cultural sensitivity of scenario planning, with different degrees of the process steps and the tested cultural dimensions.

Author : Nils Markusson,Simon Shackley,Benjamin Evar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849713153

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The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage by Nils Markusson,Simon Shackley,Benjamin Evar Pdf

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Oliver Mack,Anshuman Khare,Andreas Krämer,Thomas Burgartz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319168890

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Managing in a VUCA World by Oliver Mack,Anshuman Khare,Andreas Krämer,Thomas Burgartz Pdf

This book examines volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and addresses the need for broader knowledge and application of new concepts and frameworks to deal with unpredictable and rapid changing situations. The premises of VUCA can shape all aspects of an organization. To cover all areas, the book is divided into six sections. Section 1 acts as an introduction to VUCA and complexity. It reviews ways to manage complexity, while providing examples for tools and approaches that can be applied. The main focus of Section 2 is on leadership, strategy and planning. The chapters in this section create new approaches to handle VUCA environments pertaining to these areas including using the Tetralemma logics, tools from systemic structural constellation (SySt) approach of psychotherapy and organizational development, to provide new ideas for the management of large strategic programs in organizations. Section 3 considers how marketing and sales are affected by VUCA, from social media’s influence to customer value management. Operations and cost management are highlighted in Section 4. This section covers VUCA challenges within global supply chains and decision-oriented controlling. In Section 5 organizational structure and process management are showcased, while Section 6 is dedicated to addressing the effects of VUCA in IT, technology and data management. The VUCA forces present businesses with the need to move from linear modes of thought to problem solving with synthetic and simultaneous thinking. This book should help to provide some starting points and ideas to deal with the next era. It should not be understood as the end of the road, but as the beginning of a journey exploring and developing new concepts for a new way of management.

Author : Nezameddin Faghih
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031381881

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Time and Fractals by Nezameddin Faghih Pdf

This edited volume discusses time and fractal phenomena in economics, entrepreneurship, and management. Chapters embrace a wide spectrum of topics, such as time series analysis of entrepreneurial orientation, theoretical research on the effectiveness of time management in dynamics of employee-organization relationship, the degradation of goals over time and how ambiguity and managerial cognition shape distributions of project time and cost, and fractal characteristics in energy markets and organizations. Revealing emerging aspects of time and fractals across disciplines, this volume demonstrates their significance in advancing economics, entrepreneurship, and management research. As such, this text will be useful for academics, researchers, management professionals and policy makers.