Scenarios For Success

Author : Bill Sharpe,Kees van der Heijden
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470723092

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Scenarios for Success by Bill Sharpe,Kees van der Heijden Pdf

Properly researched and intelligently deployed, scenario planning is today’s most powerful tool for understanding and preparing for an uncertain future. Yet it remains a niche approach, poorly understood by leaders at large. To bring it into the strategy mainstream, leaders need advice on how to turn concepts (scenarios) into actions (strategy). Scenarios for Success delivers a unique and coherent account of the state of the scenario planning art. It is aimed particularly at those trying to implement its findings. Striking a balance between theory and practice, the contributors show how and why the core techniques of scenario thinking have endured and are still valuable, while bringing new tools and processes that keep scenario planning in touch with modern realities.

Author : Matthias Gauger
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783832524692

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Integration of Wireless Sensor Networks in Pervasive Computing Scenarios by Matthias Gauger Pdf

Using wireless sensor networks as part of pervasive computing scenarios is a difficult problem. It involves providing functionality and node behavior required by pervasive computing applications given the very limited capabilities and the constraints of wireless sensor nodes. The goal of this work is to investigate the problem of integrating wireless sensor nodes and wireless sensor networks in pervasive computing scenarios and to develop solutions that facilitate such an integration. Based on an analysis of both research areas, of their specific properties and requirements as well as the similarities and differences of the two fields, we identify and discuss a set of five fundamental problem areas that complicate the integration of sensor networks and pervasive computing: communication, network setup and configuration, user experience, security and flexibility and adaptability. In the main part of this work, we then introduce a total of six solution approaches that deal with different aspects of the identified problem areas.

Author : Masaaki Kurosu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1125 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642028069

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Human Centered Design by Masaaki Kurosu Pdf

The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of the design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Author : Thomas J. Chermack
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523092901

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Using Scenarios by Thomas J. Chermack Pdf

This is the first book to offer detailed guidance on how scenarios can be used to help organizations make their toughest decisions in a world of ever-escalating crisis and opportunity. To reap the full benefits of scenarios, you have to be able to apply them in the real world. This groundbreaking book goes beyond the theoretical to clearly explain different ways scenarios can be used in business decision-making—from strategic planning and financial modeling to crisis response. Connecting scenarios to strategy and action can have many benefits, including the ability to react quickly, anticipate major changes in the environment, and identify major opportunities. Thomas Chermack, a top expert on scenario planning, offers seven specific ways organizations can use scenarios and provides a wide variety of examples, along with proven processes, exercises, and workshops that have been used successfully in organizations across industries and countries for more than fifteen years.

Author : Kees van der Heijden
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119995524

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Scenarios by Kees van der Heijden Pdf

Scenario planning allows companies to move away from linear thinking and better understand external change. Eight years (and 30,000 copies) after publication Scenarios is still acknowledged as the definitive work in the field. Now, Kees van der Heijden brings his bestseller up to date, following up on his original case studies and adding significant new material. The Second Edition changes focus slightly by providing more in-depth analysis and application of the concept of the 'strategic conversation'. While maintaining the underlying rigour of the first edition, van der Heijden revisits the text to make it far more practical and accessible, and in doing so gives you the tools you need to set out and negotiate a successful future course for your organization in the face of significant uncertainty.

Author : Sven Svebek,Michael J. Apter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781317763338

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Stress And Health by Sven Svebek,Michael J. Apter Pdf

In order to gain a clearer understanding of stress and its physical and psychological consequences, reversal theory takes into account the fact that many people need stress in their lives in order to operate. This text organizes stress and health research that has been undertaken within the reversal theory framework. The first two chapters outline and provide a focus about reversal theory, thus acting as a bridge to the rest of the text. For those new to reversal theory, tables and figures are included Which Summarize Some Of The Characteristics Of The Metamotivational states identified in the theory, and show how they can be applied systematically. The following section deals with the effects of stress, including: stressful events; academic stress; and back pain and work stress. It then tackles the subjects of the physiology and psychology of smoking and attempts to quit this sort of addiction, and the risk-taking behaviours of parachuting and unsafe sexual practice. Finally the book Examines Health-Promoting Behaviours And The Factors Which Facilitate Or inhibit them.

Author : Liam Fahey,Robert M. Randall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471303526

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Learning from the Future by Liam Fahey,Robert M. Randall Pdf

Unter Szenarioplanung versteht man eine spezielle Methode der Vorhersage zukünftiger politischer, ökonomischer und demographischer Entwicklungen, die das Funktionieren eines Unternehmens beeinflussen können. Diese Technik wird hier von renommierten Vorreitern auf diesem Gebiet ausführlich beleuchtet - so lernt der Manager, verschiedene Implikationen plausibler Ereignisse und Einflüsse systematisch zu durchdenken. (11/97)

Author : Wack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0000856177

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Scenarios by Wack Pdf

Author : Jeremy Winston Webb
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781040049587

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Exploring Climate Change Related Systems and Scenarios by Jeremy Winston Webb Pdf

Jeremy Webb draws on multiple disciplines to piece together the climate change puzzle, identifying what it would take to limit climate change and its impacts. The book starts with a summary of the climate change problem and develops a Climate Change, National Interests, International Cooperation (CCNIIC) model of the climate response system. Webb reviews ‘reverse stress testing’, ‘backcasting’, and ‘theory of change’ methods, showing how they can be used to collect a large sample of possible futures. He also shows how we can explore the multiverse of futures using a new method called thematic chain analysis, finding relevant connections across scenarios. In the second half of the book, Webb explores 175 scenarios collected through 27 interviews with climate change experts. From these scenarios a signal response model is developed. Preconditions for effective social change and behaviour, political will and policy, as well as business and economic activity are synthesised. Lessons include preconditions for effective global responses to climate change, showing what it takes to limit climate change and related impacts. The book finishes with an epilogue, applying the signal response model and preconditions for effective global responses to COVID-19, demonstrating that models from this book can be applied to other global response problems – and used to quickly assess possible response strategies. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and future studies.

Author : Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839453193

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The Plausibility of Future Scenarios by Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele Pdf

What does plausibility mean in relation to scenario planning and how do users of scenarios assess it? Despite the concept's ubiquity, its epistemological and empirical foundations remain unexplored in previous research. Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele offers an interdisciplinary perspective: she presents approaches from philosophy of sciences, cognitive psychology, narrative theory and linguistics, and tests key hypotheses in an experimental study. A conceptual map lays out indicators for scenario plausibility and explains how assessments vary across scenario methods. This helps researchers and practitioners to better understand the implications of their methodological choices in scenario development.

Author : Jagdish N. Sheth
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132716383

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The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies by Jagdish N. Sheth Pdf

Why do so many good companies engage in self-destructive behavior? This book identifies seven dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to–and helps you diagnose and break these habits before they destroy you. Through case studies from some of yesterday’s most widely praised corporate icons, you’ll learn how companies slip into “addiction” and slide off the rails...why some never turn around...and how others achieve powerful turnarounds, moving on to unprecedented levels of success. You’ll learn how an obsession with volume leads inexorably to rising costs and falling margins...how companies fall victim to denial, myth, ritual, and orthodoxy... how they start wasting vital energy on culture confl ict and turf wars...how they blind themselves to emerging competition...how they become arrogant, complacent, and far too dependent on their traditional competences. Most important, you’ll find specific, detailed techniques for “curing”–or, better yet, preventing–every one of these self-destructive habits. The “cocoon” of denial Find it, admit it, assess it, and escape it The stigma of arrogance Escape this fault that “breeds in a dark, closed room” The virus of complacency Six warning signs and five solutions The curse of incumbency Stop your core competencies from blinding you to new opportunities The threat of myopia Widen your view of your competitors–and the dangers they pose The obsession of volume Get beyond “rising volumes and shrinking margins” The territorial impulse Break down the silos, factions, fiefdoms, and ivory towers

Author : Rochelle L. Teising,Catherine Joseph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Career development
ISBN : 0945213301

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Scenarios for Success by Rochelle L. Teising,Catherine Joseph Pdf

Some people never seem to get ahead in the workplace -- every job is a re-run of the past. Success in the workplace is greatly determined by the patterns and messages established in early life. Personal beliefs on authority, relationships, work, success, and failure -- create a template influencing how a person views the world and behaves. As a result of this, people often sabotage themselves and create blocks that keep them from achieving their maximum potential. Using the metaphor that we are all stars in our own life movie, Take Two explains how to re-write your script and take direction of your life by substituting success-oriented beliefs that support the attitudes and behaviors required to get ahead. Practical exercises help identify the early messages that might be holding a person back and show how to produce new thinking and behaviors, and produce new behaviors to make the transition to a success-oriented attitude. Stories from dozens of individuals illustrate the impact of how accomplished and successful you can become by replacing your old dialog with positive information that will contribute to your success.

Author : United States. Department of Energy. Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and Clean Energy Technologies
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Energy development
ISBN : 9781428918443

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Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future by United States. Department of Energy. Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and Clean Energy Technologies Pdf

Author : Kamil Nicieja
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781638353904

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Writing Great Specifications by Kamil Nicieja Pdf

Summary Writing Great Specifications is an example-rich tutorial that teaches you how to write good Gherkin specification documents that take advantage of the benefits of specification by example. Foreword written by Gojko Adzic. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology The clearest way to communicate a software specification is to provide examples of how it should work. Turning these story-based descriptions into a well-organized dev plan is another matter. Gherkin is a human-friendly, jargon-free language for documenting a suite of examples as an executable specification. It fosters efficient collaboration between business and dev teams, and it's an excellent foundation for the specification by example (SBE) process. About the Book Writing Great Specifications teaches you how to capture executable software designs in Gherkin following the SBE method. Written for both developers and non-technical team members, this practical book starts with collecting individual feature stories and organizing them into a full, testable spec. You'll learn to choose the best scenarios, write them in a way that anyone can understand, and ensure they can be easily updated by anyone.management. What's Inside Reading and writing Gherkin Designing story-based test cases Team Collaboration Managing a suite of Gherkin documents About the Reader Primarily written for developers and architects, this book is accessible to any member of a software design team. About the Author Kamil Nicieja is a seasoned engineer, architect, and project manager with deep expertise in Gherkin and SBE. Table of contents Introduction to specification by example and Gherkin PART 1 - WRITING EXECUTABLE SPECIFICATIONS WITH EXAMPLES The specification layer and the automation layer Mastering the Given-When-Then template The basics of scenario outlines Choosing examples for scenario outlines The life cycle of executable specifications Living documentation PART 2 - MANAGING SPECIFICATION SUITES Organizing scenarios into a specification suite Refactoring features into abilities and business needs Building a domain-driven specification suite Managing large projects with bounded contexts

Author : Thomas J. Chermack
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605099088

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Scenario Planning in Organizations by Thomas J. Chermack Pdf

Scenario planning helps organization leaders, executives and decision-makers envision and develop strategies for multiple possible futures instead of just one. It enables organizations to become resilient and agile, carefully calibrating their responses and adapting quickly to new circumstances in a fast-changing environment. This book is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the scenario planning process. Unlike existing books it offers a thorough discussion of the evolution and theoretical foundations of scenario planning, examining its connections to learning theory, decision-making theory, mental model theory and more. Chermack emphasizes that scenario planning is far more than a simple set of steps to follow, as so many other practice-focused books do—he addresses the subtleties and complexities of planning. And, unique among scenario planning books, he deals not just with developing different scenarios but also with applying scenarios once they have been constructed, and assessing the impact of the scenario project. Using a case study based on a real scenario project Chermack lays out a comprehensive five phase scenario planning system—project preparation, scenario exploration, scenario development, scenario implementation and project assessment. Each chapter describes specific techniques for gathering and analyzing relevant data with a particular emphasis on the use of workshops to encourage dialogue. He offers a scenario project worksheet to help readers structure and manage scenario projects as well as avoid common pitfalls, and a discussion, based in recent neurological findings, of how scenario planning helps people to overcome barriers to creative thinking. “This book is about action and performance. Compelling and thoroughly researched, it offers every business executive a playbook for including uncertainty in the organizational change process and driving competitive advantage”. -- Tim Reynolds, Vice President, Talent and Organization Effectiveness, Whirlpool Corporation