Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cairns, George.

Description

1. xvi, 176 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Presents new methods in scenario thinking, based on a mix of high-level research and top-level consultancy experience. The authors describe the logical bases of a range of scenario methods and provide detailed 'road maps' on how to implement them - together with practical examples of their application"--

Subject

1. Business planning
2. Strategic planning
3. Decision making
4. Organizational change
5. Business and Management
6. Business planning
7. Organizational change
8. Strategic planning
9. Unternehmensplanung
10. Strategische Planung
11. Entscheidungsfindung
12. Organisationswandel
13. Corporate planning
14. Communicating
15. Project management

Contents

1. Why should the individual and organization practice scenario thinking? -- Working with scenarios : introducing the basic method -- Incorporating stakeholder values and facilitating critique of scenario storylines -- Understanding stakeholder viewpoints. -- Augmented scenario approaches : delving deeper and stretching wider -- Scenarios and decision analysis -- Creating robust strategies and robust organizations -- The backward logic method of constructing extreme scenarios -- Diagnosing organizational receptiveness.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-172) and index.

Access (note)

1. Electronic version is restricted to subscribing institutions.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain