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题名/责任者:

Recent developments in foresight methodologies / Maria Giaoutzi, Bartolomeo Sapio, editors.

出版发行项:

New York : Springer, 2013.

ISBN:

9781461452140 (hbk.)

ISBN:

9781461452157 (e-ISBN)

载体形态项:

xviii, 307 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

丛编说明:

Complex networks and dynamic systems ; v. 1

附加个人名称:

Giaoutzi, Maria.

附加个人名称:

Sapio, Bartolomeo.

论题主题:

Business forecasting.

中图法分类号:

F713.52

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references.

摘要附注:

Foresight is an area within Futures Studies that focuses on critical thinking concerning long term developments, whether within the public sector or in industry and management, and is something of a sub-section of complexity and network science. This book examines developments in foresight methodologies and relates in its greater part to the work done in the context of the COSTA22 network of the EU on Foresight Methodologies. Foresight is a professional practice that supports significant decisions, and as such it needs to be more assured of its claims to knowledge (methodology). Foresight is practiced across many domains and is not the preserve of specialized 'futurists', or indeed of foresight specialists. However, the disciplines of foresight are not well articulated or disseminated across domains, leading to re-inventions and practice that does not make best use of experience in other domains. The methodological development of foresight is an important task that aims at strengthening the pool of the tools available for application, thereby empowering the actors involved in foresight practice. Elaborating further on methodological issues, such as those presented in the present book, enables the actors involved in foresight to begin to critique current practice from this perspective and, thirdly, to begin to design foresight practice. The present trends towards methodological concerns indicates a move from 'given' expert-predicted futures to one in which futures are nurtured through a dialogue among "(Bstakeholders." The book has four parts, each elaborating on a set of aspects of foresight methodologies. After an introductory section, Part II considers theorizing about foresight methodologies. Part III covers system content issues, and Part IV presents foresight tools and approaches.

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