RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FORESIGHT METHODOLOGIES by Maria Giaoutzi (Editor), Bartolomeo Sapio (Editor) ( 9781489973733 )

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Title:

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FORESIGHT METHODOLOGIES

By:

Maria Giaoutzi (Editor), Bartolomeo Sapio (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1489973737

ISBN 13:

9781489973733

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

13 December, 2014

Edition:

2013 ed.

Series:

Complex Networks and Dynamic Systems 1

Pages:

310

Description:

Concerned with applying critical thought to long-term developments in the public sector, industry, and management, foresight is integral to future studies. This book is a major update on the field and a forward step in standardizing the subject's methodology.

Synopsis:

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 "stakeholders." 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.

Illustrations:

1 Tables, color; 30 Tables, black and white; XVIII, 310 p.

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Imprint:

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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Returnable

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