The Sixth Sense

Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios

Kees Van Der Heijden

308 pages, parution le 26/07/2002

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Résumé

This book is about organizational survival: the reasons why organizations do not always survive, and what can be done about it.

Survival means creating value for stakeholders, and the survival problem starts with uncertainty, change and the need for organizations to adapt to shifting needs and market conditions. The key question is 'Why are organizations slow to change and adapt?' Unsuccessful organizations are distinguished by their failure to overcome thinking and behavioural flaws at personal, organizational and community levels. In this book, we explain what these flaws are and how the scenario approach helps senior managers and organizations to overcome them. Our approach is based on reasoning, research, real world observations - and a long track record developing scenario-based thinking, combining the most effective elements of the many scenario approaches that have been tried over time.

Contents

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.
HOW MANAGERS THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
HOW ORGANIZATIONS THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THE IMPACT OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS ON STRATEGY.
SHAPING THE FUTURE: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SCENARIO TECHNIQUES.
DEVELOPING THE SKILLS FOR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND SUCCESS: PRINCIPLES OF THE SCENARIO PROCESS.
SCENARIO PLANNING IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT.
SCENARIO PLANNING: TAKING CHARGE OF THE FUTURE.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Kees Van Der Heijden
Parution	26/07/2002
Nb. de pages	308
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	600g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470844915
ISBN13	978-0-470-84491-5