Introduction: Today's chaos, tomorrow's opportunity -- pt. 1. Tools and techniques. Futurism: the antidote to chaos -- Systems thinking: a superhighway to change -- Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype -- Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts -- Strategic implications: what the future means to you -- Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future -- Communicating the future--even to the skeptical -- pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world -- Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power -- Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders -- Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life -- Energy: getting more out of less -- Nanotechnologies: smaller is better -- Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people -- Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good -- Epilogue: Where do we go from here?
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index.
عنوانهای گونه گون دیگر
عنوان گونه گون
how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
عنصر شناسه ای
Business forecasting
عنصر شناسه ای
Industrial management
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
HD
شماره رکورد رده بندي
30
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27
نشانه اثر
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G37
شماره رکورد غير از شماره رده بندي
2007
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )