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Future savvy : identifying trends to make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and profit from change / Adam Gordon.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gordon, Adam, 1964-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Business forecasting.
Strategic planning.
Industrial management.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Edition:
1st edition
Place of Publication:
New York : American Management Association, c2009.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
text file
Summary:
A critical roadmap that helps companies turn ""future shock"" into ""future savvy"".
Contents:
Recognizing forecast intentions
The quality of information : how good is the data?
Bias traps : how and why interpretations are spun
Zeitgeist and perception : how we can't escape our own mind
The power of user utility : how consumers drive and block change
Drivers, blockers, and trends
The limits of quantitative forecasting
A systems perspective in forecasting
Alternative futures : how it's better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong
Applying forecast filtering
Questions to ask of any forecast.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.
ISBN:
9786612102240
9781282102248
1282102249
9780814412862
0814412866
OCLC:
443098691

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