Using Scenarios : Scenario Planning for Improving Organizations / Thomas J. Chermack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chermack, Thomas J., author.

Series:

Publication in the Berrett-Koehler organizational performance series.

Berrett-Koehler organizational performance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Simulation methods.

Management.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

This is the first book to offer detailed guidance on how scenarios can be used to help organizations make their toughest decisions in a world of ever-escalating crisis and opportunity.To reap the full benefits of scenarios, you have to be able to apply them in the real world. This groundbreaking book goes beyond the theoretical to clearly explain different ways scenarios can be used in business decision-making--from strategic planning and financial modeling to crisis response. Connecting scenarios to strategy and action can have many benefits, including the ability to react quickly, anticipate major changes in the environment, and identify major opportunities.Thomas Chermack, a top expert on scenario planning, offers seven specific ways organizations can use scenarios and provides a wide variety of examples, along with proven processes, exercises, and workshops that have been used successfully in organizations across industries and countries for more than fifteen years.

Contents:

What do you do with scenarios?

Problems with the practice of strategic and scenario planning

Methods for developing scenarios

Seven approaches to using scenarios

Connecting scenarios to a purpose

Generating strategies

Windtunneling strategies with scenarios

Testing decisions and options with scenarios

Assessing the financial benefits of scenarios

Modeling financials with scenarios

Developing scenario signals and critical uncertainty dashboards

Making scenarios a part of organizational culture

Advancing strategic and scenario planning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523092901

1523092904

9781523092895

1523092890

OCLC:

1277182264