Last month, from 23th – 24th of September, I attended the 5th workshop on organizational change and development in Vienna, Austria, organized by EIASM. About 30 articles were presented on topics like organizational change, crisis management, organizational learning and dynamic … Continued
Igor Ansoff introduced the concept of “Strategic Issue Management” in 1980. A strategic issue is “…a forthcoming development, either inside or outside of the organization, which is likely to have an important impact on the ability of the enterprise to … Continued
The largest conference for management research, the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, will be held next year in San Antonio, Texas from August 12-16. The call for submissions for papers, symposia, and PDW Workshop is out and can be viewed … Continued
As discussed in our first blog post, we believe that future orientation can be attained both by foresight and strategic management processes and by defining responses top-down and by encouraging all employees to be on the lookout for external change … Continued
In the past, corporate foresight research was often based on processes and fixed structures. It was assumed that specialized units within the organization collect data by using specific methods like scenario analyses and roadmapping. Then recommendations for following processes (e.g. … Continued