Scenario Planning

Scenario Planning
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781118170151
ISBN-13 : 1118170156
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Scenario Planning by : Woody Wade

Is your business ready for the future? Scenario planning is a fascinating, yet still underutilized, business tool that can be of immense value to a company's strategic planning process. It allows companies to visualize the impact that a portfolio of possible futures could have on their competitiveness. It helps decision-makers see opportunities and threats that could emerge beyond their normal planning horizon. Scenario Planning serves as a guide to taking a long-term look at your business, your industry, and the world, posing thoughtful questions about the possible consequences of some current (and possible future) trends. This book will help you: Outline (and help you prepare for) any trends that could play out in the future that could change the political, social, and economic landscapes and significantly impact your business Explore the impact of technological advances and the emergence of new competitors to your business Examine challenges that are only dimly recognizable as potential problems today This visual book will help you answer this question: Is my organization ready for every possibility?

Scenario Techniques

Scenario Techniques
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 0070659311
ISBN-13 : 9780070659315
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Scenario Techniques by : Ute Von Reibnitz

Strategic Reframing

Strategic Reframing
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9780198745693
ISBN-13 : 0198745699
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Strategic Reframing by : Rafael Ramírez

This book provides clear information and guidance on how to do scenario planning to support strategy and public policy. The book describes the Oxford Scenario Planning Approach (OSPA), an intellectually rigorous and practical methodolgy.

Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions

Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 1558444009
ISBN-13 : 9781558444003
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions by : Robert Goodspeed

""Describes the emerging use of collaborative scenario planning practices in urban and regional planning, and includes case studies, an overview of digital tools, and a project evaluation framework. Concludes with a discussion of how scenarios can be used to address urban inequalities. Intended for a broad audience"--Provided by the publisher"--

Scenario Planning in Organizations

Scenario Planning in Organizations
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Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9781605099088
ISBN-13 : 1605099082
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Scenario Planning in Organizations by : Thomas J. Chermack

Scenario planning helps organization leaders, executives and decision-makers envision and develop strategies for multiple possible futures instead of just one. It enables organizations to become resilient and agile, carefully calibrating their responses and adapting quickly to new circumstances in a fast-changing environment. This book is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the scenario planning process. Unlike existing books it offers a thorough discussion of the evolution and theoretical foundations of scenario planning, examining its connections to learning theory, decision-making theory, mental model theory and more. Chermack emphasizes that scenario planning is far more than a simple set of steps to follow, as so many other practice-focused books do—he addresses the subtleties and complexities of planning. And, unique among scenario planning books, he deals not just with developing different scenarios but also with applying scenarios once they have been constructed, and assessing the impact of the scenario project. Using a case study based on a real scenario project Chermack lays out a comprehensive five phase scenario planning system—project preparation, scenario exploration, scenario development, scenario implementation and project assessment. Each chapter describes specific techniques for gathering and analyzing relevant data with a particular emphasis on the use of workshops to encourage dialogue. He offers a scenario project worksheet to help readers structure and manage scenario projects as well as avoid common pitfalls, and a discussion, based in recent neurological findings, of how scenario planning helps people to overcome barriers to creative thinking. “This book is about action and performance. Compelling and thoroughly researched, it offers every business executive a playbook for including uncertainty in the organizational change process and driving competitive advantage”. -- Tim Reynolds, Vice President, Talent and Organization Effectiveness, Whirlpool Corporation

Evolution of Scenario Planning

Evolution of Scenario Planning
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 9783110792065
ISBN-13 : 3110792060
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Evolution of Scenario Planning by : George Burt

Scenario planning is a long and well-established approach to help leaders create novel insights and challenge what they know of the world to influence future action. But as the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, leaders must question the traditional mode of analysing the contextual environment and adopt new capabilities to embrace change while they redefine and reframe their organisation for the future. The Evolution of Scenario Planning explores the pervasive nature of change. It provides a contemporary approach to using scenarios as strategic conversation to embrace experiences – past and present – to create novel understanding and insights. The book uses case studies and practical examples to guide facilitators in applying the scenario process in their organisation. Leaders, senior managers, consultants and academics will learn how to engage with scenarios as a central element of strategy and better understand their role in strategic leadership. They will also gain insight into the skills and capabilities revealed during the process of strategic conversation, where ambiguity and equivocality is a natural feature of such conversation. The Evolution of Scenario Planning makes a compelling case for using scenarios to enable leaders to develop foresight and attunement to grasp the ongoing dynamic of their uncertain and ambiguous world.

Foundations of Scenario Planning

Foundations of Scenario Planning
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9781317279402
ISBN-13 : 1317279409
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Foundations of Scenario Planning by : Thomas J Chermack

Pierre Wack was head of scenario planning at Royal Dutch / Shell Oil in London for just over ten years. He died in 1997. He was a pioneer of what we know today as scenario planning – an alternative and complement to strategic planning. Scenarios explore a variety of possible futures for examining decisions in organizational planning. Pierre was a unique man with interests in Indian and Japanese cultures and traditions. He travelled extensively and led a unique life that involved long periods of visiting gurus in India and extended sabbaticals in Japan. His experiences with Eastern thought no doubt shaped his ability to evolve the scenario method at Shell, and as a result he was able to lead a team that foresaw the oil crises of the 1970’s and 80’s. This new volume will cover the basic context of his life timeline and attach it to the development of his thinking about scenario planning over the course of his career. After his death, Wack’s materials, papers and documents were collected by Napier Collyns and have recently been made available at the University of Oxford where the Pierre Wack Memorial Library has been established. These documents contain a variety of clues and stories that reveal more about who Pierre Wack was, how he thought and will provide details about scenario planning that have never been seen or published. They also reveal a curious man and include a timeline written by his wife, Eve, which details their relationship over the course of 40 years. Written for management and business historians and researchers, this book will uncover unseen contributions by a scenario planning pioneer shaped by significant events in his personal life that helped him to see the world differently.

Scenario-based Strategic Planning

Scenario-based Strategic Planning
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9783658028756
ISBN-13 : 3658028750
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Scenario-based Strategic Planning by : Burkhard Schwenker

In a world characterized by increasing complexity and volatility, managers must be able to flexibly adapt their strategies to changing environmental conditions. Traditional strategic management frameworks often fail in this context. Therefore, we present "scenario-based strategic planning" as a framework for strategic management in an uncertain world. Previous approaches to scenario planning were complex and focused on the long term, but the approach developed by Roland Berger and the Center for Strategy and Scenario Planning at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is different. By designing appropriate tools and integrating scenario planning into strategic planning, we have made our approach less complex and easier for firms to apply. We illustrate the approach with examples from different industries.

Next Generation Supply Chains

Next Generation Supply Chains
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9783030635053
ISBN-13 : 3030635058
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Next Generation Supply Chains by : Rosanna Fornasiero

This open access book explores supply chains strategies to help companies face challenges such as societal emergency, digitalization, climate changes and scarcity of resources. The book identifies industrial scenarios for the next decade based on the analysis of trends at social, economic, environmental technological and political level, and examines how they may impact on supply chain processes and how to design next generation supply chains to answer these challenges. By mapping enabling technologies for supply chain innovation, the book proposes a roadmap for the full implementation of the supply chain strategies based on the integration of production and logistics processes. Case studies from process industry, discrete manufacturing, distribution and logistics, as well as ICT providers are provided, and policy recommendations are put forward to support companies in this transformative process.

The essence of scenarios

The essence of scenarios
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9789048522095
ISBN-13 : 9048522099
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The essence of scenarios by : Roland Kupers

In 1965, Royal Dutch Shell started experimenting with a new approach to preparing for the future. This approach, called scenario planning, eschewed forecasting in favor of plausible alternative stories. By using stories, or scenarios, Shell aimed to avoid the false assumption that the future would look much like the presentan assumption that marred most corporate planning at the time. The Essence of Scenarios offers unmatched insight into the companys innovative practice, which still has a huge influence on the way businesses, governments, and other organizations think about and plan for the future. In the course of their research, Angela Wilkinson and Roland Kupers interviewed almost every living veteran of the Shell scenario planning operation, along with many top Shell executives from later periods. Drawing on these interviews, the authors identify several principles that characterize the Shell process and explain how it has survived and thrived for so long. They also enumerate the qualities of successful Shell scenarios, which above all must be plausible stories with logical trajectories. Ultimately, Wilkinson and Kupers demonstrate the value of scenario planning as a sustained practice, rather than as a one-off exercise.