Austopoietic Limitations of Probing the Future

Deborah Blackman

Austopoietic Limitations of Probing the Future

Deborah Blackman

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Abstract

Foresight, according to Slaughter (1995, p. 1) is ''a human attribute that allows us to weigh up pros and cons, to evaluate different courses of actions and to invest possible futures on every level with enough reality and meaning to use them as decision making aids. The simplest possible definition is: opening to the future with every means at our disposal, developing views of future options, and then choosing between them.''This indicates that foresight is about processes and behaviours that will enable the firm to undertake more

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Managing the Future: Foresight in the Knowledge Economy
Editors	Haridimos Tsoukas, Jill Shepherd
Place of Publication	United States
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Chapter	11
Pages	187-203
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781405142397
ISBN (Print)	9781405116145
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Austopoietic Limitations of Probing the Future

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