Abstract
While the expansion of foresight scope towards systemic
processes and societal considerations has provided
significant opportunities for learning and synchronised
action between different business units and/or policy
fields, it may also have caused digression and ambiguity
in the practice and theory of the management of foresight
processes. This is true, in particular, in contract
research organisations that have faced major challenges
to reorganise their foresight activities as part of the
changes in their innovation practices. The paper examines
the exercises and consequent responses to this shift at
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The paper
develops and applies a coherent classification framework
for foresight exercises. The framework provides practical
support for the design and management of foresight
projects, as well as supports the overall management of
the portfolio of different kinds of foresight activities.
The findings also point out the need for the modular
process design that helps adjusting foresight exercises
in different contexts
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Search for New Frameworks |
| Editors | Sandro Mendonça, Bartolomeo Sapio |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon, Oxon |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 95 - 119 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-415-67223-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |