Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Management of foresight portfolio: analysis of modular foresight projects at contract research organisation. / Könnölä, Totti; Ahlqvist, Toni; Eerola, Annele; Kivisaari, Sirkku; Koivisto, Raija.
Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments: A Search for New Frameworks. ed. / Sandro Mendonça; Bartolomeo Sapio. 1. ed. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011. p. 95 - 119.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter or book article › Professional
TY - CHAP
T1 - Management of foresight portfolio: analysis of modular foresight projects at contract research organisation
AU - Könnölä, Totti
AU - Ahlqvist, Toni
AU - Eerola, Annele
AU - Kivisaari, Sirkku
AU - Koivisto, Raija
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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
AB - 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
M3 - Chapter or book article
SN - 978-0-415-67223-8
SP - 95
EP - 119
BT - Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments
A2 - Mendonça, Sandro
A2 - Sapio, Bartolomeo
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon, Oxon
ER -