Foresight (management)
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In management, a review, analysis
, and synthesis
of past definitions and usages of the foresight concept into a generic definition, in order to make the concept measurable has classified foresight as a behaviour (covert and/or overt).
Specifically, foresight has been defined as:
"Degree of analyzing present contingencies and degree of moving the analysis of present contingencies across time, and degree of analyzing a desired future state or states a degree ahead in time with regard to contingencies under control, as well as degree of analyzing courses of action a degree ahead in time to arrive at the desired future state."
Analysis
Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle , though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.The word is...
, and synthesis
Synthesis
In general, the noun synthesis refers to a combination of two or more entities that together form something new; alternately, it refers to the creating of something by artificial means...
of past definitions and usages of the foresight concept into a generic definition, in order to make the concept measurable has classified foresight as a behaviour (covert and/or overt).
Specifically, foresight has been defined as:
"Degree of analyzing present contingencies and degree of moving the analysis of present contingencies across time, and degree of analyzing a desired future state or states a degree ahead in time with regard to contingencies under control, as well as degree of analyzing courses of action a degree ahead in time to arrive at the desired future state."