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to create a definition of its area of operation; this booklet (the eleventh in The Economist’s “Brief Booklet” series) provides a helpful ...
to create a definition of its area of operation; this booklet (the eleventh in The Economist’s “Brief Booklet” series) provides a helpful guideline by showing what forecasting tries to do. Well illustrated and easily appreciated examples are used in this compact introduction to the world of relevance trees, normative forecasts and scenario writing, which should provide interesting reading for those still doubtful yet wondering why go% of American firms engaged in some form of technological forecasting in 1966, whereas only 20% did forward planning in ‘947.
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by C. V. BROWNand D. A. DAWSON I
Books received The world of ideas; essays on the past and future. Introduced by George L. Cross r4g pp., $3.95, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.