Futures Thinking and Organizational Policy: Case Studies for Managing Rapid Change in Technology, Globalization and Workforce Diversity

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to Futures Thinking in Organizations

Deborah A. Schreiber

2. Organizational Capability Model for Futures Thinking

Deborah A. Schreiber

PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

3. Foresight, Organizational Policies and Management Strategies in Electric Vehicle Technology Advances at Tesla

Alfred Akakpo, Evans Akwasi Gyasi, Bentil Oduro, Sunny Akpabot

4. Defending the Delta: Practices of Foresight at Dutch Infrastructure Providers

Patrick van der Duin, Andreas Ligtvoet

5. Foresight as a Facilitator for Innovative Capability and Organizational Adaptability: Insights from a Family Firm in the HVAC Industry

Reimo Jahn, Hans Koller

6. The Evolving Approach to Strategic Corporate Foresight at Swiss Bank PostFinance in the Age of Digital Transformation

Marc Peter

7. Anticipating and Managing Change in Large Organization Strategic Environment: Using Foresight and Organizational Policy to Enable Futures Literate Decision Making

Anna Sacio-Symanska, Kacper Nosarzewski

8. Corporate Foresight and Roadmapping for Innovation in Russia: A Joint University Corporate Experience

Konstantin Vishnevskiy, Jonathan Calof, Dirk Meissner

PART III: GLOBALIZATION

9. Circles of Impression: External Foresight in Global Enterprises

Magnus Boman, Tobias Heger

10. Envisioning Successful Sino-Foreign Universities in 2030: Considerations for Current and Prospective Partnerships

Lee Henderson

11. Institutionalizing Futures Thinking in the Canadian Army

Michael Rostek

12. Foresight Renewal: Beginning and Ending with Foresight in The Florida and Ohio Army National Guard Organizations

David Stehlik

13. Futures Thinking: Strategy Used by Trust Bank to Survive Global Economic Collapse during the Great Recession of 2008

Steven M. Walker

PART IV: WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND WELLBEING

14. Pledge toward Workforce Diversity and Organizational Wellbeing: A Case Study of Aviva Plc.

Bentil Oduro, Sunny Akpabot, Alfred Akakpo, Evans Akwasi Gyasi

15. Diverse Alternative Learning Visions 2026-2066: Transforming and Reframing the University as a Lifelong Social Design Lab

Ian Pollock, Lonny Avi Brook

16. Accelerating Diverse Leader Readiness through Foresight and Futures Thinking

Tami France, Priscilla Gill

17. Disney's Workforce of the Future: From HR Initiative to Organizational Culture

Yvette Montero Salvatico, Frank Spencer

PART V: CONCLUSION

18. Final Discussions

Deborah A. Schreiber

19. Supplemental Learning Materials

Deborah A. Schreiber

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319949225
• ISBN13: 9783319949222
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"