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Social Forecasting for Company Planning

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Brian C. Twiss

    1. The University of Bradford, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. The concepts and techniques for forecasting social change and its impact on business

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Concepts and Techniques of Social Forecasting

      • Brian C. Twiss
      Pages 3-24

    3. Macro-social Forecasting and Areas of Ignorance

      • Ronald J. Brech
      Pages 25-60

    4. Measuring Change in Social Attitudes — Leading Indicators

      • Tom Punt
      Pages 61-75

    5. Discontinuities in Social Attitudes

      • Peter M. S. Jones
      Pages 76-108

    6. Designing and Installing a System for Social Forecasting

      • Geoffrey K. Morris
      Pages 109-135

  3. Business applications of social forecasting in Europe and the USA

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Social Forecasting in Lucas

      • Bernard Jones
      Pages 139-157

    3. Social Forecasting in Pilkington: Two Examples

      • Philip Holroyd
      Pages 158-187

    4. Historical Perspectives of Societal Change and the use of Scenarios at Shell

      • Michael Jefferson
      Pages 188-209

    5. Socio-political Forecasting: the General Electric Experience

      • Ian H. Wilson
      Pages 210-238

    6. The Use of Cross-impact Analysis for Social Forecasting at Monsanto — An Example

      • J. Kenneth Craver
      Pages 239-252

  4. Two views of the future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Forecasts of Trends in the Post-Industrial Society

      • Tom Stonier, Peter Thornton
      Pages 255-271

    3. A Psycho-Socio-Politico-Economic View of the Future

      • Ronald J. Brech
      Pages 272-306

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 307-310
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Bradford, UK

    Brian C. Twiss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Forecasting for Company Planning

  • Editors: Brian C. Twiss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04811-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-04813-7Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04811-3Published: 18 June 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 310

  • Topics: Industries, Sociology, general

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