Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/1004

Title

A generic foresight process framework

Author(s)

Voros, Joseph

Abstract

A generic foresight process framework is outlined, based on prior independent work by Mintzberg, Horton and Slaughter. The framework was developed as part of work carried out by the author during the introduction of foresight into the formal strategic planning of a public-sector university in Australia. The framework recognises several distinct phases, leading from the initial gathering of information, through to the production of outputs intended as input into the more familiar activities of strategy development and strategic planning. The framework is also useful as a diagnostic tool for examining how foresight work and strategy are undertaken, as well as a design aid for customised foresight projects and processes. Some observations and reflections are made on lessons learned from a two-and-a-half year engagement as an organisationally-based foresight practitioner.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Australian Foresight Institute

Source

Foresight, Vol. 5, no. 3 (2003), pp. 10-21

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Australia;  Design;  Diagnostic testing;  Generics;  Optimisation techniques;  Organisational structures

Publisher

Emerald

ISSN

1463-6689

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636680310698379

Copyright

Copyright © 2003 Joseph Voros.

Additional information

This paper was highly commended in the Emerald Publishing Literati Club Excellence Awards.

Peer reviewed