1. Socio-political Forecasting: the General Electric Experience
- Author
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Ian H. Wilson
- Subjects
Strategic planning ,Political forecasting ,Organizational chart ,Corporate governance ,Component (UML) ,Business ,Set (psychology) ,Industrial organization ,Business environment - Abstract
In May 1967 a new component appeared on the organizational chart of the General Electric Company: Business Environment Studies (BES). Although those of us connected with the component did not realise it at the time, this new venture into the realms of socio-political forecasting was destined to become a pioneering experiment in the corporate world, with consequences and implications far beyond the limited objectives we had set for ourselves at the outset.
- Published
- 1982
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