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Social change as counter balance to the technology of our days

In the industrialized modem society developments seem to occur as an autonomous process. They do not of course actually become such. A development in a particular direction is the result of a series of decisions. Behind every decision is a person or...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Jan Terlouw

June 18, 1980

Women at work

Like most European countries, Britain has attempted in recent years to attack discrimination against women, both by introducing penalties for discrimination, and by taking positive action to relieve disabilities which cause underachievement by women...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Andrew Robert McIntosh

June 18, 1980

Report of working group

Individual needs are changing at a greater rate than in the past. Changes in individual needs flow from changes in values. Changes in values are caused by a combination of general (economic, political, societal and demographic) and specific (cultural...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Pauline Graham

June 18, 1980

Social change as applied to planning future shopping centres

The concept of a planned shopping centre appears to be an American one. Thus we have the seeds of the 'planned shopping centres' as we now understand the phrase.

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Authors: Roger Lucas, Annette Horne

June 18, 1980

Levi's: The art of staying ahead

Founded in 1850, Levi Strauss is now the largest clothing manufacturer in the world. The historical development of the Company is traced, and the astonishing growth in the blue jean market from the 1950s onwards. The way that the Levi Strauss Company...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Authors: Judith Blundun, Christine Restall

June 18, 1980

Notes on scenario development for corporate planning

In developing scenarios, the four main areas generally considered are economics, technology, society, politics. Business is accustomed to relating the potential state of the economy to its operations in terms of business confidence; willingness and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Christine A. Ralph MacNulty

June 18, 1980

Report of the working group

The group met under the chairmanship of Christine MacNulty, who took us - through a rapid review of the three papers relevant, namely: 1. Pierre Wack: "The Relevance of Societal Analyses to Strategic Planning in a Multi-National Company"; 2. Henri...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Roger Sargood

June 18, 1980

Social change and its implications for policy-making in France

I want to dwell here, focusing on the case of France and drawing upon observational data accumulated by the 3 SC system (COFREMCA System for Monitoring Socio-Cultural Change). I shall begin by attempting to describe, in very broad terms, recent...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Alain de Vulpian

Company: RISC S.A.

June 18, 1980

Report of the working group

Report of the working group on the papers from Maggie Stanway and Yves Evrard.

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Joop L. van Vliet

June 18, 1980