Nonextrapolative Methods in Business Forecasting: Scenarios, Vision, and Issues Management

Jay Mendell explores the profound implications and consequences of the forecaster's new and changing role in an economy based on high-technology entrepreneurship. This incisive text explains the principles of nonextrapolative forecasting/planning and compares them with conventional forecasting/planning methods. Case studies of nonextrapolative forecasting and planning in Sears, AT&T, a large hotel chain, an electric power company, and the Security Pacific Bank are provided. They deal with the practical problems of setting up forecasting/planning groups and maintaining their existence and influence through internal planning processes. The political process of acceptance and implementation of forecasting/planning is also explained. Comprehensive planning and forecasting documents are included as appendix material.

• | Author: Jay S. Mendell
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Aug 22, 1985
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0899300669
• | ISBN-13: 9780899300665