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FUTURES
Volume 34, Issue 3-4, Pages 349-363Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(01)00049-0
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By the early 21st century, Futures Studies (FS) had developed into a globe-spanning meta-discipline with a range of methodologies, a rich literature and a substantial knowledge base. A small, but growing, number of universities around the world provided advanced degrees in FS. Yet, in spite of the wide use of futures methods such as the Delphi technique, trend analysis and scenario planning in pursuit of corporate strategies, substantive futures perspectives focused on long-range civilizational concerns remained underdeveloped or absent within most organizations and environments. This paper considers the rise of FS during the 20th century, some implications for FS of what I have called the 'civilizational challenge' and a number of strategies that may be used to increase the take-up and effectiveness of futures work over coming decades. The paper takes the view that the ultimate goal of FS at this time is to help create the foundations of a new civilization. (C) 2002 Richard A. Slaughter. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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