The aim of futures research is to" help inform perceptions, alternatives and choices about the
future"(Amara 1991: 646). It assists us to understand alternatives or preferences for the …

Unwelcome surprises in the life of any organization can often be traced to the failure of an
assumption that the organization's leadership didn't anticipate or had" forgotten" it was …

This groundbreaking study systematically treats recent policymaking trends, starting with a
reconsideration of salient theoretical issues of policymaking and its study and culminating …

Models in science may be used for various purposes: organizing data, synthesizing
information, and making predictions. However, the value of model predictions is undermined …

▪ Abstract Political science has given policy makers many useful methods and models for
understanding continuities in the world. The utility of many models that were specified with …

Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis aims to provide a decisive push to the
further development and application of innovative and specific comparative methods for the …

The evolution of the multiple perspective approach and its range of applications over the
past decade are reviewed. The traditional technical perspective of systems analysis is …

This paper details the merit, challenges and shortcomings of the Delphi Technique as a
means of obtaining data for a project aimed at formulating an evaluation framework for …

Planning, both “operational” and “strategic”, relies on accurate forecasting. Planning
intourism is no less dependent on accurate forecasts. However, tourismdemand forecasting …

The goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and
the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by …