13627 (v.3) Introduction to Futures and Foresight Studies 501
| Area: | Graduate School of Business |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 15.0 |
| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
| Lecture: | 1 x 15 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Philosophy, ontology, and epistemology are used as foundations for discussing society. Business is included as a special case. Scientism, modernism, is contrasted with postmodernism. Implications for a model or theory of each approach will be discussed. The use of metaphors in thinking about the future is discussed. The PATOP concept, chaos, quantum and complexity theory and their use and application to organisations are covered. |
| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
| Field of Education: | 080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) |
| Funding Cluster: | 02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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