13627 (v.3) Introduction to Futures and Foresight Studies 501

Area:

Graduate School of Business

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

This unit focuses on the field of futures and foresight study and why this area is of growing value to organisations and society. Futures thinking challenges the assumptions made about how society and business is organised and encourages looking beyond normal information sources and developing new ways of integrating knowledge. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, students will be encouraged to develop the intellectual tools to provide frameworks for imagining the future. Through individual and group work, this unit will provide a greater understanding of emerging issues, futures thinking and technological changes, and how they relate to the practical application of futures thinking skills.

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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

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Perth City Campus	Study Period 1	Y
2007	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External