Scanning the Future Environment: Social Indicators
California Management ReviewPublished 1 October 1980
Fremont E. Kast
Citations20
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Designing corporate strategies to deal with external economic and social forces is a challenge to management, requiring sophisticated environmental scanning systems. Social indicators, such as demographic characteristics, changes in family composition, and perceptions concerning quality of life provide a basis for understanding the current environment and anticipating the future.
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Environmental Science
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