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Scenarios designed to improve decision making

Planning Review

ISSN: 0094-064X

Article publication date: 1 April 1994

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Abstract

Scenarios that offer peeks at the future are intriguing, but critics complain that often they aren't much help in sorting out current decisions. The authors offer an alternative process that starts with a rough sketch of the main elements of several likely macroeconomic futures and then involves managers in the development of scenarios that focus on decision making. The intent is to clarify the options for operating decisions. In this case, a Latin American oil producer decides whether to buy a small and somewhat inefficient U. S. refinery.

Citation

Duncan, N.E. and Wack, P. (1994), "Scenarios designed to improve decision making", Planning Review, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 18-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054470

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited

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