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	Environmental scanning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When all employees scan some part of the environment, and all information, so obtained, gets disseminated through out the organization, the company is said to be a learning organization.
		Environmental scanning usually refers just to the macroenvironment, but it can also include industry and competitor analysis, consumer analysis, product innovations, and the company's internal environment.
		Scanning these macroenvironmental variables for threats and opportunities requires that each issue be rated on two dimensions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_scanning (522 words)

	Environmental Scanning in Cyberspace
		While environmental scanning is not the only purpose to which the Web can be put and the Web is not the sole means of performing environmental scanning, organizations can benefit significantly by thinking about each in the context of the other.
		Environmental scanning is the process of identifying relevant factors in the organizational environment and acquiring information about those factors, usually for the purpose of decision making.
		The rate and the magnitude of environmental changes seems to be increasing for many organizations and they are driven to ever-increasing levels of environmental scanning activities in an effort to understand, anticipate, or cope with these changes.
	www.robertcat.net /neubauer/papers/dsi96.html (2038 words)

	It's all good: Environmental Scanning, Pt 1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Environmental scanning as a definable subject appears to have been around since the late 60s (references coming in a later post) but it doesn't seem to have gained a lot traction until the 80s to refer to the process of gathering and evaluating information from the external environment.
		Looking for the subject heading "environmental scanning" in Library Literature yields articles on competitive intelligence almost all of which seemed to focus on librarians participating in CI in companies, or as a hot new area to exploit as part of the work of librarianship.
		Now, I did find environmental scans issued by libraries and associations [pdf] on the web, but there's no body of literature within librarianship as there is for many other sectors.
	scanblog.blogspot.com /2005/07/environmental-scanning-pt-1.html (574 words)

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		Environmental scanning refers to the activities associated with the acquisition of information about events, trends, and relationships that may potentially affect the supplies of resources (Pfeffer and Salanick, 1978) or protect the core organization from uncertainty (Thompson, 1967).
		Environmental Scanning Behaviors—this construct was measured using the frequency of scanning, that is, the frequency with which the executives scanned each environmental sector.
		The second hypothesis (H2) stated that the frequency of environmental scanning activities will be more positively associated with perceived strategic uncertainty in the sectors in the task environment relative to the sectors in the general environment.
	www.babson.edu /entrep/fer/X/XB/html/x-b.htm (4976 words)

	Environmental Scanning
		Recently Jim Hearn, Richard Clugston and Rick Heydinger, pioneers in environmental scanning techniques at the University of Minnesota (UM), published a five-year follow-up to the UM scanning effort (Hearn, Clugston, and Heydinger, 1993) originally described by Hearn and Heydinger (1985).
		Although scanning was no longer being pursued at the central level (e.g., the faculty senate), it was at several academic and nonacademic units, primarily in the professional schools.
		As a long-time advocate of environmental scanning, I concur with their argument that senior leaders must attend more carefully to the external environment in these turbulent times.
	horizon.unc.edu /projects/OTH/2-1.asp (846 words)

	Chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Environmental scanning may best be viewed as a process wherein information on key environmental variables is gathered, evaluated and incorporated into everyday decision-making and long-term strategic planning.
		Environmental scanning may be best viewed as a process wherein information on key macro-environmental variables is gathered, evaluated and incorporated into everyday decision-making and long-term strategic planning.
		Scanning the environmental is vital for every business-- as it can determine the difference between simply surviving versus thriving.
	www.cbpp.uaa.alaska.edu /afef/IMIchapter-4.htm (3275 words)

	Developing Environmental Scanning/Forecasting Systems to Augment Community College Planning
		In essence, a college that establishes an environmental scanning and forecasting system has benefits of an early warning system to identify trends and events that, when forecasted, present both threats and opportunities to the college.
		Environmental scanning and forecasting techniques are used much more extensively in the corporate world, but the proprietary nature of this world has inhibited sharing of this technology.
		By extension, an environmental scanning system is structured to identify and evaluate trends, events, and emerging issues important to the institution.
	www.vccaedu.org /inquiry/vcca-journal/mor.html (2642 words)

	Environmental Scanning
		Environmental scanning is one of four activities comprising external analysis.
		The goal of environmental scanning is to alert decisionmakers to potentially significant external changes before they crystallize so that decisionmakers have sufficient lead time to react to the change.
		Consequently, the scope of environmental scanning is broad.
	horizon.unc.edu /courses/papers/enviroscan (4787 words)

	Introduction to Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This issue of SCANNING presents Part I of a two-part collection of papers whose common tie is the use of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) at specimen chamber pressures that are 5 to 7 orders of magnitude higher than the range used in "conventional" SEM practice.
		For the present volume, we have chosen to use the widely applied term "environmental" SEM (ESEM) to recognize the critical aspect of the technique of choosing and maintaining a particular specimen environment for the purposes of experimentation.
		Often these advances are made while simultaneously applying the technique to a practical problem, which may lead to a situation in which the results of the investigation are published in a specialist journal that is germane to the field of application rather than a microscopy journal.
	www.scanning-fams.org /scanabstracts/SCANNING96/18465.html (614 words)

	A new framework for environmental scanning, essay by Richard Slaughter
		Environmental scanning (ES) is a methodology that stands at the juncture of foresight and strategy.
		Second, approaches to environmental scanning which privilege science, technology, psychology and behaviourism in particular over, eg hermeneutics, semiotics, sociology and anthropology, are, by so doing, likely to produce thin and unproductive views of the world.
		Scanning sources that are relevant here include the literature of perception and transpersonal psychology, much of the quality futures literature, radical and socially critical publications, and non-mainstream magazines and journals generally (eg Whole Earth, Revision, The UTNE Reader and The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology).
	www.integralworld.net /slaughter2.html (5207 words)

	It's all good: Environmental Scanning, Pt. 4
		Darry 2 Scan stayed in the building and was used by OCLC senior management, the OCLC Board and OCLC Members Council as a resource for several kinds of planning sessions.
		If we did another scan only as a report to our membership, it might be further away than this.....my rationale (and you can tell me I am wrong) is that the landscapes we scanned have not changed in any deep way yet.
		And remember the OCLC Scan has a large bibliography and many of the items in it are web-accessible.
	scanblog.blogspot.com /2005/07/environmental-scanning-pt-4.html (810 words)

	Environmental Scanning Principles and Processes
		Environmental scanning is the exploration phase of a strategic planning process. For our purposes, it is a systematic process the intent of which is to identify potential program opportunities. The intent to provide comprehensive information on the current environment in which the Cornell Cooperative Extension system operates.
		The terminology and methodology of environmental scanning are from the strategic planning literature.
		All staff and all committees have roles in scanning but clear leadership for the overall approach is necessary to assure a comprehensive approach.
	staff.cce.cornell.edu /administration/program/documents/scanintr.htm (1120 words)

	Articles/Presentations: Environmental Scanning
		My usual scanning strategy is to hear something first on a listserve, or directly from an expert, or on a science or tech or arts cable channel, or read it in hard copy.
		Scan the entire set of periodical shelves in the library, looking at the covers of all periodicals, and browsing those that might have particular interest to you and relevance to the future you expect to pursue.
		When you first begin scanning, you will discover it easy to find changes or innovations new to you; what will be more difficult is finding changes and innovations that are new to everyone, even to experts in the field from which the change is emerging.
	www.infinitefutures.com /essays/fs8.shtml (2468 words)

	Environmental Scanning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Environmental scanning is the acquisition and use of information about events, trends, and relationships in an organization's external environment, the knowledge of which would assist management in planning the organization's future course of action.
		They scan in order to avoid surprises, identify threats and opportunities, gain competitive advantage, and improve long-term and short-term planning (Sutton, 1988).
		To the extent that an organization's ability to adapt to its outside environment is dependent on knowing and interpreting the external changes that are taking place, environmental scanning constitutes a primary mode of organizational learning.
	www.unc.edu /courses/2002fall/occt/338/001/9-9Environmentalscanning.htm (383 words)

	infos about: environmental scanning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This paper defines environmental scanning, discusses its component parts and talks about issues related to its implememtnation in institutions of higher education.
		Environmental scanning usually refers just to the macroenvironment, but it can also include industry and competitor analysis, consumer analysis, product innovations, and the company's internal...
		Environmental scanning is the acquisition and use of information about events, trends, and relationships in an organization's external environment, the knowledge of which would assist management in...
	www.sportgeraete-kauf.de /environmental_scanning.html (262 words)

	Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy - ESEM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Bombarding the surface of a material with a beam of electrons and detecting those that are emitted or backscattered allows microscopists to see down to resolutions of 10 nanometres or so, giving them intricate details of the material’s structure.
		These problems can now be overcome, thanks to the new environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM), which permits the imaging of wet systems with no prior specimen preparation.
		The enlarged section in figure 1 shows the environmental secondary detector, which was the first successful detector to operate under these conditions.
	www.azom.com /details.asp?ArticleID=1556 (1909 words)

	Making Smart IT Choices: Understanding Value and Risk in Government IT Investments:
		The scanning includes analysis of the information about these issues and trends to assess their importance and determine their implications for planning and strategic decision making.
		Scanning is different from ordinary information gathering in that it is concerned primarily with the future, emerging trends, and issues that have strategic importance for your organization.
		Where environmental conditions are turbulent and full of potentially significant changes, large amounts of resources may be justified.
	www.ctg.albany.edu /publications/guides/smartit2?chapter=12§ion=4 (487 words)

	About Signs And Wonders
		It is intended to provide environmental scanning on the Internet for the field of religious futures as well as highlight resources and items of interest to religious futurists.
		Environmental Scanning, put simply, is a method of paying attention to the present to look for signs of the future.
		We use environmental scanning to keep our eye out for the future that is happening today.
	www.wnrf.org /news/about.html (1451 words)

	How to Save the World
		The best manifestation of this is the RSS Aggregator, which allows you to 'subscribe' to newsfeeds, weblogs, newsletters and additions to websites, and have all the content appear on a single, continuously updated, page.
		So if you want to set up a comprehensive Continuous Environmental Scan you need to put a bit more work into it, and you may have to be prepared to spend some money to access some material.
		If you're doing the Scan for a lot of people, you may want to use the index as the basis for a newsletter, with hotlinks to the content, and to your synopses and abstracts.
	blogs.salon.com /0002007/2005/04/25.html (1734 words)

	ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
		Environmental scanning is the process of continually acquiring information on events occurring outside the organization to identify and interpret potential trends.
		Environmental trends typically arise from five sources: social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces.
		The declining consumption of coffee is an example of a trend identified by environmental scanning.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~renglish/370/notes/chapt03 (1765 words)

	Workforce Planning- Environmental Scanning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A key element in the vision process is a review, or scan of the external and internal environmental factors that may impact an agency over the next several years.
		External scanning is defined as the acquisition, analysis, and use of information about events, trends, and relationships in an organization's external environment, the future knowledge of which would assist management in planning the organization's future course of action.
		Internal scanning is defined as the acquisition, analysis, and use of information about an agency's resources (e.g., staffing, financial, inventory, facilities), climate, communications and other critical agency-specific elements, the knowledge of which would assist management in determining an agency's future course of action.
	www.gms.state.ga.us /agencyservices/wfplanning/environment.asp (215 words)

	Group 1 Events Summary
		Environmental scanning is seen as the first step in James Madison University's planning process because it is necessary to anticipate and understand the internal and external trends and events so that plans can be developed to address these trends and events.
		Morrison is a nationally respected authority on futuring and environmental scanning.
		The next step in the environmental scanning process at James Madison University will be to review further the trends and events identified in the workshop.
	www.jmu.edu /instresrch/planning/evttrnds.htm (1846 words)

	Environmental Scanning Behavior in a Transitional Economy: Empirical Evidence from Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		We examined the effects of perceived strategic uncertainty across seven environmental sectors on the scanning behavior of Russian executives.
		Strategic uncertainty is highest in sectors influenced by transition and is moderated by perceptions of accessibility in determining scanning frequency, a relationship that held in predicting sources of information scanned.
		The perceived importance of environmental conditions was central to the relationships, suggesting that decomposition of the strategic uncertainty construct facilitates more insightful analysis of scanning behavior.
	www.umuc.edu /odell/research/sweo_environ.html (128 words)

	Taking Stock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is the process of taking stock and involves thorough examining of both the internal status of your district or school and the external context in which it is situated.
		An environmental scan is conducted to collect data to answer questions about the present and future of the school district.
		Your environmental scan is a key on-going process for internal and external honesty and openness to changing conditions.
	www.nsba.org /sbot/toolkit/ts.html (136 words)

	Environmental Security Scanning
		Several environmental groups consider the WTO ruling conflicting with the democratic principle of peoples' right to know and decide, and, along with the EU, argue that the WTO is not the appropriate forum for this kind of decision.
		Environmental awareness and anger seem to be increasing among the Chinese people, and even certain segments of the government are taking up environmental causes.
		Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Electronic and Electrical Wastes (e-waste) is a new program of action for the Asia-Pacific region aiming to achieve environmentally sound disposal of e-waste and to stop illegal trafficking of hazardous e-materials.
	www.acunu.org /millennium/env-scanning.html (13591 words)

	Tracing an image with electrons
		Like a rapid-fire BB gun, it scans electrons across the target which reflect onto a fluorescent screen where the image is captured by a camera and enlarged.
		The sample chamber is backfilled with a small amount of water vapor and operates at a pressure of 1 to 10 torr, as opposed to 0.0001 torr, the maximum that normal scanning electron microscopes can tolerate.
		ESEM can show extraordinary details in the ordinary (from left): A refugee from Independence Day is just a common beetle, free-form art is an open-cell foam, a mountainous scene is a bit of silica, falling boulders are particles of laser printer toner, and another beast is a fruit fly.
	science.nasa.gov /newhome/headlines/ast05mar98_3.htm (745 words)

	Module 3 Home Environmental Scanning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Environmental scans provide strategic intelligence useful in determining -- and driving -- organizational strategies.
		The process of scanning can be continuous, periodic or irregular.
		A wide range of tools and business models are utilized and integrated into the environmental scan including SWOT analysis (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats), PEST analysis (Political-Economic-Sociocultural-Technological), Porter's Five Forces, and Industry Concentrations (HHI) to name a few.
	macabre.lib.calpoly.edu /staff/fvuotto/marketing_ic/module3 (69 words)

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