Article history: Received 16 January 2014 Received in revised form 18 April 2015 Accepted 19 May 2015 Available online 10 June 2015 As the need for anticipatory strategic decision-making increases at all levels of governance, there are growing demands for high quality and relevant contributions from Foresight exercises. In this regard, identification of strong and weak aspects of Foresight desi...

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between a particular epistemological perspective and foresight methodology. We draw on a body of social theory concerned with the way that meaning is produced and assimilated by society; specifically, the social construction of knowledge, which is distinguished from its near-neighbour constructivism by its focus on inter-subjectivity. We ...

The inherent complexity in nowadays’ business environments is forcing organizations to be attentive to the dynamics in several fronts. Therefore, the management of technological innovation is continually faced with uncertainty about the future. These issues lead to a need for a systemic perspective, able to analyze the consequences of interactions between different factors. The field of technol...

Technology Foresight is a methodology for making the complexity and advanced nature of new technologies of future more comprehensible and transparent. The objective of this survey is to analyze and interpret weakness and strength of the current situation of Iran organizations regarding utilization of foresight activities of developing new technologies and its influence over the country by using...

The aim of this paper is to determine the appropriate method for identifying the success factors in electronic government. First, various methods for determining the critical success factors have been extracted by reviewing the related papers in 12 recent year and have been categorized based on their characteristics. Then, functionalities and methods of foresight have been reviewed and the appr...

The paper presents a new approach to developing a roadmap for technologyenhanced professional training. The new methodology views roadmapping as a knowledge creation process and involves the key phases of foresight analysis (identification of prevalent visions) and gap analysis. A conceptual model of the roadmapping process as a knowledge creation exercise is introduced and discussed.

INTRODUCTION Currently, information technology is considered an important tool to improve healthcare services. To adopt the right technologies, policy makers should have adequate information about present and future advances. This study aimed to review and compare studies with a focus on the future of health information technology. METHOD This review study was completed in 2015. The databases...