Environmental scanning as information seeking and organizational learning.

Choo, C. W. (2001). Environmental scanning as information seeking and organizational learning. Information Research, 7(1).

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2001

Volume

7

Issue

1

Link

https://informationr.net/ir/7-1/paper112.html

Cited from

futurism_foresight, organizational_management

Cited by

4 citations across 4 artifacts.

Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.

Primes

• Environmental Scanning
  • A source inventory per category—the most information-rich channels for each domain (regulatory filings, market data, competitor intelligence, expert networks, scholarly literature)

    This sourceAnalyzes scanning as information seeking/use across four modes and ties it to organizational learning. SUPPORTS marker 155 (per-category source inventory of information-rich channels) and marker 164 (scanning, horizon scanning, and weak-signal work as differentiated layers of one capability).

• Horizon Scanning
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• STEEP/PESTLE Analysis
  • Mature practice establishes decision-trigger points: "we will decide when X indicator reaches threshold" or "we will update scan quarterly and decide with that rhythm regardless of information ideal"
• Weak Signals & Emerging Issues
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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