Megatrends

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Ten New Direclions Transforming OurLives Once in a great whíle a book so accurately captures the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade. In 1956 it was The Organization Man. In 1970 it was Future Shock. In the 1980s it will be Megatrends, the only "future" book whose predictions for tomorrow are based on a dynamic analysis of what America is today. John Naisbitt presents a new way of looking at America's future and a new way of understanding the jumble of the present. You will see the coming decade as a period of great changes and transitions and will be fully equipped to prepare for it. As Megatrends details America's shift from industrial production to providing services and information, you can project your career and business moves. As you learn where the new centers of activity are developing, you can decide where you should live. If you have political goals, John Naisbitt's analysis of governmental trends can help you target your energies. Megatrends... Tovább

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Ten New Direclions Transforming OurLives Once in a great whíle a book so accurately captures the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade. In 1956 it was The Organization Man. In 1970 it was Future Shock. In the 1980s it will be Megatrends, the only "future" book whose predictions for tomorrow are based on a dynamic analysis of what America is today. John Naisbitt presents a new way of looking at America's future and a new way of understanding the jumble of the present. You will see the coming decade as a period of great changes and transitions and will be fully equipped to prepare for it. As Megatrends details America's shift from industrial production to providing services and information, you can project your career and business moves. As you learn where the new centers of activity are developing, you can decide where you should live. If you have political goals, John Naisbitt's analysis of governmental trends can help you target your energies. Megatrends is a primer for the eighties that outlines where our sophisticated technology is taking us, how we will be governed, and how America's social structures will change. It's the challenge, the means, and the method to better our lives... a must for everyone who cares about the future.
John Naisbitt is a social forecaster, speaker, and adviser to many of America's leading corporations. As publisher of the quarterly Trend Report, John Naisbitt has become the country's top authority on America's deeply rooted social, economic, political, and technological movements. He has counseled and advised AT&T, United Technologies, Control Data, Atlantic Richfield, IBM, General Electric, and many other companies and institutions. John Naisbitt is chairman of the Naisbitt Group, a Washington, DC-based research and consulting firm. He has been an entrepreneur since 1968 and prior to that worked for IBM, Eastman Kodak, and the White House. He is a director of the CRS Group of Houston and the public director of the American Institute of Architects. "Books like Megatrends come along all too infrequently, but when they do, the power of their ideas often provides the vocabulary and agenda for public discussion for quite somé time. A tightly focused, highly disciplined examination of the underlying forces that have been transforming our society and that will shape our future.. .Megatrends is likely to be one of the most talked-about books this fali'.' -ALA Booklist Vissza