William E Halal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1320727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William E Halal |
| GIVEN NAMES | William E |
| FAMILY NAME | Halal |
| SIGNATURE | HALAL W E |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 8 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Seven secrets of transformation
Purpose To offer seven guides to institutional change. Design/methodology/approach The Director of the Office of Force Transformation draws on his experience in transforming the US military to offer seven guides to institutional change. Findings The seven guides are as follows: some major changes are inevitable and should be noted as such; having a good forecast ahead of others is of little use if they are not ready to acknowledge it; future tren…
What is institutional change
From organizational to institutional change
Purpose To provide a futures‐oriented perspective on institutional change. Design/methodology/approach Presents methods and case studies of attempts to engage in institutional change. An international authority on future studies draws on his field to provide a futures‐oriented perspective on institutional change. This perspective includes the use of futures tools, strategy, capacity building, the central role of memes, emergence of self‐organizat…
Institutional change in government: Puzzles and paradoxes
Purpose Seeks to outline the impact of the information society on the institutional changes taking place in the public sector. Design/methodology/approach A veteran of government outlines the impact of the information society on the institutional changes taking place in the public sector. Drawing on his extensive experience and the literature, he provides creative insights into the themes of this special issue. Findings E‐government may prove use…
Central features of institutional change
Purpose – To examine and discuss the central features of institutional change and to compare it with organizational change
Backing into change
Purpose This paper aims to alert readers to issues that may be overlooked in assessing fundamental changes in the post‐secondary arena. Design/methodology/approach Posits that the internet changes the nature of the university as fundamentally as one saw when the Bible was published on the movable type press. Findings Open access courses and journals put knowledge into the Socratic Agora, changing the roles of faculty as both educators and researc…
Inside institutional change: A case study in transformation
Purpose To describe examples of institutional change to help others appreciate the difficult but crucial nature of this process. Design/methodology/approach A seasoned consultant describes, using frank, first‐hand account, examples of institutional change. Findings Shows how institutional change is often forced on organizations by shifting external forces that render old niches obsolete. Also shows the difficulty in mobilizing to confront the nee…
Institutional change in health care: Opportunities in the coming crisis
Purpose Aims to review institutional change in health care and to look for opportunities in what the author sees as a coming crisis. Design/methodology/approach A consultant on health‐care systems reviews the forces driving transformation in medicine, including new technologies, telemedicine, and prevention. Findings Finds forces driving transformation in medicine limited in addressing the crisis of spiraling cost and mediocre, overly complex tre…
Institutional change in the corporation: The new social charter
Purpose To analyze the extent of, and the reasons for, institutional change in the private corporation. Design/methodology/approach The paper identifies seven “new rules of corporate conduct” which, in total, represent a radical change in the social contract between society and the corporation. It then speculates about future changes in corporate purpose and governance. Findings A central feature of the new corporate charter is that it is likely …
Broadband takes off: Finally cruising the information superhighway
Uses the recent penetration of broadband through the 30 percent adoption level to explore its likely impact on society. Drawing on a variety of trend data and examples like South Korea where broadband is used by 75 percent of the population, briefly examines the rise of e‐commerce, entertainment on demand, distance education, telemedicine, and bringing developing nations online. After a long delay, it seems that the promise of cruising down the i…
E‐commerce forecasts: A return of the dot.com boom
A forecast of 20 e‐commerce applications shows that the Internet is likely to mature into a more sophisticated, conversational form of communication in about 2010, thereby entering the mainstream of advanced societies. This “second coming” of the dot.com era should create a resurgence of economic growth and exert powerful effects on business, government, education and other social functions
Artificial intelligence is almost here
Trends in computer science show that various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) are emerging, and other trends show that these advances are being applied to create intelligent information systems. Although the field of AI has not been very successful in the past, these trends suggest that it may finally arrive in the next few years
Organizational intelligence: A broader framework for understanding knowledge
The technology gap: A report from the corporate suites
TeleLiving: The next generation of the information age
Managing knowledge: The new foundation of society or another passing fad
A Column to Keep You Abreast of the Onrushing Knowledge Revolution
People sense that the world is passing through a profound transformation, but they badly need convenient, reliable information to guide their understanding and decisions. For the past ten years my colleagues and I have filled this need using an online system that pools the knowledge of experts to forecast emerging technologies – the GW Forecast
Prophets of a High-Tech Age: Futures Studies Through the Eyes of a Futurist
A summary is provided of one futurist's career, noting the significance of various issues in the study of the future. A major theme running through the analysis is that futurists can be effectively understood as high-tech equivalents of the ancient prophets. Like prophets, they are usually motivated by a compelling vision of how the world is changing and how these changes can be best achieved. They frequently suffer from indifference and criticis…
Life after television: The coming transformation of media and American life
The evolution of spirit
World 2000
A future for the American economy: The social market
Confessions of a corporate revolutionary
A unified planet suddenly seems possible
The New Capitalism
Life after television: The coming transformation of media and American life
World 2000
Central features of institutional change
Purpose – To examine and discuss the central features of institutional change and to compare it with organizational change
A unified planet suddenly seems possible
Beyond left versus right
The New Capitalism
Confessions of a corporate revolutionary
A unified planet suddenly seems possible
A future for the American economy: The social market
The evolution of spirit
World 2000
Life after television: The coming transformation of media and American life
Prophets of a High-Tech Age: Futures Studies Through the Eyes of a Futurist
A summary is provided of one futurist's career, noting the significance of various issues in the study of the future. A major theme running through the analysis is that futurists can be effectively understood as high-tech equivalents of the ancient prophets. Like prophets, they are usually motivated by a compelling vision of how the world is changing and how these changes can be best achieved. They frequently suffer from indifference and criticis…
A Column to Keep You Abreast of the Onrushing Knowledge Revolution
People sense that the world is passing through a profound transformation, but they badly need convenient, reliable information to guide their understanding and decisions. For the past ten years my colleagues and I have filled this need using an online system that pools the knowledge of experts to forecast emerging technologies – the GW Forecast
Organizational intelligence: A broader framework for understanding knowledge
The technology gap: A report from the corporate suites
TeleLiving: The next generation of the information age
Managing knowledge: The new foundation of society or another passing fad
E‐commerce forecasts: A return of the dot.com boom
A forecast of 20 e‐commerce applications shows that the Internet is likely to mature into a more sophisticated, conversational form of communication in about 2010, thereby entering the mainstream of advanced societies. This “second coming” of the dot.com era should create a resurgence of economic growth and exert powerful effects on business, government, education and other social functions
Artificial intelligence is almost here
Trends in computer science show that various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) are emerging, and other trends show that these advances are being applied to create intelligent information systems. Although the field of AI has not been very successful in the past, these trends suggest that it may finally arrive in the next few years
Broadband takes off: Finally cruising the information superhighway
Uses the recent penetration of broadband through the 30 percent adoption level to explore its likely impact on society. Drawing on a variety of trend data and examples like South Korea where broadband is used by 75 percent of the population, briefly examines the rise of e‐commerce, entertainment on demand, distance education, telemedicine, and bringing developing nations online. After a long delay, it seems that the promise of cruising down the i…
Seven secrets of transformation
Purpose To offer seven guides to institutional change. Design/methodology/approach The Director of the Office of Force Transformation draws on his experience in transforming the US military to offer seven guides to institutional change. Findings The seven guides are as follows: some major changes are inevitable and should be noted as such; having a good forecast ahead of others is of little use if they are not ready to acknowledge it; future tren…
What is institutional change
From organizational to institutional change
Purpose To provide a futures‐oriented perspective on institutional change. Design/methodology/approach Presents methods and case studies of attempts to engage in institutional change. An international authority on future studies draws on his field to provide a futures‐oriented perspective on institutional change. This perspective includes the use of futures tools, strategy, capacity building, the central role of memes, emergence of self‐organizat…
Institutional change in government: Puzzles and paradoxes
Purpose Seeks to outline the impact of the information society on the institutional changes taking place in the public sector. Design/methodology/approach A veteran of government outlines the impact of the information society on the institutional changes taking place in the public sector. Drawing on his extensive experience and the literature, he provides creative insights into the themes of this special issue. Findings E‐government may prove use…
Central features of institutional change
Purpose – To examine and discuss the central features of institutional change and to compare it with organizational change
Backing into change
Purpose This paper aims to alert readers to issues that may be overlooked in assessing fundamental changes in the post‐secondary arena. Design/methodology/approach Posits that the internet changes the nature of the university as fundamentally as one saw when the Bible was published on the movable type press. Findings Open access courses and journals put knowledge into the Socratic Agora, changing the roles of faculty as both educators and researc…
Inside institutional change: A case study in transformation
Purpose To describe examples of institutional change to help others appreciate the difficult but crucial nature of this process. Design/methodology/approach A seasoned consultant describes, using frank, first‐hand account, examples of institutional change. Findings Shows how institutional change is often forced on organizations by shifting external forces that render old niches obsolete. Also shows the difficulty in mobilizing to confront the nee…
Institutional change in health care: Opportunities in the coming crisis
Purpose Aims to review institutional change in health care and to look for opportunities in what the author sees as a coming crisis. Design/methodology/approach A consultant on health‐care systems reviews the forces driving transformation in medicine, including new technologies, telemedicine, and prevention. Findings Finds forces driving transformation in medicine limited in addressing the crisis of spiraling cost and mediocre, overly complex tre…
Political science (19 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Epistemology (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Business (7 works)