Mendeley TY _ JOUR ID - 139306181223391892 TI - Soft Technology and Forth Generation of Technology Foresight JO - Roshd -e- Fanavari JA - ES LA - fa SN - 1735-5486 AU - Mirza amini Mohammadreza AU - Jin Zhiuoeing AD - مدیر عامل اندیشگاه شریف AD - - Y1 - 2006 PY - 2006 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 10 KW - Foresight Technology DO - N2 - This article elaborates earlier arguments about the practical and intellectual value of soft technology by showing how the enlightened application of that concept in the field of technology foresight (or technological forecasting) would improve the effectiveness of the field. It also shows how the evolution of technology foresight as a profession and academic field has, in its own way, facilitated the development of soft technology. It also argues that technology foresight techniques are themselves an example of soft technology. UR - rimag.ir/en/Article/20255 L1 - rimag.ir/en/Article/Download/20255 ER -