Chairing: National Security Strategist Dr. Sheila R. Ronis, Ph.D.Director, MBA/MSSL Programs Associate Professor, Management Walsh College
July 30, 2010
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) B1 Conference Center
Washington, DC, United States
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Vision and Foresight in Government Decision-Making: Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) Vision Working Group Book Launch Friday, July 30, 2010 8:30am-1:30pm.
Future scenarios are a time-tested tool to prepare for emerging challenges and to improve decision-making. Please join PNSR's Vision Working Group and CSIS at the launching of a new book, which explores the role of foresight and visioning in government decision-making, and proposes a Center for Strategic Analysis and Assessment within the Executive Office of the President. Copies of the book entitled "Project on National Security Reform Vision Working Group Report and Scenarios" will be distributed at the event.
Biography
Dr. Sheila R. Ronis is President of The University Group, Inc., a management consulting firm, and think tank specializing in strategic management, visioning, national security and public policy. She is also Director of the MBA/MSSL Program at Walsh College. She previously taught in the MBA programs at the University of Detroit Mercy and Oakland University. She is currently chairing the Vision and Guiding Principles Working Group of the Project on National Security Reform in Washington, D.C. www.pnsr.org. Her B.S. is in Physics and Mathematics. Her M.A. and Ph.D. are in Organizational Behavior and General Social Systems Theory from the Ohio State University.
ABOUT WALSH COLLEGE
Founded in 1922, Walsh College offers upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degrees and certificate programs at locations in Troy, Novi, Harper Woods, Clinton Township, and Port Huron, as well as online. Walsh College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org), the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE, www.iacbe.org), and The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP, www.acbsp.org).
