Roy Amara

Roy C. Amara (* 7. apríla 1925 – † 31. decembra 2007) bol americký prognostik a futurológ.

Profil 
Bol prezidentom konzultačnej a výskumnej firmy Institute for the Future v Menlo Park v Kalifornii v USA. Bol programovým riaditeľom Strategic Decision Group v Menlo Park v Kalifornii v USA. Zastával funkciu viceprezidenta Stanford Research Institute. Zaoberál sa metodológiou prognózovania a futurológie, problémami informačných systémov, technológie a komunikácie, kontrolnými systémami, komunikačnými sieťami, sociálnym prognózovaním a výskumom budúcnosti.

Dielo 
Je autorom a spoluautorom kníh a publikácií
 Applying the Forecast Criteria to the Next 500 Years (1972)
 Forecasting: From Conjuctural Art Toward Science (1972)
 The Futures Field: Functions, Forms and Critical Issues (1974)
 Some Methods of Futures Research (1975)
 The Futures Field: Searching for Definitions and Boundaries (1981)
 The Futures Field: How to Tell Good Work from Bad (1981)
 The Futures Field: Which Direction Now ? (1981)
 Toward the Year 2000. National Priorities (1981)
 Business Planning for an Uncertain Future (spoluautor) (1983)
 Twelve Emerging Technologies for the 1990s (1986)
 Looking Ahead at American Health Care

Bibliografia

Knihy 
Amara, Roy, Lipinski, Andrew J.: Business Planning for an Uncertain World. Pergamon, 1983

Kapitoly v knihách 
Amara, Roy: Probing the Future. In: Fowles, Jib (editor): Handbook of Futures Research. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, England 1978

Publikácie 
Amara, Roy: Some Methods of Futures Research. Working Paper WP-23. Institute for the Future. Menlo Park, California 1975

Amara, Roy: Toward the Year 2000. National Priorities. Institute for the Future. Menlo Park, California 1981

Amara, Roy: Twelve Emerging Technologies for the 1990s.Institute for the Future. Menlo Park, California 1986

Články 
Amara, Roy C.: The Futures Field: Searching for Definitions and Boundaries. Futurist, February 1981

Amara, Roy C.: The Futures Field: How to Tell Good Work from Bad. Futurist, April 1981

Amara, Roy C.: The Futures Field: Which Direction Now ? Futurist, June 1981

Externé odkazy 
 www.iftf.org 

Futurológovia
Prognostika