Integral Renewal
A Relational and Renewal Perspective
Published on 28. June 2015
484 pages
978-1-4724-5436-2 (ISBN)
Description
In 2010 Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer published their seminal work on Integral Research and Innovation, whereby they identified the four R's; relational and renewal, reason and realization based research paths that altogether encompass the major qualitative research methods and methodologies. Within each path they identified a trajectory from origination to transformation via foundation and emancipation. However these paths, underlying the research process, conventionally termed 'method', were disconnected from the integral economic and enterprise content, conventionally termed 'literature', with which they were concerned. In this book, Integral Renewal they seek to remedy such, in two major respects.
As transformative masters and PhD programs are focused on the 'Global South', where the vast majority of the world's population is based, as well as those developmental agencies focused on such, the great majority of the people with whom the authors deal select the relational research path, and the path of renewal, over and above the paths of reason and realization. The focus of this book will be on these two paths of integral research, now interconnected with integral enterprise and economics.
Uniquely, the authors pursue research and innovation in a systematic way. In that respect, while their prior Integral Research book still provides the research foundation for the four southern and eastern, northern and western paths, this book will focus on the former two relational (southern) and renewal (eastern) from the combined perspectives of research process and economic and enterprise content.
As transformative masters and PhD programs are focused on the 'Global South', where the vast majority of the world's population is based, as well as those developmental agencies focused on such, the great majority of the people with whom the authors deal select the relational research path, and the path of renewal, over and above the paths of reason and realization. The focus of this book will be on these two paths of integral research, now interconnected with integral enterprise and economics.
Uniquely, the authors pursue research and innovation in a systematic way. In that respect, while their prior Integral Research book still provides the research foundation for the four southern and eastern, northern and western paths, this book will focus on the former two relational (southern) and renewal (eastern) from the combined perspectives of research process and economic and enterprise content.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Aldershot
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Includes 11 b&w illustrations
File size
3,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4724-5436-2 (9781472454362)
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05/2015
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Persons
Ronnie Lessem was born in Zimbabwe of central European parentage, and graduated from Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He has written some 30 books, the last six together with Alexander Schieffer, on self, organizational and societal development from a transcultural, transformational perspective. He has also been an international management consultant in Europe and America, India and Africa for three decades.
Alexander Schieffer co-founded, with Ronnie Lessem, TRANS4M Center for Integral Development (Geneva), designed to (r)evolutionize education, research and development. Trans4m's cutting edge programs provide innovative culture-specific responses to burning socio-economic issues. Born in Germany, Schieffer gained his PHD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he lectures in International Development.
Alexander Schieffer co-founded, with Ronnie Lessem, TRANS4M Center for Integral Development (Geneva), designed to (r)evolutionize education, research and development. Trans4m's cutting edge programs provide innovative culture-specific responses to burning socio-economic issues. Born in Germany, Schieffer gained his PHD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he lectures in International Development.
Content
Contents: Part I Orientation to Integral Renewal: A process of holistic development (PHD) integral journey, university and worlds. Part II Relational 4 Cs: Relational CARE-4-Self - Organization - Community: Build individual character: relational origination - sensuous experience; Mobilize organizational community: activate relational enterprise - social business; Mobilize economic community: activate relational economy - self-sufficiency; Gain personal authenticity: relational foundations - I am because you are, Ubuntu; Activate organizational development: South Africa's Cashbuild - value sharing enterprise; Activate economic development: towards substantive economics; Research self-identity: relational emancipation - rethinking self, science and society; Research and social innovation: communities of practice; Research and socio-economic innovation: participatory economy; Energized self/community: participatory action research - people's self-development; Energized community: rhythmical enterprise - rhythm, sacrifice, communication, success; Relational education: Sri Lanka's Sarvodaya - promote economic well-being. Part III Renewal 4 Cs: CARE-4-Self - Organizational - Societal Renewal: Individual calling: originating renewal - your unfolding story; Communal organizational calling: enterprise renewal/conscious evolution via Kyosei; Communal and societal calling: developmental economy - Zimbabwean Phoenix; Self-actualization: foundations of renewal - fuse horizons; Enterprise actualization: history-making - disclosing new worlds; Societal actualization: associative economy - rebalancing cultural, polity, economy; Radical consciousness: emancipating your self - freedom and conscientization; Research and knowledge creation: knowledge creating company - middle-up-down; Research and societal innovation: Xiaokang Chinese socialism - middle economic way; Becoming individually evolved: cooperative inquiry - towards an integral self; Evolved enterprise: Sekem/university for sustainable development - integral enterprise; Evolving society: renewing Slovenia - towards an integral green economy. Part IV Conclusion: Integral Research, Enterprise and Economics: Epilogue: integral renewal. Index.
