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Integral Green Zimbabwe: An African Phoenix Rising by Ronnie
Lessem, Alexander Schieffer and Liz Mamukwa is the first book in
the Integral Green Society and Economy series, a series which has
three overarching aims. The first aim is to link together two major
movements of our time, one philosophical, the other practical. The
philosophical movement is towards what many today are calling an
'integral' age, while the practical is the 'green' movement, duly
aligned with that of sustainable development. The second is to
blend together elements of nature and community, culture and
spirituality, science and technology, politics and economics, thus
serving to bring about an 'integral green' vision, albeit with a
focus on business and economics. As such, the authors transcend the
limitations to sustainable development and environmental economics,
which are overly ecological, if not also technological, in
orientation, and exclude social and cultural elements. Thirdly,
this particular volume focuses specifically on Zimbabwe, as well as
Southern Africa, drawing on the particular issues and capacities
that this country and region represents. The emphasis on Zimbabwe
and Southern Africa transpired not only because two of the editors
(Lessem and Mamukwa) are Zimbabwean in origin, but because Zimbabwe
is today like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and has the
opportunity to recreate itself anew.
Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer's Integral Green Society and
Economy series has three overarching aims. The first is to link
together two major movements of our time, one philosophical, the
other practical. The philosophical movement is towards what many
today are calling an 'integral' age, while the practical is the
'green' movement, duly aligned with that of sustainable
development. The second is to blend together elements of nature and
community, culture and spirituality, science and technology,
politics and economics, thus serving to bring about an 'integral
green' vision, albeit with a focus on business and economics. As
such, the authors transcend the limitations to sustainable
development and environmental economics, which are overly
ecological, if not also technological, in orientation, and exclude
social and cultural elements. Thirdly, this particular volume, with
Darja Piciga, focuses specifically on Slovenia, as well as on
Europe generally, drawing on the particular issues and capacities
that this country and continent represents, particularly for
sustainable development and social knowledge-based economy. The
emphasis on Slovenia arose, not only because it lies at the heart
of Europe, but because a specific movement for an Integral Green
Slovenian Society and Economy, has been co-evolved there, by the
three editors in conjunction with Slovene organisations,
communities and movements, with a view to integrating existing and
emerging knowledge resources, initiatives and practices into a
model, as an alternative to austerity, for Slovenia and other
European countries.
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.
Alexander Schieffer and Ronnie Lessem introduce a groundbreaking
development framework and process to address the most burning
issues that humanity faces. While conventional top-down, outside-in
development has reached a cul-de-sac, a new, integral form of
development is emerging around the world. Integral Development
uniquely articulates this emergent approach, and invites us to
fully participate in this process. The integral approach has been
researched and framed over decades of in-depth experience in
transformative development education and practice all over the
world. It uniquely combines four mutually reinforcing perspectives:
nature and community; culture and spirituality; science, systems
and technology; and enterprise and economics. Conventional
development theory and practice has prioritized the latter two
perspectives, neglecting the former two. This has caused massive
imbalances in today's world. The four interconnected perspectives
allow for a transformative and integrated engagement with core
development issues in a way that is locally relevant and globally
resonant. Throughout, the practical impact of Integral Development
is brought to life through highly innovative cases from around the
globe, drawing on the authors` first-hand experience. This makes
the book a living demonstration of the power of this pioneering
approach. Integral Development shows how individual, organizational
and societal developments need to be interconnected to release a
society's full potential. It shifts the responsibility for
large-scale development from often-distant experts and
organizations to each individual, community, enterprise and
institution within the society. It is essential reading - and a
call to action - for everyone concerned with the current state of
local and global development.
Alexander Schieffer and Ronnie Lessem introduce a groundbreaking
development framework and process to address the most burning
issues that humanity faces. While conventional top-down, outside-in
development has reached a cul-de-sac, a new, integral form of
development is emerging around the world. Integral Development
uniquely articulates this emergent approach, and invites us to
fully participate in this process. The integral approach has been
researched and framed over decades of in-depth experience in
transformative development education and practice all over the
world. It uniquely combines four mutually reinforcing perspectives:
nature and community; culture and spirituality; science, systems
and technology; and enterprise and economics. Conventional
development theory and practice has prioritized the latter two
perspectives, neglecting the former two. This has caused massive
imbalances in today's world. The four interconnected perspectives
allow for a transformative and integrated engagement with core
development issues in a way that is locally relevant and globally
resonant. Throughout, the practical impact of Integral Development
is brought to life through highly innovative cases from around the
globe, drawing on the authors` first-hand experience. This makes
the book a living demonstration of the power of this pioneering
approach. Integral Development shows how individual, organizational
and societal developments need to be interconnected to release a
society's full potential. It shifts the responsibility for
large-scale development from often-distant experts and
organizations to each individual, community, enterprise and
institution within the society. It is essential reading - and a
call to action - for everyone concerned with the current state of
local and global development.
The theory of integral dynamics is based on the view that the
development of individual leaders or entrepreneurs requires the
simultaneous development of institutions and societies. It seeks a
specific way forward for each society, fundamentally different
from, but drawing on, its past. Nearly every natural science has
been transformed from an analytically-based approach to a dynamic
one: now it is time for society and culture to follow suit locally
and globally. Each culture, discipline and person is incomplete and
is in need of others in order to develop and evolve. This book sets
out a curriculum for a new integral, trans-cultural and
trans-disciplinary area of study, inclusive of, but extending
beyond, economics and enterprise. It embraces a trans-personal
perspective, linking self with community, enterprise and society,
and focusing on the vital relationship between local identity and
global integrity. For the government policy maker, the enlightened
business practitioner, and the student and researcher into
economics and enterprise, the new discipline is set out here in
complete detail by a multi-national team of Gower's Transformation
and Innovation Series authors. Illuminated with examples relating
the conceptual to the practical, this is a text, not for a
pre-modern, modern, or even post-modern era, but for what has been
called our trans-modern age.
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.
Der Autor prasentiert theoretisch fundiert eine systematische
Aufarbeitung von explorativen Interviews mit erfolgreichen
deutschen und schweizer Top-Fuhrungskraften. Es gelingt ihm, ein
realistisches und praxisbezogenes Bild von der Struktur und Wirkung
der Personlichkeit oberster Fuhrungskrafte zu entwerfen. Der Autor
zeigt, dass die Systematisierung dieser Erfahrungen Fuhrungskraften
aller Managementebenen ermoglicht, ihr personliches
Entwicklungsprofil kritisch zu uberdenken und Ansatze fur die
eigene Entwicklung zu identifizieren.
Verzeichnis: A. Schieffer entwirft ein realistisches und
praxisbezogenes Bild von der Struktur und Wirkung der
Personlichkeit oberster Fuhrungskrafte. Der Autor zeigt, dass die
Systematisierung der Erfahrungen Fuhrungskraften aller
Managementebenen ermoglicht, ihr personliches Entwicklungsprofil
kritisch zu uberdenken und Ansatze fur die eigene Entwicklung zu
identifizieren."
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