Integral research and innovation [[electronic resource] ] : transforming enterprise and society / / Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer

• Autore: Lessem Ronnie
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Gower Pub., c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (441 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.3/5
• Soggetto topico: Organizational change - Social aspects; Organizational sociology; Personality
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SchiefferAlexander
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; About Integral Research and Innovation; PART 1 Orientation to Social Innovation; Chapter 1 Towards A New Research and University Paradigm; PART 2 Design for Social Innovation; Chapter 2 The Four Innovation Paths of Integral Research; Chapter 3 The Integral Research Trajectory; PART 3 Paths Towards Social Innovation; Chapter 4 Originating Integral Research; Chapter 5 From Descriptive Methods to Phenomenology; Chapter 6 From Phenomenology to Feminism; Chapter 7 From Feminism to Participatory Action Research; Chapter 8 From Narrative Methods to Hermeneutics ; Chapter 9 From Hermeneutics to Critical TheoryChapter 10 From Critical Theory to Co-operative Inquiry; Chapter 11 From Methods of Theorizing to Critical Rationalism; Chapter 12 From Critical Rationalism to Postmodernism; Chapter 13 From Postmodernism to Socio-technical Design; Chapter 14 From Experimental and Survey Methods to Empiricism; Chapter 15 From Empiricism to Critical Realism; Chapter 16 From Critical Realism to Action Research; PART 4 Institutionalizing Social Innovation; Chapter 17 Integral Research and Innovation ; Annex 1 The Analytical Trajectory of Integral Research and InnovationAnnex 2 The Transformative Trajectory of Integral Research and Innovation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when business practitioners and others responsible for organizational development are desperate for usable knowledge the authors of this book contend that social science research are failing to support business and management. In Integral Research and Innovation, they explain how research has to be transformative, rather than just informative if it is to contribute usefully to building integrated and sustainable enterprises.Drawing on their experience of environments where researchers and practitioners do engage constructively, resulting in research that is active, participative, and
• Titolo autorizzato: Integral research and innovation
• ISBN: 1-317-11538-4; 1-282-52527-1; 9786612525278; 0-566-08919-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459370003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transformation and Innovation