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Integral Dynamics

Political Economy, Cultural Dynamics and the Future of the University

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Dr Junie T Tong,Dr Samuel D Rima,Professor Ronnie Lessem

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Integral Dynamics

Political Economy, Cultural Dynamics and the Future of the University

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Dr Junie T Tong,Dr Samuel D Rima,Professor Ronnie Lessem

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.

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1409471357

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Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Chinese Culture versus Western Markets

By: Dr Junie T Tong

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Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Chinese Culture versus Western Markets

By: Dr Junie T Tong

In this revealing book Junie Tong reflects on the role of banking and finance in China. The author adopts a critical perspective that views the societal as well as economic functioning of banking and finance. Finance and Society in 21st Century China considers how far the modern economy is disconnected from Chinese culture and history and the problems this separation may cause. She questions the common assumption that China has outgrown its reliance on its Western counterparts. The author believes that the country is still very much dependent on exports and foreign investments and any radical or rapid reduction in either would have serious adverse consequences for China's sustainable economic growth. To provide a model for 'finance and society' that integrates culture and economy, Tong draws on the seminal work of Belgian economist, banker and social commentator, Bernard Lietaer, who has focused on cultural forces and the future of money in the world, generally. Using representative case studies for illustration, Tong applies Lietaer's work in a specifically Chinese context, highlighting the need to root finance and enterprise in the rhythms and forces within Chinese culture to avoid future chaos and achieve socio-economic stability in a country now so critical to global well-being.

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1409459977

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9781409459972

Integral Polity

Integrating Nature, Culture, Society and Economy

By: Dr Ibrahim Abouleish,Professor Louis Herman,Professor Ronnie Lessem,Mr Marko Pogacnik

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Integral Polity

Integrating Nature, Culture, Society and Economy

By: Dr Ibrahim Abouleish,Professor Louis Herman,Professor Ronnie Lessem,Mr Marko Pogacnik

Integral spirituality, integral philosophy and the integral age, at an overall or holistic level of consciousness, has become a strong enough idea to form the genesis of a movement over the course of the last half century--and Integral Polity applies this notion to business, economics and enterprise. Using case studies ranging across the globe this review of a newly integral theory and practice provides a new lease on life to what may increasingly be perceived as the self-seeking, insulated and occasionally violent and corrupt realm of the political.

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377

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472442474

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9781472442475

An Integral Approach to Development Economics

Islamic Finance in an African Context

By: Dr Basheer Oshodi

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An Integral Approach to Development Economics

Islamic Finance in an African Context

By: Dr Basheer Oshodi

Despite economic growth in countries like the author’s native Nigeria, poverty and unemployment blight the lives of the majority of citizens. In An Integral Approach to Development Economics, Basheer Oshodi examines modernization theories, dependency theories, world system theories and emerging 21st century economic theories. He links a neo-modern mix of economic thought with the practicalities of finance in parts of the World where poverty is rife, focusing on the use of Islamic banking and finance in an African setting. Islamic finance is considered in the context of the triple heritage of indigenous culture, Westernized Christianity, and Islam. The author argues and demonstrates that the principles of Islamic banking and finance can be applied in a way that integrates with other elements of that heritage, and meet the challenges of poverty and unemployment.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472411250

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9781472411259

Inclusive Organizational Transformation

An African Perspective on Human Niches and Diversity of Thought

By: Dr Rica Viljoen

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Inclusive Organizational Transformation

An African Perspective on Human Niches and Diversity of Thought

By: Dr Rica Viljoen

In Inclusive Organizational Transformation, Dr Rica Viljoen acknowledges that diversity of thought presents both gifts and challenges to leadership in multi-national organizations. Here, Inclusivity is positioned as a radical transformational methodology with the purpose of unleashing the benefits of engagement and diversity of thought. Case studies from Ghana, South Africa, Australia, Peru and Tanzania are included and insights gained from the dynamics observed are shared. A synthesis of Inclusivity is presented in a model, meta-insights are derived and the prerequisites for Inclusivity on individual, group and organizational domain are illustrated.

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1472423011

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Integral Renewal

A Relational and Renewal Perspective

By: Professor Ronnie Lessem,Dr Alexander Schieffer

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Integral Renewal

A Relational and Renewal Perspective

By: Professor Ronnie Lessem,Dr Alexander Schieffer

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 all together encompass the major qualitative research methods and methodologies. Because their transformative PhD programs are focused primarily on the 'Global South', where the vast majority of the world’s population is based, most agents of transformation 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 Integral Renewal is on these two latter paths, now interconnected with integral enterprise and economics.

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1472454359

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9781472454355

Integral Development

Realising the Transformative Potential of Individuals, Organisations and Societies

By: Professor Ronnie Lessem,Dr Alexander Schieffer

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Integral Development

Realising the Transformative Potential of Individuals, Organisations and Societies

By: Professor Ronnie Lessem,Dr Alexander Schieffer

Schieffer and 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. Integral Development 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. Integral Development shows how individual, organizational and societal developments need to be interconnected to overcome these imbalances and to release a society’s full potential. It shifts the responsibility for large-scale development from often-distant development experts and organizations to each individual, community, enterprise and institution within the society.

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1409423530

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Spiritual Capital

A Moral Core for Social and Economic Justice

By: Dr Samuel D Rima

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Spiritual Capital

A Moral Core for Social and Economic Justice

By: Dr Samuel D Rima

Presenting a thorough, comprehensive theory of spiritual capital based on solid academic research, 'Spiritual Capital' serves to reinforce and amplify the notion of a moral economic core that is beginning to feature in contemporary economic arguments. In this rare major work wholly dedicated to the subject of spiritual capital, Sam Rima explains the desperate need for revolutionary and transformational thinking in the area of economic policy and practice and makes the case for a new moral foundation to business and economics that directly addresses today's financial and business crisis. Writing in an accessible style, and drawing on examples from several continents, Rima explains spiritual capital theory in terms of the resources needed for its creation, how it is formed, how it can be invested and what the return on investment can be. The book provides practical tools for measuring a personal or organizational store of spiritual capital, along with clear guidelines on how to engage in spiritual capital formation. These will benefit business leaders interested in developing viable and sustainable enterprises capable of avoiding the disconnection between economic policy and social reality. There are also recommendations here for policy makers regarding the macro application of spiritual capital theory. This important contribution to Gower's Transformation and Innovation Series will appeal to business leaders and policy makers, academicians and students in the fields of sociology, theology, and economics, and anyone interested in social and economic justice issues, social innovation, and corporate social responsibility.

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1409460169

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Integral Dynamics

Political Economy, Cultural Dynamics and the Future of the University

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Dr Junie T Tong,Dr Samuel D Rima,Professor Ronnie Lessem

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Political Economy, Cultural Dynamics and the Future of the University

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Dr Junie T Tong,Dr Samuel D Rima,Professor Ronnie Lessem

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Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Chinese Culture versus Western Markets

By: Dr Junie T Tong

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Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Chinese Culture versus Western Markets

By: Dr Junie T Tong

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Integral Dynamics

Integral Dynamics

Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Integral Polity

Integral Polity

An Integral Approach to Development Economics

An Integral Approach to Development Economics

Inclusive Organizational Transformation

Inclusive Organizational Transformation

Integral Renewal

Integral Renewal

Integral Development

Integral Development

Spiritual Capital

Spiritual Capital

Integral Dynamics

Integral Dynamics

Finance and Society in 21st Century China

Finance and Society in 21st Century China

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