Integral research and innovation : transforming enterprise and society / Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards a new research and university paradigm -- The four innovation paths of integral research -- The integral research trajectory -- Originating integral research -- From descriptive methods to phemenology -- From phenomenology to feminism -- From feminism to participatory action research -- From narrative methods to hermeneutics -- From hermeneutics to critical theory -- From critical theory to co-operative inquiry -- From methods of theorizing to critical rationalism -- From critical rationalism to postmodernism -- From postmodernism to socio-technical design -- From experimental and survey methods to empiricism -- From empiricism to critical realism -- From critical realism to action research -- Integral research and innovation.