Organization Paremiology: A New Approach to Organizational Performance Improvement

ISBN-13: 9781909112599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 150 str.

Chiku Malunga (Capacity Development Cons

Opis

As people remember you as the first and leading indigenous wisdom-based organization development writer, we believe the spirit behind the use of wisdom contained in African proverbs and Folktales to develop the African continent will live on. Your books will continue to speak and challenge us to rise and create the tomorrow to which we aspire and deserve. Indeed no one can escape death, you already had plans on how you were to launch and market this book. We will always live to remember and use the wisdom that you imparted in us. You encouraged us to have dreams because, as you always argued, it is from them that the tomorrow of our dream will be nurtured. We love you dearly but God loves you more. Rest in peace, daddy. Your wife (Chawanagwa) and daughters (Thandiwe & Tiyamika) Malunga. Published posthumously Chiku Malunga, a leading Organization Paremiologist in the world, had a doctorate degree in Development Studies from the University of South Africa. He transited on February 12^th, 2016 while the manuscript was being prepared for publication. Until his death he was the director of CADECO (Capacity Development Consultants), an organization that promoted African-centered organizational improvement models. His other books included Understanding Organizational Sustainability through African Proverbs; Making Strategic Plans Work: Insights from African Indigenous Wisdom; Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu; Oblivion or Utopia: The Prospects for Africa, Power and Influence: Self-Development Lessons from African Proverbs and Folktales, Cultivating Personal and Organizational Effectiveness: Spiritual Insights from African Proverbs; Animal Farm Prophecy Fulfilled in Africa: A Call to a Values and Systems Revolution and NGO Management (co-edited with Alan Fowler).

Organization Paremiology: A New Approach to Organizational Improvement announces the future of organizational improvement efforts in Africa and the world by introducing a new field of study and practice called Organization Paremiology. It discusses what Organization Paremiology is, what it is constituted of, its key principles and its practice. It also discusses why Organization Paremiology is needed to form a new narrative in development and business talk in Africa and in the World. This book introduces and establishes an authentic and definitive Afrocentric contribution to organizational performance improvement at the global level.