Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu
By Chiku Malunga

Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu offers a creative, innovative and holistic approach to understanding organizational leadership using the principles embodied in the African philosophy of personhood known as ubuntu – or the essence of being human. Using African proverbs, folktales and indigenous concepts, the book discusses the organizational principles of ubuntu and the leadership lessons that modern organizations can learn from these principles. The principles include sharing and collective ownership of opportunities, responsibilities and challenges, the importance of people and relationships over things, participatory leadership and decision making, loyalty, reconciliation, experiential learning and knowledge management

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Making Strategic Plans Work: Insights from Indigenous African Wisdom
By Chiku Malunga

Making Strategic Plans Work introduces an innovative and creative approach to understanding the theory and practice of strategic planning. Based on proverbs and folktales, the book provides detailed analyses of the stages of the strategic planning process - preparation, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It also discusses the roles and responsibilities of the key players in the process - boards, management, donors, consultants and communities and how to build their capacity for more effectiveness. It equally provides at each stage templates for assessing the effectiveness of the strategic planning process as well as the key players....

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Understanding Organizational Sustainability through African Proverbs: Insights for Leaders and Facilitators by Chiku Malunga with Charles Banda, published by Practical Action Publishing, UK.

The book describes how African Proverbs can be used to understand organizational growth and development over time. By rediscovering the power of African Proverbs, readers are rewarded with new and creative ways to communicate organizational improvement efforts in a language that touches people's hearts and motivates them to personal and organizational transformation. The book specifically addresses the role of leaders and facilitators implementing performance improvement and organizational change initiatives. Click here to see what others say about this book.