UBUNTU : Management Philosophy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broodryk, Johann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knowres Publishing, 2005.
Temas:
Management > Philosophy.
Gestion > Philosophie.
Management > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION: An international Ubuntu entrepreneur
  • Sir Richard Branson
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • 1 THE AFRICAN CONCEPT OF UBUNTU
  • Introduction
  • Layout of the book
  • Management philosophy
  • Definitions of Ubuntu philosophy
  • Ubuntu as practical and useful philosophy
  • 2 UBUNTU MANAGEMENT
  • Theory and philosophy
  • Management and leadership
  • Leadership
  • Case Study: The Mandela recipe for effective leadership
  • 3 UBUNTU AND THE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
  • Physical or natural environment
  • Institutional environment.
  • Economic environment
  • Socio-welfare environment
  • Cultural environment
  • Case Study: Two buckets and a bottle of soap
  • 4 UBUNTU PERSONALITY ANDCONVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT
  • Worldview
  • Ubuntu personality
  • Happiness
  • Ubuntu and the basic skills of conventional management
  • Case study: Being part of a team
  • 5 UBUNTU CULTURAL CONCEPTS
  • African time (tolerance time)
  • Cultural stokvel
  • Extended family
  • Folklore
  • Informality
  • Sangomas
  • Ancestors
  • Death
  • Religion
  • Simunye
  • Shosoloza
  • Lobola
  • Tsotsi
  • Ilima
  • 6 UBUNTU STRATEGY
  • Discipline embracing commitment.
  • Case study: Meeting at the duck dam
  • Case study: Closed and open management styles
  • Transparency
  • Participation
  • Case study: African democracy in action
  • Vision and mission
  • The ONPO analysis
  • Therapies and icebreakers
  • 7 UBUNTU MARKETING
  • Skills and personality
  • Marketing mix
  • Marketing plan
  • Punctuality
  • Importance of names
  • Trust
  • Harsh profit making
  • The Siza approach
  • Partnerships
  • 8 UBUNTU MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
  • Values
  • Core values
  • Case study: Making observations at a social event
  • Application of Ubuntu values
  • Morality and corruption.
  • Case study: The story of the tsotsi boy
  • 9 INTERCULTURAL UBUNTU RELATIONS
  • Intercultural aspects
  • Intercultural communication
  • Intercultural differences
  • Themes for intercultural discussion
  • Comparing Western and African management styles
  • Case study: Different life systems
  • 10 UBUNTU MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
  • Management in the family spirit
  • Leadership in the family spirit
  • Management course (Ubuntu)
  • Management behaviour
  • Ubuntu Code of Conduct
  • The Ubuntu Pledge
  • In conclusion: The international challenge
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • ABREVIATIONS
  • INDEX.
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • Figure 4.1: Maslow's hierarchy of needs
  • Figure 5.1: African religion as a triangle
  • Figure 6.1: Open and closed styles of management
  • Figure 6.2: Sketch indicating seating arrangements and main participants
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • Table 3.1: Different cultural practices in African(Afrocentric) and Western(Eurocentric) societies
  • Table 4.1: Ubuntu checklist
  • Table 4.2: Action plan
  • Table 8.1: Some precious, core and associatedvalues in happy living
  • Table 9.1: Summary of the differences betweentraditional Western/Eurocentric andAfrican/Afrocentric management styles.

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