Dr. Chiku Malunga is the world’s first and leading Indigenous Wisdom Based Organization Development (IWBOD) writer. He holds a doctorate degree in development studies from the University of South Africa. He is currently the director of CADECO (Capacity Development Consultants), an organization that promotes African centered organizational improvement models.
Malunga’s books include: 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; and Cultivating Personal and Organizational Effectiveness: Spiritual Insights from African Proverbs.
Power and Influence: Self-Development Lessons from African Proverbs and Folktales by Chiku Malunga
Power and Influence demonstrates how the indigenous wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales can be used to enhance modern life. The timeless wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales enriches self-development and positive influence. The inspiring results provide deeper understanding of self-development and self-leadership, forming a solid foundation for leadership effectiveness at all levels.
This book is among the first to consciously acknowledge and demonstrate the rationale of applying indigenous wisdom to enhance the understanding of disciplines, theories, and practice. African proverbs and folktales express an accumulated wisdom of human relations; add dimensions to practice in ways that are soulful, respectful, practical, and socially embedded.
By using African indigenous wisdom, the book contributes towards the much-needed, cross-cultural dialogue among individuals, organizations and societies in this increasingly diversified world.
Understanding Organizational Sustainability Through African Proverbs: Insights for Leaders and Facilitators
African cultural heritage, passed on from generation to generation, has been a source of guidance for African communities in times of peace, uncertainty, birth, life and earth. In Understanding Organizational Sustainability Through African Proverbs, the power of traditional wisdom contained in African proverbs is directed at organizational development and change.
The result is a fresh new perspective on organizational management with important lessons for organizational leaders, consultants, volunteers and expatriates working or preparing to work in Africa. By discovering the power of African proverbs, readers are rewarded with new and creative ways to communicate organizational improvement efforts in a language that touches peoples hearts and motivates them to personal and organizational transformation. The book specifically addresses the needs of leaders and consultants implementing performance improvement and organizational change and contains proverb-driven assessment templates.
