Organizations and Culture Class Blog: Ubuntu Philosophy in Management

This ancient South African set of letters and sounds means "humanity to others" (About Ubuntu) and became an humanist philosophy that focuses on people's relations with each other and how any person is to be treated in a good and proper manner.

This philosophy has a basic principle that, according to a translation of Leymah Gbowee, is "I am what I am because of who we all are", which is, as I can see it, an explanation that explicits the influence of the relationship with others can make over my own way to handle the relationships with them: Well-handled relationships in a group will influence my relationship with them for good.

This is actually a great topic to discuss, because relating it with Managerial issues, the usage of this philosophy can truly affect a company itself and bring it down right from it's core.

Relationships are very important in organizations, and now more than ever that we know one relationship can change or affect other relationships with other people, which could cause a big destructive effect if not managed correctly.

Here's a video that goes further with this concept, very interesting and easy to watch, I hope everyone enjoys it.