This document summarizes the book "Ubuntu: I am because we are" by Stephen Lundin and Bob Nelson. The main focus of the book is how collective effort and reciprocal value within a team can achieve great performance. It discusses how Ubuntu encourages recognizing employees for who they are as individuals, forming trusting relationships, and prioritizing the success of the group over any single person. The document reflects on how appreciation is more effective than punishment, and how small actions can lead to big changes when people work together.
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1. Virginia International University
ubuntu!
PREPARED BY: Team OVERCOMERS
Sriram
Christie
Mariya
Bajuna
MBA 513, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & HR MANAGEMENT
2. Contents
• “Ubuntu” & its authors
• Main focus
• Summary & Key findings
•Reflection
• Importance of the book to students
• Concept map
•Q & A
3. Title: Ubuntu “I am, because we are”
Authors: Stephen Lundin and Bob Nelson
Year Published: 2010, By Broadway
Books, United States.
4. “UBUNTU” & its authors
Dr. Bob Nelson
•An American stand up comedian and actor
•A leading authority on employee motivation, author of best selling
1001 ways to Reward employees
•His comedy skills reflect the Ubuntu philosophy that brings
togetherness and happiness with collective effort.
Dr. Stephen Lundin
• An International speaker, writer and entrepreneur,
•Leading coauthor of the mega best selling Fish! Fish Sticks and
Fish Tales!
•His series of novels have earned him a reputation as one of the
best authors in the fantasy genre.
5. Main focus
“The collective effort and reciprocal value within a team achieves great
performance.”
Job satisfaction (chapter 6)
-Ubuntu encourages managers to structure the work environment
and its associated rewards /recognition to reinforce employees’
values
Teams (chapter 9)
-With Ubuntu , the success of the group is above that of the
individual
-With trust and respect, others will give you the benefit of the doubt
6. Main focus (continued..)
“The collective effort and reciprocal value within a team
achieves great performance.”
Human Relations Movement (chapter 1)
-Ubuntu says “Get to know your employees as
individuals and not just as workers.”
7. Summary & key findings
UBUNTU IS:
About finding the common ground that connects one human to another;
About accepting each human being as a unique and valuable member
of the human community;
About respecting humanity of each and every person we encounter.
Teamwork, cooperation and contribution of every member of a
team;
An attitude and a way of thinking.
8. Reflection:
There are two levels of recognition:
“The first level of recognition is to value others simply for who
they are. This is the heart of Ubuntu and it must always come first.
The second level of recognition is to value others for what they
achieve. This kind of recognition is what drives most performance.”
The bottom line of Ubuntu philosophy is:
“I am because we are”
9. Importance of the book to students
• It is wise if you learn from your mistakes but even wiser if
you learn from mistakes of others.
• Appreciation moves faster than punishment.
• Big change starts from small sparkle.
• Nothing is impossible if we get together.
• You cannot do UBUNTU you have to be
UBUNTU.
10. Concept Map- John’s Journey to Ubuntu
Failure to
manage Challenges at Work
his Team Inability to see
workers as humans
Introduction to Ubuntu
An attempt to Ubuntu
at work
Simon wins the
Award!!! A chance for John to
experience Ubuntu