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Raising Omoluwabi for Efficiency Management
Omoluwabi, the ancient description of Yoruba, essentially means “a well developed person”. To achieve such description a person must have proved to the society enormous efficiency in public and private life.
This description “Omoluwabi” is usually people with ability to effectively relate in business, social life, and spiritually nurtured. They are fit for leadership responsibility and sort after. This represent talents that that can be trusted, competence and character easily distinguish them.
Every generation produces Omoluwabi and with a different nomenclature. The bottom line is that the same principle is applicable to be named as such.
Before the advent of formal education institution, Omoluwabi is raised and shaped by clan culture and on the farm. In the present age Omoluwabi is shape by family, religious institution, technology, academic institution, and working environment.
In 21st century the basic characteristics of Omoluwabi are spiritual intelligence, internal and external focus, good character, continuous learning, right work, skill and innovation, professionalism and competence.
Such virtues serve any business organization and country well as it were in 19th so it is in 21st century. But today they have become slow steady growth indeed and plenty in words in Nigeria political and business sphere. Where as many Americans and Japans business organizations steadfastly value this virtue and by it boast of big and innovative companies in the world: Toyota, Canon, Accenture are among companies that take the virtue seriously for organizational efficiency management.
Every generation will require talents that are generational compliant. Those are the people who have the required capacity to efficiently relate with the present sphere.
Human capacity building for every generation requires a different approach. There is a war out there in every country for efficient human energy generated in the brain. Any country that has no appropriate approach will soon become “Relevant-mind” bankrupt and it can stunt economic growth.
According to UNESCO, world wide, there are about 138 million students seeking university degrees, a 40 percent increase in seven years. This was reported by London based Observatory on Borderless education.
It has become the prerogative of few country governments and business leaders to commit resources to developing the spirit man, soul and body of her citizens and business team to remain relevant in the present generation. Omoluwabi as a business virtue is non negotiable for efficiency management.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might have got an unpleasant image outside his country but talents from his country Sharif University are sort after more than talents produced by Harvard University.
“In 2003, administrators at Stanford University’s Electrical Engineering Department were startled when a group of foreign students aced the notoriously difficult Ph.D. entrance examination, getting some of the highest score ever. That the whiz kids weren’t Americans wasn’t odd; students from Asia and elsewhere excel in American program. The surprising thing is that the majority came from one country and one school: Sharif University of science and technology in Iran.” Newsweek 2008.
When a leader lacks many other competences it is pardonable by history as soon as his generation expires. Only leader who lacks ability to provide enable environment for human capacity building are usually not forgiving by history. The reason I said this is because that leader would have only produced nationalities that lacks ability to acquire information, convert it to knowledge and effectively apply it to solve domestic and public problems. Those nationalities usually result into war, corruption, and robbery to settle pressing challenge.
Though Iran is known as a dangerous recluse, it is also known for producing an excellent crop of expert kids. There will always be reducing recluse for any organization and country that takes capacity building of human being seriously and effectively.
My opinion is for corporate organization to take corporate social responsibility into higher education institutions in Nigeria. This is by establishing research institute within a university of choice for the purpose of enhancing their product and services and expanding functional knowledge. In another sense expose our undergraduates to thinking “innovate”, and position such organization appropriately to attract talents who have benefited from their research institute. It is a creative talent retention scheme that will result into performing macro economic policy for Nigeria and Africa in a competitive global market.
Mamora Olusegun Victor
Partner Afned
Lagos
www.mamoraolusegun.com
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Posted by Robot| 07.10.2008 19:05