Self-Management and Development

Issue title: Self-Management

Guest editors: Martin De WaeleGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ifeka, Caroline

Affiliations: Australian National University*

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Abstract: In this essay I use my field experience in Asia and Africa to define and describe some foundations of successful self-management in the context of development. I describe some hitherto unreported success stories so as to illustrate how these foundations have been successfully put into practice. I also review instances of self-management failures, because these highlight conditions that may need to be settled before self-management can become self-sustaining. In conclusion, I suggest some consequences of an enhanced self-management capacity.

Keywords: Self-management capacity, self-regulation, common property, sustainable resource use, development

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1994-13308

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 233-240, 1994