The Basic of Self-Management in Asian Folklore

Without management, human lives will face with a lot of risk. For example, self-management has become a basic thing that has been exposed since childhood by adults as well as individuals nearby. Such exposure is also applied in children’s books from an early age as a useful initial input. In this case, the management aspect is knowledge-based that has been widely introduced in Asia for a long time. This can be seen in the Koleksi Cerita Rakyat Asia Untuk Kanak-kanak (Buku 1) which has been published by the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka as a result of the Asian Copublication Programme, organized by the Asian Cultural Centre for Unesco / Tokyo Book Development Centre, in collaboration with Unesco and the countries of UNESCO members in Asia. The findings also showed that the dominant basis of selfmanagement which covers basic things such as time management, emotions, conflict and hygiene. Keyword: Management Basics, Self, Folklore, Children, literature, Asian Introduction This life requires every human being to be independent in managing themselves in order to make a living. Generally, normal human beings are able to manage themselves in their daily lives. This is because, self-management has been exposed since childhood as the basis of human needs. In fact, good self-management contributes positive effects to one's daily life. Robiah (2001), stated that a good self-management in terms of physical aspects, will make it easier for you to be accepted by all members of society everywhere. Without good selfmanagement, a person not only faces various risks, but also burdens the people around him or her. In this case, self-management is a basic thing that is practiced before he or she manages others. Additionally, the aspect of self-management in living this life is more synonymous with adults compared to children. According to Norsaliza, Rosli and Azhar (2017), children cannot live alone without being guided. This is because children are people who are just beginning to get to know the world without any knowledge. In this context, children's reading materials are a channel or medium of education for children to get initial input, especially self-management as a basis in living life. For example, the information found in reading materials such as folklore can provide initial input to children in managing things. According to Misran (2005), the philosophy behind folklore is the beginning of the learning process to children by learning how to handle something or a situation. This exposure is important for children's knowledge in their daily lives. Although originally folk tales were International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences Vol. 1 1 , No. 2, 2021, E-ISSN: 2222-6990 © 2021 HRMARS 134 presented to the public regardless of age, but the passage of time has caused the genre of folk tales to get the attention from children. According to Hadijah (2006), folklore is not only the most widely published, but also the earliest children's literary genre to be recorded. In this case, folklore has been re-edited again according to the age of the child. However, the passage of time has caused the genre of folklore to be considered as a reading material that applies the element of entertainment only and does not contribute any benefits to the reader. This statement is in line with Noriah (2016), who stated that the unfortunate fates of folklore has been disputed for its suitability as content that can shapes one’s personality. While the content behind folklore can display the learning process on how to manage things and situations. Thus, the objective of this study is to classify the basics of self-management in Asian children's folklore and analyse the basics of self-management in children's folklore. This study also examines the book "Asian People For Children" (Book 1) Collection which has been printed repeatedly four times. This collection of stories is once again being researched upon when the question arises that folk tales for children today are disputed as reading material that provides basic input to children for carry out their lives even though the countries in Asia have produced 6 collections of folk tales for children starting from 1975. Thus, the collection that was used has 7 stories, but only a few stories were scrutinized for this study, “Burung Gagak dengan Burung Ciak” from Bangladesh, “Cerita Sirih dengan Pinang” from Vietnam, “Sahabat dengan Seteru” from Iran and “Orang Muda dengan Harimau” from Korea.