RESPONSIBILITY, USEFULNESS and GRACIOUSNESS from the Caribbean Isle of Jamaica - Softcover

Johnson, Edward R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9769554103 ISBN 13: 9789769554108

Publisher: Edward R. Johnson, 2013

Synopsis

This book shows how the spirituality and humanityof people blends with the style of governance in society as it examines typical western mores and value systems against the backdrop of fears, alienation and violence there. It considers that a new spiritual paradigm of responsibility usefulness and graciousness in individual will create in society a new morality and enhanced well being there, moving from that of the survival of the fittest to that of the fit. This is one which engenders collaborative relationships between citizens. It is a spiritual humanity which allows for more people to find meaning in their lives when actions they pursue together enhances the general well being of others there. In respect of people serving in the governance of the state, such persons will find a very deep personal satisfaction in this service to the nation as it spirals upwards whilst creating a more civilized social space for all therein. In all of this, beginning with the individual, it provides a path for the evolving with continuity of society and the citizens there, and the commencing of the creating of a global civilization.

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About the Author

The author was born in Jamaica,and he had his early education at the Half Way Tree Elementary School where he was influenced by Jamaican educators such as the headmaster Mr Wesley James and his wife Mrs Edith Dalton-James. Later, at the Kingston Technical High School, he came under the influence of Messrs H.Atkins, S.Vaughan and J.Wray. He migrated to the UK in the late nineteen fifties and completed studies in Business at the Balham & Tooting College of Commerce, now the South West London College of Commerce. After this he did post-graduate studies in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde School of Business. He then went to Zambia where he lectured at the Evelyn Hone College of Further Education and later at the Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation, where he established there executive development courses. It was there that he met a Swedish born lady who became his fiance'e. On leaving Zambia he returned to UK, and did further post-graduate studies in Management at Brighton Polytechnic, which became later, Brighton University. He returned to Jamaica after this, married his fiance'e and worked in the field of human resource management. Later he Lectured at the University of Technology, and became Senior Lecturer in charge of the Management Division in the Faculty of Business Management, from which he retired. At UTech, he was part of the team that designed, developed and implemented the Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management, and helped in laying the ground for the Bachelors degree in Operations Management. He now spends his time between Jamaica and Sweden with his wife, three adult children, and four grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward R. Johnson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9769554103
• ISBN 13: 9789769554108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180