Subject Archives: Business

How much do you earn and why?

There has been some discussion on these boards regarding disconnect between what some people get paid and the contribution they make to society. I thought the article by John Kay in todays FT might be interesting to some of you. Full article here ft.com. Extract: “Two broad economic theories describe the allocation of income and [...]

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The coming energy crisis?

This is a topic that has been on my mind for some time. It is a very strategic issue, in that the key factors may not come in to play for some time, or may not combine in a world-changing way for some time, but sooner or later they will and the effects will be [...]

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At what cost?

Just wanted to throw some thoughts out there about the health cost of some current business practice. We all know of the Erin Brockovich type stories, where big companies have had detremental effects on the health of whole communities and ecosystems and how this continues to happen all over the place. As a GP, I [...]

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Business Values

I was reading a post by Prabhu Guptara regarding the values taught (and needing challenging) by business schools. It is from a lecture on ‘The role of business schools in promoting values in business’. Here is a substantial part from the closing part of the post (found at:

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Business Productivity and Employment – the real challenge to capitalism?

The headlines inspiring the Occupy Wall Street protestors currently (and inspiring many blog posts here) have much to do with increasing income disparity that is apparent in most parts of the world presently. It is clear that the proportion of total income going to the richest ten percent or so has risen sharply over the [...]

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Is the stock market evil?

Issues of finance, ‘making money work’ for us and the like is very problematic to discuss. There is a minefield of facts, figures and conflicting ideologies. So this is simply a starter discussion. A basic understanding of shares in public companies in theory makes them accountable to the shareholders. So far so good… however, in [...]

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Business, commerce & trade

When coming to this gate the first thing that probably needs to be said is not some clever exposition of the nature of the gate but an apology for the way that those who have or who currently handle significant finances have often been treated by church. Too often church leaders have seen those people as economic resources for the vision of the church. This effectively can communicate that they do not have intrinsic value…

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The 'Gates' of society

Gates

Much of the material that will be central to these posts will cover perspectives on the 'gates' of society, the places of influence that shape the culture. If transformation is a desired outcome, such aspects as strategic prayer and understanding the redemptive gifts of places will play their part. As prayer opens up space, filling it will be vital, not in a controlling, top-down sense, but with a servant spirit. Finding appropriate terminology is difficult. Maybe 'transformation' is not the right term, perhaps 'transfiguration', where inner qualities burst through.

I have chosen to use the term 'gates' and although they can be defined any number of ways these are the seven ways I have chosen to group them by:

  • Arts & entertainment
  • Business, commerce & trade
  • Education & training
  • Family & community
  • Health, science & technology
  • Media & communication
  • Politics, government, law & order

Download in epub/mobi

E-formatting

These are in two formats. Epub can be read in many ereaders, such as Ipad, kobo etc.; if using a kindle then the format will be mobi. If there are difficulties in reading the format an internet search should show any peculiarities for your specific ereader

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