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Interview with Dave Steward: Commonwealth Oral History Project
No full textInterview with Dave Steward, conducted 17th April 2013 as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Steward, Dave. 1945- . Born in Nairobi, Kenya. Educated at the University of Stellenbosch, 1962-65. Joined the South African Department of Foreign Affairs in 1966. Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, 1981-82. Policy Adviser on Southwest Africa/Namibia/Angola, 1983-85. Head, South African Communication Service, 1986-92. Director-General, Office of the South African President, 1992-94. Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation, 1999- . Managing Director, Canopus Consultancies, 1997-
Henry Steward Dunbar, 1907
No full textA portrait of Henry Steward Dunbar, author of the Paine College Alma Mater. Dunbar graduated from Paine College in 1907
The Christian Leader: Servant and Steward
No full textSecular leadership has failed to deliver. Christian
leadership as modelled by Jesus Christ presents an
alternative. Contrary to secular leadership, which is
characterised by power and dominance, Christian
leadership begins with a premise that if one wants to
lead, one must first develop a servant’s heart. The article
explores the twin dimensions of Christian leadership;
servant leadership and steward leadership. While the
primary role of the servant leader is the wellbeing of the
people being led, the steward leader focuses on
accomplishing the purpose of the owner. Christian
leadership seeks to emulate Jesus the servant Lord, who
came not to be served but to serve and to fulfil the
mission entrusted to him by his Father
Servant and Steward: The Steward Leader Model for Unleashing Human Potential
No full textExecutive Summary The mandate for business leaders to consistently predict and achieve economic success reverberates throughout American society. Many leaders who wish to practice transformational leadership are faced with the dilemma of implementing command and control, productivity driven leadership techniques to achieve bottom-line results. These management practices were developed during a time when the workplace was perceived as a place of cause and effect, action and reaction. The ideal employee was one whose actions matched the consistency and reliability of a machine. This focus on Frederick Taylor\u27s management techniques, in the workplace and in many MBA programs, may in fact undermine the economic success of organizations. The opportunities for American businesses in the 21st century have to do with developing our greatest assets, which are our emotional intelligence and our ability to take responsibility and make innovative decisions. The author of this article believes that a deeper examination of the steward leader model offers business leaders an opportunity to integrate transformational leadership values with economic values in an organization\u27s operating model. The approach is centered on the concept of stewardship. In this article, the author outlines the elements of a steward leader model that emerged as a result of conducting a review of the literature and an informal field interview with a steward leader
The Household knights of Edward I.
No full textThe royal household lay at the heart of the king's army in the late thirteenth century. The military importance of the knights attached to Edward's household has been examined by M.0 Prestwich. Although Prestwich acknowledged that the knights did serve in other areas of royal government no systematic study of their role has been attempted.
Based on an examination of the surviving wardrobe accounts and other documents the role of the household knights in many areas of royal government in England and Edward's other dominions has been assessed. The part they played in newly or partially conquered territories of Wales and Scotland has also been considered. The knights attached to Edward's familia were employed as sheriffs, justices, constables of castles and diplomats and councillors. However the proportion of knights who served in these areas remained small. The knights were appointed With any regularity only to posts which demanded a combination of military and administrative skills. A large number held royal offices in Scotland and Wales. However, there were a small number of knights hose skills as diplomats and councillors were clearly of more importance to the king than military prowess. This inner circle of knights were probably the forerunners of the chamber knights of the fourteenth century.
The rewards received by the knights in return for their services have also been considered in great detail. The knights were rewarded in accordance with their status and length of service within the household. The major grants of lands, wardships and offices went to a fairly small group of men. The others received more minor gifts of grants of timber and animals. Edward was not a king who was renowned for his generosity. However, the loyalty of the knights to their master suggests that the rewards they received were adequate
RG 1306-000-000 Delaware Economic Development Office Photograph Collection
No full textGovernor Carvel; Dr. Maynard Mires, Catherine Downing, Ruth Chambers Steward, Mrs. Henry Herndo
RG 1306-000-000 Delaware Economic Development Office Photograph Collection
No full textGovernor Carvel; Dr. Maynard Mires, Catherine Downing, Ruth Chambers Steward, Mrs. Henry Herndo
Friendship as a Spiritual and Moral Reality in the Parable of the Unjust Steward
No full textThe article examines the teaching on friendship in the Parable of the Unjust Steward. The used approach involves the study of the topic of friendship within moral theology. The author is guided by St. Theophan the Recluse’s concept of Christian morality and the patristic understanding of friendship as unanimity. Based on the statements of Church Fathers, the author asserts that friendship is not limited to the anthropological level and it has not only a natural, but also a spiritual and moral dimension. The purpose of the research is searching for an answer to the question: does the Parable of the Unjust Steward speak about the spiritual and moral dimension of friendship? And, if so, in what aspect exactly? The author refers to a number of publications and researches in modern Russian Orthodox theology devoted to the Parable of the Unjust Steward or to the topic of friendship, and makes a conclusion that spiritual and moral dimension of friendship in the parable are underexamined by contemporary theologians. The author demonstrates that according to the exegesis of Church Fathers and spiritual writers, the fragment of the Parable narrating the steward’s action (making friends with the mammon of unrighteousness) inexplicitly contains Lord Jesus Christ’s declaration about the friendship which represents: mutuality of mercy in relationships between a human and God, Christian and the celestial beings (Angels and Saints), members of the Church Militant; the unity of members of the Church Militant and Triumphant in the common act of charity and the virtue of indifference to earthly wealth, and also the co-effort that unites them. This friendship is based on charity and, being connected with it, represents the one of the Christian virtues. Its goal and reward is salvation and it is not limited by earthly life but extends to the afterlife of a human soul and to eternal life. The author concludes that this friendship is impossible without Lord Jesus Christ’s Economy and beyond the boundaries of the Church. It is rooted in and acquired by the Christian moral life and, being created by the Divine grace, represents a spiritual, moral and eschatological reality
Taking care: Four takes on the cyber steward
No full textStewardship denotes a custodial, non-proprietary relationship to a resource or domain. The notion of a “cyber steward” resonates with those of us who regard cyberspace as a commons or domain that belongs to no one, and yet we sense some duty to protect or manage it. This essay explores possible job descriptions of “cyber steward” and what might motivate a person or organization to take the job. The job description can vary with one’s view of the commons. The motivations towards this stewardship usually involves more than the self-interested, prudential concern for future use of the commons, which drives self-organization to preserve natural resource commons. It can also involve more than a desire to reciprocate for the benefits now being enjoyed, as in the gift culture that marked the early days of the Internet. The “sense of duty” might answer to the interdependence of being in cyberspace, respond to a fear for the loss of its freedom, or harbour a utopian vision of a global society enabled by cyber networks. But it can also be a self-serving pretext to shield a ruling elite from criticism or to preserve some technological advantage over others.This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Grant No. N00014-09-1-0597. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations therein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Naval Research
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