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Closing the Alexander Era
Enterprise and Bureaucracy
Following the celebrations to mark Grace, Kennedy's Sixtieth Anniversary in February
1982, a Gleaner editorial included the comment:
Through a blend of good business practice, efficient management, promotion in
the market place and involvement with the Jamaican people, the company has
earned for itself a sound reputation. There are other companies, which rank with
Grace, Kennedy Limited and we hope the example, which they are setting in how
to be good corporate citizens, will be followed by other younger and smaller
enterprises.
Too often we tend to look at the negative aspects of private enterprise, tarring all
of them with the same brush. Yet the reality is that there are good corporate
enterprises doing a service and contributing to the development of the Jamaican economy; as well as the shady hustlers whose sole aim seems to be to make a
million dollars in the quickest possible time, and to do so without reference to the
national good.
It is the rip-off artists who are responsible for some of the more unacceptable
practices in the private sector. And once the business community recognizes this,
action should be taken to discourage the quick buck hucksters.
Companies operating at the level of Grace, Kennedy by their example can do a lot
to foster the spirit of enterprise.
Carlton Alexander would have endorsed those comments to the full. In 1983 he would have reached his fiftieth year of service to the Company. With the passing of Dr. Grace,
with whom he had not worked; and of James Moss-Solomon and Luis Fred Kennedy, his
mentors and patrons, Carlton Alexander was now recognized throughout Jamaica as 'Mr.
Grace, Kennedy', Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the
acknowledged spokesman for the private sector on matters of national importance.
http://www.gracekennedy.com/index.ph...alexender-era#
Enterprise and Bureaucracy
Following the celebrations to mark Grace, Kennedy's Sixtieth Anniversary in February
1982, a Gleaner editorial included the comment:
Through a blend of good business practice, efficient management, promotion in
the market place and involvement with the Jamaican people, the company has
earned for itself a sound reputation. There are other companies, which rank with
Grace, Kennedy Limited and we hope the example, which they are setting in how
to be good corporate citizens, will be followed by other younger and smaller
enterprises.
Too often we tend to look at the negative aspects of private enterprise, tarring all
of them with the same brush. Yet the reality is that there are good corporate
enterprises doing a service and contributing to the development of the Jamaican economy; as well as the shady hustlers whose sole aim seems to be to make a
million dollars in the quickest possible time, and to do so without reference to the
national good.
It is the rip-off artists who are responsible for some of the more unacceptable
practices in the private sector. And once the business community recognizes this,
action should be taken to discourage the quick buck hucksters.
Companies operating at the level of Grace, Kennedy by their example can do a lot
to foster the spirit of enterprise.
Carlton Alexander would have endorsed those comments to the full. In 1983 he would have reached his fiftieth year of service to the Company. With the passing of Dr. Grace,
with whom he had not worked; and of James Moss-Solomon and Luis Fred Kennedy, his
mentors and patrons, Carlton Alexander was now recognized throughout Jamaica as 'Mr.
Grace, Kennedy', Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the
acknowledged spokesman for the private sector on matters of national importance.
http://www.gracekennedy.com/index.ph...alexender-era#
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