Book reviews: Evolutionary studies, a centenary celebration of the life of Julian Huxley

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-196
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Director General ◽  
The Public ◽  
Julian Huxley ◽  
Evolutionary Studies ◽  
Popular Books

Evolutionary studies, a centenary celebration of the life of Julian Huxley . Edited by Milo Keynes & G. Ainsworth Harrison. London: Macmillan, 1989. Pp. 256, £63.00. ISBN 0-333-45723-4 Sir Julian Huxley died in 1975. Although primarily a biologist, his broad social and philosophical interests ensured that he was much in the public eye for the greater part of his life. He was a motivator in the foundation of UNESCO, ensuring that ‘S’ became a major part of its remit, and he became its first Director General. He was a member of the BBC’s extremely popular Brains Trust; he was co-author (with H.G. and Gip Wells) of the seminal Science of life , and author of many ‘popular’ books and articles on scientific, social and philosophical matters.

Leadership of change in South Africa public sector turnarounds

2018 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mampe Kumalo ◽  
Caren Brenda Scheepers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Director General ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Consequences

PurposeOrganisational decline has far-reaching, negative emotional and financial consequences for staff and customers, generating academic and practitioner interest in turnaround change processes. Despite numerous studies to identify the stages during turnarounds, the findings have been inconclusive. The purpose of this paper is to address the gap by defining these stages, or episodes. The characteristics of leaders affect the outcome of organisational change towards turnarounds. This paper focusses, therefore, on the leadership requirements during specific episodes, from the initial crisis to the full recovery phases.Design/methodology/approachA total of 11 semi-structured interviews were conducted with executives from the public sector in South Africa who went through or were going through turnaround change processes and 3 with experts consulting to these organisations.FindingsContrary to current literature in organisational change, this study found that, in these turnaround situations, leadership in the form of either an individual CEO or director general was preferable to shared leadership or leadership distributed throughout the organisation. This study found four critical episodes that occurred during all the public service turnarounds explored, and established that key leadership requirements differ across these episodes. The study shows how these requirements relate to the current literature on transactional, transformational and authentic leadership.Practical implicationsThe findings on the leadership requirements ultimately inform the selection and development of leaders tasked with high-risk turnaround change processes.Originality/valueFour episodes with corresponding leadership requirements were established in the particular context of public sector turnaround change processes.

scholarly journals Transhumanism: from Julian Huxley to UNESCO

JAHR ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-160
Author(s):  
Christian Byk
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Director General ◽  
Aldous Huxley ◽  
Julian Huxley ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Brave New World

Julian Huxley, founder and the first Director-General of UNESCO, is at the heart of contemporary debates on the nature and objectives of the concept of transhumanism, which he first used in the early 1950s. Therefore, the analysis of his idea of transhumanism - a tool to improve the quality of life and the condition of man - should lead us to question his heritage in terms of philosophy that inspires UNESCO’s action as it seeks to build a comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence that takes into account, among other things, the values and principles of universal ethics and aims to derive the best from the use of this technology. This title where the British biologist, the elder brother of the famous science fiction writer, Aldous Huxley, author of the Brave New World, coexists with the United Nations Organization in charge of Education of Science and Culture is obvious for those who know the history of this international organization or who like radio games: Julian Huxley was appointed as the first Director-General of UNESCO in 1946. But, beyond this evidence, there is a deeper link that highlights the history of the renewal of the idea of transhumanism (I) and questions about the role that UNESCO has, among the other international organizations (II).

scholarly journals Analisa Yuridis Implementasi Pengadaan Tanah Untuk Pembangunan Infrastruktur Pekerjaan Umum

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
◽  
Triana Dewi Seroja ◽  
Mukhtirili Mukhtirili ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
Director General ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Location Determination ◽  
Preparation Stage ◽  
The Government ◽  
Forest Status

This thesis discusses the Implementation of Land Procurement for Development in the Public Interest in the Construction of the Kawal Reservoir Infrastructure, which was built by the Ministry of Public Works of the Director General of Water Resources. The background used is the issuance of regulations regarding land acquisition in the form of Law No. 2. In 2012, which is quite comprehensive regulates and facilitates the process of land acquisition for development in the public interest. This law has been revised 4 times in the form of a Perpres from the Presidential Regulation No. 71 of 2012 to the latest Presidential Regulation No. 88 of 2017 as a refinement and consistency of the government in the policy of accelerating infrastructure development. But the fact is that national land acquisition is still the second biggest inhibiting factor, 30%. Kawal Reservoir is an infrastructure development in the field of public works has become a polemic, starting from the systems and procedures for land acquisition, the policies issued by the parties, the substance of the problem, as well as the apparatus' view of the land acquisition itself. The implementation of land acquisition for development in the public interest is in accordance with Law No. 2 of 2012 on the construction of the guarding reservoir infrastructure, which at present is still continuing to stop its physical development at the preparation stage. Problems in the form of forest status functions, overlapping ownership, and the existence of the Governor of Riau Islands Province Decree regarding Location Determination are obstacles that are passed through the Spatial Planning and Land Affairs apparatus in carrying out their main duties and functions. The phenomena that exist in the background of the problem will be integrated with the literature, conceptual and frame of mind developed. Research using Empirical / Sociological Legal Research methods.

BOOK REVIEWS

1935 ◽  
Vol 13 (37) ◽  
pp. 46-47
Keyword(s):  
Public Records ◽  
The Public

Abstract Book reviewed in this article: ‘Codex quartus sancti iacobi de expedimento et conversione yspanie etgallecie editus a beato Turpino archiepiscopo.’ Edited by Ward Thoron ‘An Introduction to the use of the Public Records.’ By V. H. Galbraith ‘English Constitutional Documents, 1307–1485.’ Edited by Eleanor C. Lodge, C.B.E., M. A., D. Litt., Litt. D., and Gladys A. Thornton, B. A., Ph.D

Sidi Khrebish Excavations, Benghazi, 1972-73

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Director General ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The North ◽  
Active Interest ◽  
The City ◽  
North Western

A full account of the Society's involvement with the emergency excavations at Sidi Khrebish, Benghazi, is contained in the Annual Reports for 1970–1 and 1971–2. In November 1972, at the invitation of the Libyan Department of Antiquities, the Society sent out a fresh team of archaeologists to begin the new season's excavations. Work has since continued uninterrupted until the time of writing (1 July 1973) and is due to finish at the end of September.The preservation of the site from redevelopment for another year owes a great deal to the keen and active interest of the late Director-General of Antiquities, Mr Awad Sadawya, and the success of the expedition is greatly indebted to his efforts. We owe our thanks also to the officials of the Department of Antiquities whose sustained good will and co-operation has helped us greatly over this long period. In particular Mr Mohammed Nemri, Acting Director-General of Antiquities, Mr Abdulhamid Abdussaid, Controller of Antiquities for the Benghazi area, and Mr Ali Salem Letrik, Deputy Controller of Antiquities for Benghazi have taken full part in what has always been a team operation.The disused Turkish cemetery of Sidi Khrebish lies close to the sea, a short distance to the north of the bustling commercial heart of modern Benghazi (see Fig. 1). It covers part of the north-western outskirts of the city of Berenice, founded in 247 B.C., the Hellenistic and Roman successor to the Hellenic city of Euesperides. The major part of the city lies to the south and to the east of the cemetery, under the mixture of Turkish, Italian and more recent buildings which form the modern town.

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