Editorial

Abstract

Dear Readers,
2020 has thus far turned out to be an extraordinary year. As much as January commenced with a measure of anxiety on the economic front, many did not anticipate that the progenitor of immense economic decimation would be biogenic, microscopically small, yet gigantic in terms of impact - COVID-19 changed everything! Now the world has to reassess everything to its core. This causes a genesis of sorts in many respects. We are forced to reconsider our values, involuntarily authoring a new book on our engagement with our surroundings amidst Globalisation.
A pathogen has illuminated grave and hurtful inequalities among communities and the disenfranchised. The fault lines in the prevailing economic system are illuminated. As a result, many are now convinced that socio-economic accountability and sustainability can only be achieved through a planned and active pursuit of greater measures of circularity in the world economic system.
Subsequently, on the business front, South Africa is forced to rewrite a definitive vade mecum on leadership, corporate operations, tourism and marketing, and the financial system, to mention a few. This necessitates that multiple sector-issues are revised or improved.
In this edition of the Journal of Management and Administration, a number of thought-provoking articles are presented.

To cite: van Rooyen, E.J. (2020). Editorial. Journal of Management & Administration (2020/1), ii–iii. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-1d9fe4dec8