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Dr. Charles Lam has since 1971 received training in West Germany (telecom) and university education in U.K. (management) and acquired working experiences in Hong Kong and Canada, in a utility company, Hong Kong Government, a multinational organization and a SME. In his career path, he has acquired qualifications from UK institutions including DBA (1990), MBA (1980) and Chartered Engineer (1978). Since 1986, he has left pure engineering to teaching various subjects of business management in Hong Kong for famous universities of Hong Kong, England and United States. He also has served the society as a member of an advisory committee of the Hong Kong Government for eight years, and as the Hon. Chairman of its Consumer Education Group. Later, he set up his own company to offer services as a consultant, writer and speaker. In his 'Second Half Time', he has been working passionately on integrating Christian values with management knowledge, in the marketplace/workplace ministry, serving hospitals, churches and organizations, as a speaker, consultant, life coach, and the leader of a REST Group based on a life story approach. Charles is currently living with his wife in Canada.

Monday, January 22, 2018

系統思維 : 連結財富管理與生涯管理 (part 1/3)


寫一篇關於財富管理的文章, 我相信我的貢獻是用一些經文來分析某些理財的行為. 我嘗試彩用我在培訓和顧問中常用的一些方法--系统思維, 宏觀圖表和批判題問--來連結財富管理的三個重要子系统 : 「賺財管理」, 「儲蓄管理」和 「運財管理」. 圖表也顯示出每個生命有兩個部份, 就是在世和死後. 每個人在「生涯管理」(life management) (在世) 的過程中, 各子系统是互動的. 讀者可以從這些互動中產生一些問題--「為何做」(Why)、「做什麼」(What) 和 「怎樣做」(How) --來思想和討論.

基督徒價值觀、行為與矛盾

在財富管理中, 每個信徒的思想和行為應該是由一些基督價值推動, 例如 :

-要活出豐盛的生命 ( 約 翰 10 : 10 )

-一個人的財寶在那裏, 他的心也在那裏 ( 太 6 :21)

-一切都是屬於 神 (詩 47 : 7); 人只是管理者 (創 2 : 15)

-財富是上帝的祝福 (例子有亞伯拉罕, 約伯, 所羅門等 )

-財主進入天國是不容易的 (太 19: 24)


「凡想要與世俗為友的、就是與 神為敵了」 ( 雅 各 4:4); 信徒不能又事奉 神、又事奉瑪門 (太 6: 24). 所以在每天的生活中, 我們會經歷很多衝突矛盾和屬靈爭戰. 世俗的價值, 無論是從長輩、導師、作者或其他信仰來的, 如果還沒有清洗好, 經歷的爭戰便會更加激烈. 「人生如賭博」 , 「只在乎曾經擁有」, 「今朝有酒今朝醉」便是一些常見的世俗的價值.


(登載在《今日華人教會》2007年12月"基督徒與財務")

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