Sugar at a Crossroads

Subject of controversy: The Skeldon Sugar Factory

This article submitted by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) contends that tackling the challenges facing the sugar industry has broader implications for the Guyana economy as a whole.

The process of growth in humans and organizations is similar. In both cases there is a birthing, a maturing and a possible expiration stage. However, organizations can experience a further stage of growth, namely, the stage of rebirthing or renewal. This fact is consistent with the notion that change is constant and while that process is fraught with challenges and difficulties, resistance to change can prove fatal.

As the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is examined and possible scenarios and options for its future reviewed with a view to arriving at the best economic, social and other appropriate solutions to its current challenges,  it is an opportune time to consider the stages of growth for the Corporation and what the New GuySuCo will look like.