focused on meeting the specialty drug needs of our customer’s. Our management team consists of the President and CEO, a Chief Financial Officer and four executive vice president/directors all reporting to the CEO. Each director provides guidance and direction to their respective division with final say given to the CEO. Management Team Mickey Quinn, President and Chief Executive Officer Mickey Quinn is a retired Army Captain with over 22 years of leadership experience and holds a Bachelor’s…
Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, has passed away at the age 55. Business Insider, July 13, 2015 reported the cause of death was a bile duct growth. Last year, Satoru Iwata had surgery to remove the growth. He came through the operation very well and went back to work after a short recovery period. Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan, on December 6, 1959. His career in the corporate planning division with Nintendo started in June 2000, when he was appointed as Director of Nintendo.…
Introduction Jody Steinhauer is the President and Chief Bargain Officer of the Bargains Group, which is the social enterprise she started over 30 years ago. As the recipient of many awards, including Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, Ms. Steinhauer has been recognized as one of the most incredible social entrepreneurs who has significantly altered the business landscape (Steinhauer, 2012). Her company, Bargains Group, is a discount wholesaler of many…
During the 1990’s to early 2000’s, the modern world faced a cavernous gap in the area of leadership in both the public and private sector. Indeed, a “chronic crisis of governance—that is, the pervasive incapacity of organizations to cope with the expectations of their constituents—is [now] an overwhelming factor worldwide” (Rothwell, 2010). The days of apprenticing oneself under a master tradesman are by and large, gone. According to Rothwell (2010, p. xx), “Employees wonder what kind of…
a whopping 14.8% decrease since 2013 (“McDonald’s” 13). McDonald’s former CEO Don Thompson resigned on March 1st, 2015, after a long fight with the company’s numbers. He was replaced by Steve Easterbrook, who had previously worked as the company’s Chief Brand Officer. He spent time and effort turning around the McDonald’s market in Britain, which turned out very well for him; according to A Sense of Urgency, Britain is “now one of McDonald’s best performing markets” (Urgency…
CEO Compare and Contrast A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company is the “boss” and they are responsible for everything, including the success or failure, of the company. They are in a place of legitimate power, “a place were a person in a higher position has control over people in a lower position in an organization” (Giang ). Without a clear understanding of the power that they hold, they may abuse it. A CEO has many individuals counting on them to be successful with every move they…
nonprofit they serve. The mission for nonprofit organizations is key and board members must know and be obedient to the mission. The 5 member HHV board is made up of John Meagher who is the chairman of the board and former trial Judge. Michael Lawson serves as treasurer of the board and is a former veteran affairs director who understands hospitalized veteran’s needs. Nora Egan has the title of director and has a background in human resource management. Dr. Keith Stuessi also has the title of…
leading minority-friendly companies entailed demonstrating practices that supported all-encompassing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Several of the companies’ key attributes included; diversity among board members, comparable pay among executives regardless of ethnic group and/or gender, a corporate culture which continually advertises diversity and inclusion, and promotes a family-friendly workplace environment. The accolades and diversity practices listed for these organizations were…
Top executives had their offices located in another department away from their reporting’s. And this caused a disconnect with the real problems Asda was dealing with. The executives got too big and stopped caring about any problems associated with the company. They started focusing more on themselves and how they could make their job at Asda…
the potential to make the world a better place, yet all too often they squander it. The list is comprised almost entirely of business men and women from around the globe. Tremendously powerful owners and executives who make decisions each day that affect thousands of people. Business executives and shareholders have a great influence on the remediable suffering of the world, and they can orient themselves toward societal problems by considering the common good before personal interests. They…