Chief Joseph

In 2010 a coal mine named Upper Big Branch located in Montcoal, West Virginia exploded, killing twenty-five coal miners ' and caused four missing later found dead from the buildup of toxic fumes and methane gas. The coal mine was being managed by the Performance Coal Company roughly thirty miles south of Charleston, West Virginia at the time of the explosion. This disaster is considered the deadliest in American coaling mining in about forty-years. Minister and miner Greg Scabro from Montcoal,…

Paul L. Howes (58) President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Howes started his management career with Flint Ink Corporation, where he worked for 5 years as the Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Packaging division. In 2002, Mr.Howes started Astaris LLC, a chemical company. He sold Astaris three years later, and moved to Newpark in 2006. Mr.Howes immediately took on a leadership role at Newpark, becoming President and CEO, while also joining Newpark’s Board of Directors.…

Although the arguments in favor of keeping high chief executive officer pay are compelling, the research all points to one simple idea: CEO compensation is excessive and out of control, the pay gap must be lowered. The famous philosopher Plato once said, “in a community the earning[s] of the highest paid person should not exceed those of the lowest paid by more than five times” (Walters, Hardin and Schick 228). This is not the case in today’s world. Glassdoor reported that CEO’s made about 204…

As a new chief executive officer, Tony Hayward was recruited in June 2007 and he took over for BP's highly-respected former CEO Lord Browne. The new CEO of BP may be able to use his own leadership or management style to change the culture of the organization and also try to help the business to grow and improve better. However, the extent to which the effectiveness of his way of leading the business and how quickly it can be for change to eh business culture are depends upon different…

Companies today are faced with tough decisions to increase organizational productivity and grow the business. In the past, top executives have been known to receive lucrative pay, bonuses, and stock share benefits. However, times are changing, to increase productivity and meet company goals of growth. Therefore, the idea of paying for performance has made its way onto the scene not only for employees but at the top executive level. Most pay for performance plans, are effective and has its…

The dictionary defines superlative, more or less, as being of the highest kind, quality, or order, surpassing all else, or others, supreme. In my opinion however, this definition does not define the word superlative, but rather, Perry Gay. As the Chief Executive Officer of Toppenish community hospital he has single handedly proven himself, not only as a strong leader, but as an effective manager as well. Through his leadership characteristics, motivational strategies, job design, problem solving…

recently on August 1st 2014 and was succeeded by David McKay. Gordon Nixon was in the position of CEO for 13 years and built up the shares of Royal Bank to it’s peak as it was the strongest shares of all global banks. Career History: He became the chief executive of Royal Bank at the age of 43 which was in the year 2000, since when the shares of the bank went up the chart. Soon after a year he was promoted as the president of RBC by succeeding John Cleghorn which was on…

Joseph Conrad’s novella, “Heart of Darkness” (Originally published by Blackwood’s Magazine, 1902) and Francis Ford Coppola’s film, “Apocalypse Now” (Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and distributed by United Artists, 1979) both told through a journey down a river to find a man named Kurtz and along the way, the men that are apart of these journeys discover the darkness of the human condition. In both, “Heart of Darkness” and “Apocalypse Now,” have river journeys that delve deeper into darkness…

emotions and prejudices rather than reasoning, or speaks critically, and appeals to those who are followers, they have set themselves up a foundation for demagoguery. Throughout history, our country has seen a long list of demagogues, such as Hitler and Joseph McCarthy. It is obvious why such an issue should matter to us. Both were politically leaders who carved themselves a huge hole in history as the villain. The latest demagogue and modern day Hitler is running to be our next president, and…

Introduction Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad narrates the story of colonization by providing a comparison between Africa and London in 1899. Conrad tries to advance the idea that little difference exists between the European civilized people and the African savages. According to Europeans, the invasion and eventual annexation of Africa was meant to introduce ‘light’ in dark Africa. Light meant civilization according to the White Anglo-society. Fully armed with technological advancements,…