Executive

One of President Obamas Executive orders that I am going to talk about is his order on immigration. I chose this topic because it hits close to home as I come from immigrant parents and have had the opportunity of meeting and working with so many immigrants that are looking for opportunities and a better way of living for their families. These are hard working individuals that have had to make the choice of leaving their country, home, and family in order to better provide for them. We live in…

The class has brought to my attention the need to hire the right people with the "can do" attitude, train them to be the best, and test them to see if they understood the training. Other principles I have learned in this class include the following principles. A company or individual should determine their core focus, values, and purpose. The Kansas City CARE Clinic has created a vision, mission, and a list of how they will accomplish their mission. During the Ethical Leadership Class in…

monitoring and working to improve the financial status of a business. They are also responsible for record-keeping, financial reporting to higher management, and financial planning. A CFO typically reports to a board of directors and the chief executive officer, commonly seen as COO. Usually with most corporations, a CFO will assist a COO and reports on all tactical and strategic matters that pertain to cost budget analysis. Education widely differs for CFO's. Most typically have a…

Abstract This paper is an overall analysis of Panera Bread Co. and details the company’s lifespan. Louis Kane and Ron Shaich created a bakery-café enterprise names Au Bon Pain Company Inc, who bought out Saint Louis Bread, which was eventually transformed into what we now know as “Panera Bread Company.”(Thompson, Jr.) A financial analysis of Panera Bread Co. and their main competitors, McDonalds, Starbucks, and Yum Brands are portrayed. I have discovered that Panera Bread is an incredibly…

February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, along with the government, betrayed Japanese individuals by signing Executive Order 9066. This order authorized the forced relocation and imprisonment of over 100,000 individuals of Japanese descent, because they were deemed as a threat. Analyzing the context and tragedy of this order, it becomes clear that this policy is not justifiable. Executive Order 9066 was not legitimate, as it represents a dark chapter in American history, characterized by…

Summary Andrew Mason founded Groupon in 2006. Based on an idea popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, Mason thought that if consumers could come together as a group they would have more purchasing power to get better deals... Originally named ThePoint, Mason tried to get users to raise money for various causes. The Point could be used for anything “from boycotting a multinational company to getting 20% off a subscription to The Economist”(11-2). To reach its full potential ThePoint would need to…

The Freeman-Gravitas Prescriptive Executive Coaching Multi-Rater Assessment (FG-PEC; Gavita, et al., 2012). FG-PEC is a multi-rater measure (self-rating, subordinate, superior, colleague and client rating) of managerial skills relevant for the prescriptive executive coaching process, based on the cognitive behavioral approach to coaching. It has 50 items based on five domains relevant to managerial competencies: behavior, emotion, thoughts, situations, and socio-cultural context. The instrument…

The power analysis approach takes the presidential role and deeply looks at how the executive power can be used to his every benefit. A president wants power and his power derives from winning an election and remaining in office. From agenda setting, bargaining, placing executive orders, or signing treaties, presidents have the power to strategically play their cards right in order to make change happen during their time in office. We see in Edward’s work, there are two types of leaders. The…

John C. Lincoln started Lincoln Electric Company in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s. John Lincoln was later joined by his younger brother James F. Lincoln who bore the both the titles vice-president and General Manager. As the son of a minister, James F. Lincoln entwined his Christians principles into his business philosophy. “The Christian ethic should control our acts. If it did control our acts, the savings in cost of distribution would be tremendous.” (Lincoln, 1961) Based on the…

Some fast food chains have had profitable years financially; some chains have had some major economic downturn in recent years. Americans as a whole turn to fast food all too often. Lately, though, the country is beginning to see a slight change. People are becoming more aware about what they put in their bodies, and fast food does not have the quality society is looking for. Because of this, some fast food chains, especially McDonald’s, have been seeing quarter after quarter of declines in…