Seattle Sounders FC

Analysis Mission Statement: Our new team, the Seattle Supersonics will be using a similar mission statement that is relevant to several current NBA teams such as, the Chicago Bulls and the Memphis Grizzlies. The mission of the Seattle Supersonics is “To provide the city of Seattle with a sports entertainment organization that is dedicated to serving the community, the fanbase, employees, and the players.” Through this mission statement, the Supersonics will be able to show the city that they are incorporating all shareholders into the new venture. Vision Statement: In addition to the mission statement, we would like to create a vision statement to guide the team 's path to success. Our ideal future state is “Providing, growing,…

“You must learn to lose, child. Some people is born to keep. Some is born to lose. ” This is a quote by mother from Sounder written by William H. Armstrong. This quote also addresses the book Our Town written by Thornton Wilder. Part of life is death and although many people fail to understand the concept, it is true. Everyone has at least one encounter with death during their lifetime that is not their own. In both Sounder and Our Town most of the characters have to experience the feeling of…

What is the criterion in making the cut for a place on the list of “The Top 100 Hospitals”? There are many lives at stake, with nearly 100,000 plus Americans hospitalized each day. That equals approximately 40 million hospitalizations per year. As a result, we should be mindful as consumers and potential health care providers of the quality of care taught and provided by the health care system. Following my analyzation of the hospitals, its services and organizational structures I choose the…

Reported in 2015, Seattle, Washington’s population is 684,451 people (Census Bureau, n/d). Amongst the 684,451 residents who live in Seattle approximately 333,878 are males and 334,464 are females, which accounts for the population to be split to 50/50 of its genders (City-Data, 2016). Percentages of age and sex recorded from 2010-2015: under five years of age 5.3%, under eighteen years old 15.4%, sixty five years and older 10.8% (Census Bureau, n/d). According to the data that was reported to…

In 1865, the Duwamish people were the subject of a law banning them from living within city limits - despite the fact that their chief gave the city of Seattle its name. Between 1855 and 1904, ninety four Duwamish longhouses were destroyed. In 2009, the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center was opened - the first longhouse to be built in Seattle in 115 years. The center is designed, funded and managed by the Duwamish, for the Duwamish. Located across from the site of an ancestral Duwamish…

The leader that encompasses my leadership style is Howard Schultz. He is the founder and CEO of Starbucks Corporation. Starbucks was started in 1971 and Howard Schultz acquired the brand from the prior owners in 1986 and launched it into the company as we know it today. “In 2014, the company’s revenue was US$ 16.45 billion, net income – US$ 2.07 billion. The total headcount network comprised over 149 thousand people. According to the data of 2014, there were 20737 Starbucks stores opened in…

are a bottleneck to manufacturing companies who choose to outsource many of their aircraft components. At Boeing, “company engineers blame the 787’s outsourced supply chain, saying that poor quality components are coming from subcontractors that have operated largely out of Boeing’s view”. (Gates, 2013) This is a problem for upper management, as the processes and procedures that have turned Boeing into one of the most premier aircraft manufacturers in the world are not applicable to outside…

8.1: The Unique Business model of Nespresso 8.1.1: Nespresso began in 1986 as a more traditional business model in which the company manufactured Coffee machines and created a pod system, and then gave both products to traditional retailers to sell to offices and home users. 8.1.2: For a dozen years, this model did not prosper. In 1998, a new CEO devised changes to the business model, which revolutionised sales and put the company on a growth trajectory which created annual growth of more than…

Seattle is surrounded by hills and is next to Puget Sound which is a body of water that is an extension of the Pacific Ocean. It is also surrounded by Lake Washington to it’s east. Even though Seattle isn’t the capital of Washington because it’s located to the very south west, it’s still named a major city because of it’s location and it’s advantages. Seattle is surrounded by mountains on either side, so it has mild temperature with cool summers and warm winters. Seattle is also pretty high…

Despite being foreign born, William J. Kroll’s involvement with the Bureau of Mines in his adulthood distinguishes him as a respected part of the history of Albany, Oregon. Born Guillaume Justin Kroll November 24th, 1889 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Kroll endured a classical education in Greek, Latin, chemistry, and physics before moving to Berlin to pursue metallurgy. Throughout his lifetime, Kroll brought attention to the potential uses for several elements as while as attaining patented…