Essays on Vice President

Apple is an American technology company that was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Apple is known for designing, manufacturing, and marketing of personal computers, software, mobile phones, portable digital music players, media communication devices. They also offer networking solutions and sell third-party digital music and application (Apple Inc, 2015). In summary, Apple’s business nature is manufacturing technology devices, software and providing various services to clients. Apple’s hardware products include Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The software applications offered by the company include OSX and iOS operating systems. Apple also sells ...

1. Smartphone Landscape: Background Mobility has come to be (and is more likely to continue to be) a defining feature of current and future consumption of web-mediated and multimedia content propagated over numerous applications and platforms. If anything, big and small companies are investing in mobility devices and applications in order to cater to increasing consumer needs. Given current mobility landscape at a global scale, big players dominate global markets in numerous areas including, most notably, product design and concept, built-in platforms and applications (which are provided based on broad supplier networks) and, not least, physical stories in premium ...

At the start of 1985, the Pacific Oil Company experienced some key difficulties as they began to regenerate discussions with Reliant Chemical Company. Both companies- Pacific Oil Company and Reliant Company formerly had a fruitful business agreement and the corporations also had a healthy affiliation that they wished to uphold. Jean Fontaine, the marketing vice president for Pacific Oil Company, and Paul Gaudin the marketing manager for Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), both recognized that having a long-standing predetermined settlement and a good association with Reliant Company in the forthcoming days was fundamental for the success of their companies. Upon ...

In every organization that intends to grow, there are structures and systems put in place to ensure posterity of the company and survival. The aspect triggers the incorporation of multiple people in the management thereby creating a compensation, benefits, reward and recognition headache for the human resource department. Blossoms Up! is no different. It is in a dilemma of how to balance their resources amongst top executives.

COMPENSATION

Blossoms Up! is looking to hire a Vice-President who will be in charge of operations. It goes without saying that the job has a string of responsibilities which must be compensated proportionately. ...

Johannie Hobbs, executive vice president of logistics at Wal-Mart pondered how to keep the company’s supply chain successful which was having a competitive advantage over other firms. Wal-Mart is one of the leading retailers of the world operating in 15 countries with excellent supply chain system. The company is having self-distribution system, tight relationship with suppliers, cross-docking of products, back-haul revenue, low cost priced and quality products to satisfy customers. In recent years, the company is facing tough competition from retailers like Amazon, Dollar store etc. (Lu, 2017) The problem occurred at Walmart when there was rise in ...

Vice president’s comments on cost and schedule variance

The concerns of Spokane’s vice president were valid because the cost and schedule variances had gone up between the second and the third month. The total cost variances for all the work packages in the second month were $14,000, a figure that went up $25,000 in the third month, reflecting a -78% surge in the total cost variances. Also, the scheduled variances indicated by the vice president were correct, as it showed that the period between the second and the third month experienced a 45% slippage on schedules. However, the information on the table is not ...

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Letter to the Chamber of Commerce 1436 Colorado Drive

Pensacola, Washington DC 98765

Executive Vice President Local Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20062-2000 RE: Letter from the Owner of Baria General Hospital to the Executive Vice President of the Local Chamber of Commerce, introducing Baria General Hospital Organization I am writing this cordial letter to formally introduce the newly established medical facility, Baria General Hospital. The healthcare organization seeks to carry out the noble mission of providing affordable and quality medical services to all citizens. Baria General Hospital is founded on the ...

– Bill of Rights is a kind of an informal document, which has a direct bearing on the Constitution. If one defines it more precisely, it can be said that it is the so-called first ten amendments to the US Constitution itself, which had been proposed by James Madison, which were related to the rights and freedoms of people. – John Adams became the first Vice President. After George Washington was declared the US president, Adams was appointed as Vice President and was re-elected to the same position for the second time in 1792 (Perman 18). He did a very hard ...

At the brink of war, America, which has distinguished herself as a world leader and a responsible country knew that she would be at the center stage of the showdown. The war eventually came with anxiety and patriotism contemporaneously looming across the country. The media shifted interest in the war. Countless patriotic books and artistic artifacts were born during and after the time of war, but nothing has done much for the history of war than the picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at times square after the war. The image quickly found its way to magazine front pages and ...

Introduction:

In this paper were will be covering our analysis of the BoldFlash: Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division case, written by Michael Beer and Rachel Shelton. The analysis will cover the history of the company, symptoms and problems, alternatives, and our recommendations. The given case expounds over the situation when Roger Cahill – Vice President of BoldFlash Mobile Division came across the situation where BoldFlash is struggling to adjust to a progressing and challenging marketplace. In the case study, there are four departments (marketing, sales, manufacturing, and product development) within a division that refused to work collaboratively. As a result, ...

Steve Jobs

The book “Steve Jobs” was written by Walter Isaacson and published by Simon & Schuster in 2011. In spite of the presence of a large number of pages, i.e. 630 pages, the book tells the entire story of Steve Jobs, one of the most popular technological figures in history, at a torrid pace. Walter Isaacson is an American journalist and writer. He is working as CEO of the Aspen Institute, a Washington D. C. based organization related to nonpartisan education and policy. He has also worked as the Managing Editor of Time (magazine). He is also the author of biographies ...

Letter to Chamber of Commerce

[Address: XYZ] [City, State, Zip]

Executive Vice President Local Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20062-2000 RE: Letter from owner of XYZ organization to the Executive Vice President of local chamber of commerce, introducing XYZ health care organization.

Dear Mr. Vice President,

I’m writing this letter to familiarize you and the whole community with the noble mission of health care xyz organization. Healthcare organizations function in the society with an objective of providing best health at the affordable range to every citizen available. The social responsibility of healthcare organizations sums up the mission and vision envisioned by the creators of an organization. ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

[First Name Last Name] The given case expounds over the situation when Roger Cahill – Vice President of BoldFlash Mobile Division came across the situation where BoldFlash is struggling to adjust to a progressing and challenging marketplace. In the case study, four working groups within a division refused to work collaboratively and as a result, the division has failed to make the most of some exceedingly significant new product opportunities. In order to address these issues, Roger Cahill undertake a number of personnel and organizational changes since he takes his designation in control. While facing eroding profit margins and low ...

Introduction

Most influential people in the world have exhibited narcissistic behavior. This phenomenon can be defined as the act of great self-admiration (King, 2007). Narcissistic individuals are consumed with great love for themselves and consider themselves personal heroes. According to Rosenthal and Pittinsky (2006), this behavior is comparable to the perverse form of self-love. A person is considered to be narcissistic if he or she has the main goal of self-preservation (Freud, 1920).

Lyndon Johnson

One of the leaders in American history considered to be highly narcissistic is Lyndon Baines Johnson. He had presidential ambitions in 1960 but only ended as a ...

Final Project: Part II MSE Report

Appearance Elaine Roffman, the interviewee on whom the mental status examination was performed, was well-dressed for the interview. The clothes and the shoes she wore were appropriate for activities that required a public appearance. A visual examination of her person did not indicate any extraordinary physical characteristics. Elaine looked the age of 87 years that she stated when the video was taken. There was a good rapport between the interviewer and the interviewee. It was evident that the interviewee was comfortable as evidenced by the regular and appropriate eye contact. Her relations with the interviewer was well as evidenced ...

Summary: The company had established monopoly in the market for the product,large sliding doors. A single customer accounted for ninety percent of the business of the company. Later on there were new entrants into the market. The company faced major competition from a new player who worked seriously to capture the existing market share of the company and lure the major customer. The company president feared that the new competitor might underbid the company and take away the major customer. The vice president was instructed to cut production costs and increase efficiency. The son of company president had ...

Introduction

The policy making and its environment issue are central to the governance process especially in the interactional affinity between the ruler and the ruled. Therefore it has attracted the attention of the scholars as well as the practitioners within the scholarship and world of political science, administration, among other policy sciences (Anderson, 2015). However, there has been tremendous maturation in policy making and its environment over the years. The policy makers and the society have been analyzed within different polities in the global political community. This research examines the concept of public policy controversy by incorporating the role of ...

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. started its existence with the sale of Boeing Commercial Airplanes to investment firm Onex. Providing a tier essential parts for aircraft, the company has built a strong management policy to govern such a huge corporation. The board of directors is a main key governance instrument of the company. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. has a chairman of the Board and president. Another person may be appointed as a director, president and Chief Executive Officer to perform the main responsibilities that a director has. Since 2013, this position is held by Larry A. Lawson. There is also an independent ...

Implementation of the Controversial Policy “The Condensed Work Week.”

For that reason, the new Human Resource Vice President should consider how to implement the condensed work week. It is clear that all employees in the organization suffer work burnout as indicated by the reduced productivity. A discussion with the CEO is necessary as she will need his support when implementing the plan. Some sections of employees will see it as a way of cutting them off before they can understand that the policy is meant to improve their overall performance (Burke, 2010). Lisa was the Human Resource generalist before the promotion and has, therefore, interacted with the workers. ...

Facts about the Case

The scenario involves sales personnel Jim Snelling who works at Spectro Electronics. He joined the company in 1992 working as a vice president for Global Strategy and Operations. Spectro Electronics is a supply chain manager and distributor of electronic components to the manufacturers. The company has an annual turnover of $6 billion and a projected turnover of $10 billion in the next three years. It has a global presence operating in more than 40 countries. The supply chain is organized into various regional operational hubs. The sales personnel source for bids from manufacturers and in turn source for suppliers ...

Biopure cooperation a biopharmaceutical firm that is privately owned. It deals with the purification of red blood cells to come up with blood substitutes. Its main products are Oxyglobin, blood substitutes for animals and Hemopure, blood substitutes for humans. The company has invested millions of dollars in the production of its two products (Gourville 1). Both of the products have to undergo approval under the United States government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they are released and made public for use. One of the organization’s products, Oxyglobin has already been approved by FDA and is ready ...

Leadership Structure in the House and the Senate

The leadership structure in the U.S. Congress is an intricate system that is divided into The House of Representatives (the House) and the Senate. Both divisions are further divided into two factions that, the majority who are members from a party holding more than half the available seats and the minority who are from the party that has members who hold less than half of the seats available. In the House, the top-most leader is the Speaker who is a constitutional leader given that the position of the Constitution recognizes the office of the Speaker. It is important to ...

Introduction

The paper focuses on the project management problems that faced Rony’s project. The project was commissioned by The Custom Ronworking Company. The president of the company, Emelia Carpenters, contracted W.Easly Associates to conduct a post-project appraisal of Rony’s project. The project involved expansion of the company’s production facilities. The expansion included expanding the manufacturing and production residence. The plans were occasioned by a mini boom experienced in the commercial construction field in NSW, Rony’s hometown. A decision was reached to go ahead with the expansion and Spencer Moneyworth, the vice president; Finance and Administrator were ...

Describe civil and criminal penalties that might arise from Ima’s death

Under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) 1970, all employers are responsible for creating adequately safe working environment (Pinnington, Macklin & Campbell, 2007). The possibilities of employee contact with uninsulated wire is a situation, when life of this employee becomes jeopardized, as well as there is a possibility of getting serious bodily damages. In this case, the affected employee, or the family members are entitled to claiming general damages from the employee. Furthermore, because the omissions of Walexron are conspicuously blatant (uninsulated wire obviously poses a huge hazard to the employee and visitors of the facility) ...

Sears, Roebuck and Company commonly known as Sears is an American company that was incorporated in 1886 by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. It became a subsidiary of Seers Holding Corporation in 2005 after a merger with Kmart Corporation. Contemporarily, the company is domiciled at Hoffman Estates in Illinoi. The company majorly deals with clothing, electrical appliances, home products and services, automotive repair tools and products and other hardware. It has around 1700 operational stores across the US. It had approximately 300,000 employees in 2011. The company also operates in Mexico and Canada. In Canada, it carries its ...

A case study is viewed as a research methodology or basic strategy that has been scrutinized in the past as lacking rigor as well as objectivity when compared with other research methods. But there are certain times that a case study can be a useful tool for the preliminary part of the research. It is in these times that the case study can be viewed as an important marketing staple that can be used for many varied reasons (Rowley, 2002). As an example, a business can use a case study to demonstrate how their product or service has been ...

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. There are some public officials and leaders who have spoken out on this issue including the vice president of the United States Joe Biden, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson a retired neurosurgeon. Joe Biden is influential being the vice president and has always taken a hard line against marijuana. He has also spoken in favor of reducing enforcement on sentencing of marijuana related offences. Ben Carson being a renowned neurosurgeon has expressed some support for the use of marijuana ...

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Introduction According to Biegelman and Bartow (2012), business entities after the Great Depression have streamlined their efforts towards identification and seizure of any potential business opportunity in a bid to emerge stronger and resilient. Some employees in these companies have however opted to engage in some fraudulent activities and this has stimulated the regulation authorities to beef up their investigations and enforcement mechanisms to curb the increasing rates of corporate fraud cases. Adelphia Communications Corporation was a successful business in the US founded by John Rigas, a son to a Greek immigrant. He was assisted by his two sons ...

However, by living an affluent life in a community dominated by the Caucasian community, Johnson’s wife and children tend to develop a blind eye towards their skin color. They believe that the fact that they are black has nothing to do with their identity. However, Johnson still sticks of the fact that there is a great difference. He compares the current black identity with the identity he had as a black boy. He realizes that there have been a lot of “imagined” changes that he feels that are not realistic (Cara). To him, a black will always be ...

While traveling in an open-top convertible on the roads of Dallas, Texas, the 35th American President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by getting shot twice. It was the Friday of November 22nd, 1963, at 12:30 pm in the afternoon. Rarely did his wife, the first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, accompany her husband on his political outings and endeavors, however, that day she was sitting beside him as his motorcade was being taken on the roads of Texas. Accompanying them were the Texas governor, Governor John Connally, and his wife. Sitting in that convertible, the Kennedys and the Connallys waving at ...

Part 1

It was on a Monday 3rd April 2016 when I was asked by my immediate manager at Unilever Company, to come up with a marketing plan. The plan would aim at increasing the production rate through online sales on the firm product lines. The development of the plan was to be done in collaboration with the company’s internet marketing department. I was given a period of two for the setting of the plan. Shortly, after conversing with the web marketing team on the same, I realized the deadline would elapse before the work was accomplished and the deadline ...

With every year human kind gets closer and close to the ideal and advanced world pictured in si-fi films and books where humans are masters of life. This superiority is mainly caused by creation of smart and if to be precise intelligent software and robots. Numerous attempts to understand work of human brain evolved into attempts to create an artificial intelligence (AI) that is aimed at assisting people. Researchers and scientists` curiosity and tireless work in creating and testing AI altered lives of millions of people around the world starting new technological age and new revolution. If one looks ...

Introduction and Thesis

A reflection on various countries all around the world depicts the persistent emergence of revolts against the ruling government (s). In the year 2011, the world woke up to the news that a major revolution was developing in Egypt. Often connoted as the “Arab Spring,” the revolution was characterized by the polarization of the Egyptians who had developed a negative notion against the government. The Egyptians perceived their government as corrupt, tyrannical, and oppressive. As a result, a significant portion of the Egyptians occupied the Tahrir Square in Cairo protesting against the ruling regime. In the beginning, only thousands ...

The Fair Sentencing Act

On August 3, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, for the first time in the History of the U.S (Grindle, 2010). This law was a response to the then claims of racial biases of the law in convicting drug dealers. This Act established new quantity thresholds, which were meant to trigger statutory mandatory minimum and maximum penalties for offenses related to cocaine. By so doing, this law amended the Controlled Substance Act and the controlled import and export of substance. This new law saw to it that the quantities of cocaine that ...

ASSIGNMENT 5

Please identify the current CEO of each of Cisco Systems and two of its competitors. For each CEO please examine his or her bio and any back ground information. Please summarize his or her previous successes. Cisco system’s niche is in the computer communications industry, whose main competitors are Huawei and ZTE Corporation. The current CEO at Cisco, John Chambers worked at IBM as a technology salesperson. Seven years later, he joined Wang laboratories as an assistant to a top executive mandated with US operations. He later joined Cisco in 1991 just as the company became a public ...

Different Perceptions of the Escape TV Show

“Prison Break,” a TV show that aired on the Fox from 2005-2009, seems to be promoting a message of unyielding love between different types of relationships a person has throughout their lives. There are many shows that carry this theme though, so the TV show must be about something else as well. The show is really promoting the escape of realities such as jail, corrupt laws, governments, and companies that, on their face, seem to have twisted ideologies. The show was so successful at promoting this idea to wide audiences, that it went past the two seasons it was ...

The title of this book is “The Goal” written by Eliyah M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox, written in the year 1984 it is ranked among the America’s Business Best seller novel. It also has included an interview with David Whitford; this book is a Narrative non-fiction or a personal narrative. The genre of this book is based on the tense with which this book is written and employment of first person narrative. The writer is also feted for other works such as, It’s not luck, Critical Chain and Necessary but not sufficient. The writer sales standing in ...

Abstract

The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation." One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

OVERVIEW

The Electoral College is a uniquely American system of electing the President and Vice President of the United States not unlike the “Roman Catholic Church of the College of Cardinals” that selects the Pope . In this system, voters do not directly vote for the candidate on the ballot, but vote for their candidate’s group of state Electors. This slate of electors is tasked with directly voting for their candidate in the Electoral College – one vote for the President and another for the Vice-President. There is typically a slate of party electors in each state, and depending on which ...

Personal Protection Officers Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities of Personal Protection Officers Personal protection officer is a specialized type of a security guard, who specializes in protecting publicly, politically and financially important people from all types of physical dangers, such as assault, assassination, kidnapping, theft, harassment or loss of confidential information. The practice demonstrates that the service of professional security guards is in some form present in all countries. In the United States of America, these functions are exercised by the United States Secret Service. The agents of this service are vested with responsibility to protect the President of the United States, Vice President, Speaker of ...

Analysis of Mark Parker's Career

Ups In 2006, Mark Parker became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nike, Inc. and since then Nike's annual revenue increased up to 60 percent. In addition, Nike's profit of 57 percent is another visible achievement of Parker. Parker became a prime wheel that helped the Nike, Inc. to double its market cap. Moreover, Parker has embraced innovation as well as prioritizing designs, which became the success of Nike. He is one of three-person design collaboration, alongside Japanese style-maker Hiroshi Fujiwara, designer Tinker Hatfield, and Nike spokes-icon Michael Jordan to form HTM team, which acts as Nike's core Research ...

Background

Joe Thomas, the company’s previous vice president, recently unveiled the results of his management report for Clipboard Tablet Company to its Chief Executive Officer Sally Smothers. So far, the results are positive albeit not a little too stunning. In this paper, the author proposes his own strategic and management platform for the growth, sustainability, and improved profitability of Clipboard Tablet Company from the years 2012 to 2015. The said discussions will focus mainly on price strategy and research and development (R&D) strategies and their corresponding effects on the company’s performance. In order to support the theoretical effects ...

“The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.” Ursula Burns. Women`s success in the corporate sector has been increasing significantly in the past few years; more and more headlines and bulletin news are talking about successful women who are categorized as one of the most influential and powerful ones. One of those motivating examples is Ursula Burns. Multiple factors are the reason behind her success as we are going to see in details later on.

Background & Education.

This successful woman was raised by a struggling single ...

What selection methods did Bo Dolan use for hiring salespeople?

According to information provided, the Vice President of Sales, Bo Dolan chose to apply the traditional method of shortlisting the candidates based on their average level of match to the requirements for the post as had been listed by the firm. This is the first step, which he followed up with my using personality testing as the main activity of the recruitment process. The Vice President then opted to outsource a firm to perform this duty. The company was called Opus Productivity Solutions, which effected the PDP ProScan, which was the best way to perform the personality test suggested. ...

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INTRODUCTION Since its founding in December 1998 by Max Levchin (then a new college graduate) and Peter Thiel (a fund manager) (Livingston 1), PayPal became the leading technology platform company, which facilitates digital and mobile payments both for consumers and merchants around the world. As of December 2015, it has customers in over 200 markets. Its total payment volume grew 20 percent to $282 billion in 2015 (PayPal 1). PayPal (2) publicly disclosed its three organizational goals: (1) Top line growth; (2) Expanding customer base; and (3) Driving customer engagements. In order to ...

Introduction

Project management applies techniques, knowledge, skills and expertise as well as experience to a strategic activity in an organization as shown by Bolles and Hubbard (2007). Notably, a project is a unique venture in an organization undertaken to meet its goals such as new products, venturing into new markets or cutting the product costs. Expected, in the new and unique projects, the experience is insufficient or lacking for a disciplined implementation. In other cases, the project takes up a lot of resources and staff due to its size. As such, to meet the scope and requirement while meeting the ...

Fuel Efficiency Management rules

When federal regulation on emissions for the commercial trucks was switched to focusing on the greenhouse emissions from focusing on NOx and PM, it meant the need for fuel efficiency for trucks went up. Thus, there is need for the Peregrine to enhance its performance through rules that enhance fuel efficiency and social responsibility (Trucking Info, 2016).

Company overview and current situation: Available resources

Peregrine Transportation Company is an active interstate carrier in the transport business that began operations on May 2011 and whose resources can be summarized to include 13 trucks and Company Drivers 18 (Quick Transport Solutions, 2016).

More efficient and socially conscious trucking equipment with fuel saving possibilities

Equipments: Tires:  Should buy tires that ...

Gary Kelly is the chairperson of the board, the chief executive officer (CEO) and the president of Southwest Airlines Company, which is the largest low-cost carrier in the world. He has been the chairperson of the company since 2005 with its headquarters based in Dallas Texas. Since the start of the business, Gary has shown tremendous performance and has since moved his way up through various positions including principal accounting officer, finance vice president, executive vice president of finance and finally made the CEO. As the chief executive officer of his company, Gary has exhibited a unique leadership style ...

I have never found so rich a culture than that of ours, the Navajo Native American culture. I take pride in writing about our own race because it is an opportunity for us to let other people know our history, our beliefs, our culture, our religion, and our government. There are other Native Americans in the State of Arizona and in some other states, but our own tribe is what interests me the most, for obvious reasons.

Our History

Decades back, our ascendants originally occupied considerable segments of the State of Colorado. However, due to progress and constant battles with the ...