Essays Tagged: "ceos"

relevance of stakeholder analysis to society

ity meetings and websites to employee meetings and annual reports. It is surprising to see how many CEOs extol the importance of stakeholders, since by subscribing to stakeholder theory as a means of ...

(15 pages) 480 2 4.3 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"School Classes that aren't the Classroom".

dentswho were "smart" and worked hard could improve their situation and becomedoctors, lawyers, and CEOs. Everyone's heard some story about the poor boystudying and working non-stop as he supports his ...

(2 pages) 114 4 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Business Ethics and Contemporary Corporate Thought.

unnerving, from an economic standpoint, as well asothers. Several corporations have dissolved, with CEOs accused of being deceitful,while others have succeeded. Some have lost so much in failed bonds, ... es. Iron Mountain, Inc. is abusiness specializing in the storage and discarding of information. The CEOs emphasizehow the transition to digital technologies have led to consolidated expenses, morecust ...

(5 pages) 400 0 3.9 Sep/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Kmart Corp. Case

nical strategy, it may be because they have changed leaders so many times. The company has had five CEOs since 1994, new management isn't going to stay with what the last guy was a doing, so they want ...

(2 pages) 197 1 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Brief 1 Page Analysis of Gender Equality in the film 'Rosie The Riveter'

vastly decreased. Today, former first lady Hillary Clinton is a senator, many of the most powerful CEOs are women, and even my girlfriend is a civil engineer.It never crosses my mind that a woman mig ...

(2 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Should CEO's Make Such Exorbitant Salaries?

ey varied from the average worker and do they deserve it? This paper will reflect the position that CEOs do not deserve such exorbitant salaries.In a study by Graef Crystal done in 1973 on CEO's of ma ... exorbitant salaries.In a study by Graef Crystal done in 1973 on CEO's of major companies found that CEOs earned about 45 times that of the average worker. The pay gap continued to rise in 1990 to 140 ...

(6 pages) 249 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Comparison of 5 Companies : Cisco, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Harris

cofounder of the company therefore he is considered an insider. In the case of Cisco and Nokia the CEOs are also insiders because they have worked up through the ranks of their companies. More specif ... in the company for a number of years before becoming CEO. In contrast Harris and Motorola both have CEOs that are outsiders to the firm, meaning that before becoming CEOs of these companies they held ...

(17 pages) 449 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc.: Challenges Facing a New CEO

reat deal of success and profitability. Problems arose in 1995. Since 1995, the company has had two CEOs. It changed its name to The Great American Teddy Bear Company and then changed it back to The V ... ir sponsorship of a NASCAR circuit race car and driver as a means of cutting costs.·Changing CEOs helped the company to refocus on important issues.·Vermont Teddy Bear's employees were k ...

(5 pages) 709 2 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 and the Effect on the Business Environment

fidence in all publicly held corporations to the shareholders, while placing more responsibility on CEOs and CFOs for the actions of the corporation. "Sarbanes - Oxley is more than just another piece ... e satisfaction that comes from being good corporate citizens, did not outweigh the costs (Worthen). CEOs and CFOs are reluctant to purchase expensive integration software, which SOX does not require, ...

(11 pages) 936 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Leadership: The Difference with Management.

adership, we often think first of famous individuals. We think of charismatic and highly successful CEOs: Jack Welch, John Chambers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs. Otherwise, we may think of great political ...

(6 pages) 535 0 3.4 Sep/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Orin Smith: Starbucks.

will translate into a good relationship between the employees and the customers. In the past, both CEOs have been known to practice a 'hands-on' approach by stepping onto the 'front lines' of the bus ...

(4 pages) 248 1 1.7 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Executive Salaries: Do they deserve their salary?

unt of evidence, if not more, that suggests that executives earn every penny of their paychecks.The CEOs of companies are under an extraordinary amount of pressure. They face thetask of making sure th ... a substantially larger pay than their worldwide colleagues do. Onereport on earnings showed that 'USCEOs were earning 3.2 times more than their British counterparts. This is a tremendous difference, w ...

(6 pages) 67 0 0.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

White crime vs street crime.

the last year from major corporations. There are countless corruption indictments from corporations CEOs covered by the media.L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief executive of Tyco International who ...

(6 pages) 119 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

CEOs Reachable Beyond the Office.

CEOs have many interests and hobbies outside of work. Studies indicate CEOs spend quite a bit of tim ... gh the internet. The hypothesis of this study is that internet is the most favorable media to reach CEOs compared to other media such as newspaper and television. This information can be extremely hel ... nd television. This information can be extremely helpful to marketers who are trying to reach these CEOs, especially when budgets are tight. (Callahan, 2003).Two recent studies on the "media consumpti ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Laura Ashley

s in the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe and to some extent in the US market.Although the former CEOs of Laura Ashley Holdings plc have conducted several cost cutting and restructuring strategies, ...

(4 pages) 80 1 4.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Are CEO's Overpaid?

lato is buried, he is rolling over in his grave. In the most recent studies, it has been found that CEOs can make up to 400 times that of the lowest paid worker in their corporation (Lipman). Executiv ... huge controversy in today's society. There is much debate throughout the media as to whether or not CEOs deserve the outrageous salaries and bonuses they receive. Both sides of the argument present ve ...

(11 pages) 207 0 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Mergers and aquisitions

uccess rate based on most standard metrics. Once the bankers and lawyers have departed, the various CEOs, CFOs and other executives are faced with the need to rapidly transition to a single organizati ...

(3 pages) 305 0 1.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Executive Compensation: Don't Blame the Pay Problem on the Incentive System

The public has been criticizing about the exorbitant amount of money that CEOs are making and questioning the validity of the compensation system; however, it is the external ... ecutive Pay, Decades of Failed Restraints, it suggests that it is the critics' efforts to restraint CEOs' pay that cause the executive compensation to skyrocket over the decades. It was the disclosure ... tead, the use of stock options as performance measures does align the stakeholders' incentives with CEOs' incentives.The stock option compensation actually strengthens the link between pay-for-perform ...

(2 pages) 104 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Introduction to Management and Leadership

ly for its success. An observation to be made here that leadership members can also be inclusive of CEOs, Chairman, Directors and other high position holding personnel placed at positions of importanc ...

(11 pages) 270 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Life

subjugates to the will of the male class. Furthermore, many of the world's leaders, presidents, and CEOs are male, dominating over the natural world and those associated with nature, namely women. Qui ...

(2 pages) 788 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers