Abstract The president of the United States is known as the commander in chief, the chief of state, the chief administrator and the chief legislator. This paper explores how the presidents of the past and the present have carried out those duties, and what those duties mean. It also examines how the "chief" roles of the president have changed throughout history and how the presidency is much different now than it was in the past.
From the Paper "The President of the United States is a Chief. He is the head of several governmental areas and is seen as the responsible party for these areas. He is the Chief of State, Chief Administrator, Chief Legislator and Chief of the United States armed forces. His leadership in these areas has, over time, changed. The Presidency has evolved to a point where the President of the United States has more power than any other person or office in the United States. This power has at times been bestowed upon the office of the President and it has, at times been usurped by the President in office. Each time that the Presidency has gained power in the past it has not given up its gains. In law, there is a principle known as stare decisis. It means that every decision that is made by a judge is predicated on the decisions of judges past. It is rare that a judge breaks from the legal precedent. The same goes for the Presidency. Over the past 220 years the office has gained power and the "Chief" has become more and more involved in all aspects of governance."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses that in addition to there being differences between the ways in which the position of Chief of Police is handled from one jurisdiction to the next, and between cities and county areas, there are also consistent differences between the functional role of the Chief of Police in a "big city" versus a "small town." The writer points out for example, that in a small town, the Chief of Police may be the only real police officer. In this case, a paid Chief of Police would have a staff of volunteers to help with paperwork and other duties. The writer notes that in contrast, in a big city, the Chief of Police is the boss of many thousands of sworn police officers that serve on the force, as well as thousands of other paid civil employees that work for the police department. In this paper the writer looks at the various roles of the Chief of Police.
From the Paper "According to Javert Wilkinson, a police officer that has served in both a Northern city and a Southern small town, there are very notable differences between the job roles of a Chief of Police in each environment. In a small town, the Chief of Police is like the captain of a larger police department, and he directly supervises the officers that are actually going out on the street. In a small town, the Chief of Police is also likely in charge of administrative decisions, such as what kinds of cars and guns to buy and in what quantity. The small town Chief of Police often also has to secure funding from the local government to run the police force. He would also probably have field supervisors report to him, but he would not spend much time out of the office or on the street, unless it was a very small town in which there very few or no other police officers. However, in a big city, the Chief of Police is more a politician than a street cop."
Abstract The position of the traditional R & D director has evolved into that of the chief technology officer, which is much more broad and encompassing. The paper shows that the primary role of the chief technology officer is to deliver the total value of technology for the corporation, to ensure that the firm has the technologies that it needs to achieve its goals and to facilitate technology transfer across business units. The paper looks at various issues on the subject, including the evolution of this role in the business world, areas of responsibility for the C.T.O. and the future of this field.
From the Paper "I believe that the chief technology officer is an important link between government laboratories and U.S. corporations, because one of the primary functions of the CTO is to assess the need to form partnerships with government institutions in order to exploit the total technology capacity of the organization. A government role is also vital in promoting technologies that are critical to economic growth, the creation of good jobs, and meeting the common needs of the nation, but that cannot attract adequate private investment?especially in the cases of high technical risks and long payback horizons.
Overall, it is clear that the CTO has a vital role in building a strong U.S. base of fundamental science, and developing a business environment that encourages innovation and investment."
Abstract This paper examines the story of Shawnee chief and military leader Tecumsheh of the native people of North America. The author looks at how this leader impacted his community and the role that he played in the Indian resistance during the time. The paper also looks at his rise to power and contributions.
From the Paper "The story of Shawnee chief and military leader Tecumseh is one that is all too common in its combination of tragedy, courage, and unimaginable loss, a story told dozens of times as the native peoples of North America sought to maintain their culture and save their live while fighting against forces with what would prove time and again to be overwhelmingly superior weapons. This paper examines the role that Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa played in organizing Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley and in seeking to create intertribal alliances and the factors that lead to their defeat and Tecumseh's death."
Tags: leader, military, India, America, allinace, defeat
Abstract This paper is an examination of the narrator's point of view in the story. The writer first gives a succinct but thorough plot summary, a discussion of the major themes, and a brief discussion of European colonialism in Africa. It then discusses how the major crisis experienced by the narrator in the "Old Chief Mshlanga" leads to changes in her life. It argues that the major crisis eventually leads to the positive change of the narrator beginning to see the evils of white colonialism in Africa.
From the Paper "The Old Chief Mshlanga, written in 1951, is a story of a white girl. The story takes place in an African country, and as the plot and characters develop, the girl eventually becomes aware of the injustices and cruelty perpetrated by colonialists on the African people.
"The story is set in Zimbabwe, an African country, which had been colonized by European interests by the start of the 20th century. Europeans colonized Africa in the hopes of acquiring natural resources, new markets, and new areas for investment. There was a large push to colonize Africa in the late 1800's resulting in the displacement of many native African people, and the imposition of white rule on the African populace. As can be expected, there was a great deal of tension and difficulty surrounding African colonialism."
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the story "The Old Chief Mshlanga" by Doris Lessing. It deals with issues such as what kind of dominance is sought, to what degree victims collaborate in their own destruction, the views of the oppressed and the oppressor. It concludes by exploring the kind of future that this work seem to predict.
From the Paper "This short story is really an autobiographical work, discussing the author's experiences while living in the white dominated society of Rhodesia, in southern Africa. The main characters of the tale are the Jordan family, who seek to take over native lands, because they need them for white colonization. The family, just like all the colonists, seeks to dominate, and eventually eliminate the natives from the area. They do not care where they go, just as long as they leave, and leave the colonists alone. "Conflicts with the Jordan family perhaps incur and certainly expedite the re-settlement. A dispute over village goats that trample the Jordan's farm ensues between Chief Mshlanga and Nkosikaas' father after Mr. Jordan confiscates the goats" (Hurley)."
Abstract By using the chief of the Sioux tribe as narrator, the paper traces the history of the tribe. The paper begins with a description of life on the plains around Lake Superior, wars with the rival Ojibwa tribe and then carries the reader until the time when the tribe is forced to seek unification with other tribes in order to fight a new enemy, the white man.
From the Paper "The white men's approach shows their nature of treachery that leaves them unfit for any pact from our end. In spite of the reality that the white men are better equipped in arms than us, forget not my men that the white man is not well equipped in his will. If we can win them, we can win by our will; by our determination; by our unity for our mother. We know the land as none other, for we have roamed therein years together for buffalo hunting and the big game.
These white men cannot overpower us if we resist their intrusion wisely. I have known that they come from different lands from far. Some are different from the others. If we can use these differences to make them fight among themselves for the land, we can win half of the battle. Then, the white men shall have the taste of their own medicine."
Abstract This paper discusses how the importance of a firm's chief operating officer (CEO) to the firm's performance and market value has long been recognized and how the process of selecting individuals for appointment as CEOs has been studied extensively and, at times, such studies have produced conflicting results. It evaluates how the addition of the growth of Internet-based firms has added to the complexity of determining the best fit of the traits and experiences of a candidate with the needs and culture of an organization. Through an extensive literature review, it analyzes traits and experiences of CEOs with a view toward identifying factors that may be useful in predicting the potential of an individual to be selected to assume the responsibilities of a CEO.
From the Paper "Pasternack, Van Nuys, and Perkins (1998) identified four behaviors that lead to CEO success. First, a successful CEO acts promptly once a problem has been identified and its character diagnosed. Equally important to CEO success, in this regard, is that a CEO should not act in a precipitous manner. Second, subordinate managers who do not actively support a CEO's program should be replaced quickly. Third, a CEO should prioritize her or his time and adhere to the policy thus established. Fourth, a successful CEO quickly establishes strong relationships "
Tags: managers, performance, performance, internet
Abstract This paper discusses the tragedy of the commons, explaining the concept of "commons" as any kind of resource which is divided up and shared by a group of people. The paper examines issues of ownership as opposed to stewardship. The paper analyzes Chief Seattle's well-known 1854 speech regarding possession of the land, in which he expounds upon a Native-American belief of stewardship of the land.
From the Paper "As capitalists first and Americans second, we believe strongly in the concept of ownership. We own and use the Earth and the material goods Earth's raw materials help us produce, and feel a proprietary command over them. When Communism developed as an alternative to the concept of unadulterated ownership, we responded with the fear and anger of one whose child had been taken. Ownership of the land, its materials and its spoils are more integral to American society and thought than any other characteristics or facets. However, this concept is subject to the limitations and inevitable truth of the tragedy of the commons, and we will eventually be dupes to this incontrovertible logic."
Tags: stewardship, possession, earth, native, american
Abstract This paper discusses the leadership Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow Indians. The author relates his including life, pre-reservation and on the reservation. The paper describes his fight to obtain Crow Indian rights from the U.S. government.
From the Paper "Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow was born in the son of Medicine Bird and his wife Otter Woman. Chief Plenty Coups was named by his father as he had a dream that his son would count many coups live to an old age and become a chief ... of Plenty-Coups. All of these premonitions would be realized by Chief Plenty Coups and while he was instrumental in helping the Crow in battles against other ...."
Tags: Custer, Little Big Horn, education, ranching, farming, warrior, WWI, Crow Act 1920, Native Americans, unknown soldier, Congress, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Lakota Sioux, Montana, land rights
Abstract In this work the writer seeks to identify the skill set of the CISO, or the chief information security officer, in the business world of today with the complex problems that are faced. It is the belief of the researcher that there must be special and identifiable attributes and through phenomenological study of a vast amount of literature, survey and case study documentation, this work seeks to make those identifications. This paper discovers that there are most certainly special attributes of these individuals in performing their role and successfully fulfilling their responsibilities in such roles.
Outline:
Abstract
Objective
Significance of the Study
Hypothesis
Rationale
Literature Review
Ten Top Challenges Rates by Federal CISOs
Critical Technology Ratings of 10 Federal CISOs
Federal CISO and CIO Responsibilities
Figures
Use of Security Tools and Technology
Summary of the Literature Reviewed
Theoretical Framework
Research Question
Data Collection and Analysis
Testable Hypotheses
Rival Hypotheses
Contribution to the Body of Knowledge
Research Methodology
Data Collection and Analysis Design
Project Plan for Execution of Design and Reporting Results
Projected Results and Presentation of Projected Results
Bibliography
From the Paper "The rationale upon which this study is based is that in today's increasingly complex world of Information system and information technology and the applications that are utilized each and every day by the business and finance, economic, banking, governmental, and other transactions that are necessary for the world to function the responsibility that lay in the hands of the CISO, or 'Chief Information Security Office' is one of great import both in terms of their own stability, but the security of those depending upon them to carry that heavy load. There must be specific attributes that assist these individuals in skillfully carrying out their appointed role and that allows them to remain in their role successfully. This study seeks to identify a specific set of skills or attributes of these individuals through exploration of literature seeking to identify the same."
This paper extensively reviews the Supreme Court, two of its Chief Justice--- Earl Warren and William H. Rehnquist--- and some of the cases relating to their tenure.
Abstract This paper relates that, when studying the Supreme Court, the views of the Chief Justice becomes the generalization for the Court as a whole because, when each new Chief Justice is appointed, the view of the Court tends to change. The author points out that two of the main changes that the Supreme Court has gone through over the last half century were periods when it was headed by Chief Justices Earl Warren, who became a liberal and by William H. Rehnquist, who remained a staunch conservative; both were Republicans but they had completely different views on how the decisions of the Supreme Court should be made. The paper concludes that the Supreme Court would not be considered the most prestigious court in the United States, and perhaps even the world, if it was not a court with diversity, not only in the justices themselves who represent various races, genders, ethnicities and religions, but also in ideologies and political views.
From the Paper "Throughout Warren's years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he changed the entire way the nation operated. Warren and his court overruled precedents and set new ones. When an individual wakes up, gets ready, and goes to school, that individual will most likely step into a classroom where there are people of many different races, ethnicities and religions. If it was not for the liberal views of the Warren Court, especially Warren himself, there is no way to determine if the United States would have the civil rights that it does. If it were not for the Warren Court, we would not hear, "you have the right to remain silent..." on the television show, Cops, every night. Warren's liberal views helped mold the United States into what it is today."
Tags: liberal, conservative, diversity, brown, miranda
Abstract This paper analyzes "21st Century, Dead Ahead" (Chief Randy R. Bruegman), an article which explores possibilities that may await the public in the 21st century and how the United States Fire Department will respond accordingly. The paper examines topics covered in the article, including an aging America, increases in social diversity, workforce, educational, and healthcare trends and infrastructure problems. The paper shows how Chief Bruegman concludes that the fire department will be forced to accommodate changes and deal with the growing numbers of elderly and minority populations which will result in internal and external changes of the fire department. The paper also includes an annotated bibliography.
From the Paper "Bruegman also reports that the population will consist of higher numbers of immigrants, minorities, and women in the work force; he substantiates this information with graphic representation of statistics. Although the supportive evidence is from appropriate and relevant sources (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), information regarding the future remains predictive. He also states that education will need to be changed to prepare the young for increased needs for technical abilities. Krannich and Krannich (1998), considered experts in this arena, agree with these statements regarding minority and elderly groups in the work force and report that these changes will result in changes in the education system toward a focus on educating the young to meet new job requirements. Putnam, Spiegal, and Bruininks (1995), also state that America faces more cultural diversity in the future and that these changes will be reflected in the educational system. Bruegman concludes that the fire department will be forced to diversify along with the rest of society; this seems a logical conclusion, however it remains subjective and unverifiable."
Abstract The paper examines Hedrick Smith's book "The Power Game: How Washington Works" in which he presents what he learned during his years as the "New York Times'" Washington bureau chief and chief Washington correspondent. It discusses how his style of writing is informative and how although the stories can be illuminating, they carry the burden of his argument which is not at all systematic in his approach. In particular, it looks how Smith deals with the power "game" as it was played during the Reagan years how his analysis of the period in the book is is naive and uninteresting.
From the Paper "The neglect of these parts of government might not be a major issue, but in a book where the transitory nature of government is a major concern it seems odd that Smith is not more interested in the numerous agencies that are, more or less, permanent and carry out much of the government's actual work. Yet this absence also points to the third major problem with Smith's book which is that his focus on the presidency and his secondary emphasis on Congress are direct reflections of the news media's sound-bite and photo-opportunity solution to covering Washington politics. Of course, Smith acknowledges that the presidential, image "is misleading [and] it exaggerates the actual power of the presidency, which is considerably less than suggested by the public attention which gets focused on the single figure at the apex of out political system" (emphasis added, 10). He goes on to explain that "as a nation, we focus obsessively on the president," and this occurs "largely because the president is one person whom it is easy for television to portray and whom the public feels it can come to know" and so "the press, especially television, have fallen into an unconscious conspiracy to create a cartoon caricature of the real system of power" (emphases added, 10)"
Abstract This paper explores the life of Chief Justice John Marshall. The writer shows how during his 34 years as a Chief Justice, John Marshall raised the Supreme Court from an inconsequential position in the Federal government to one of power and prestige. The paper shows how Marshall's contribution shaped the Constitution by the breadth and wisdom of his interpretation.
From the Paper "Marshall's beliefs stemmed back several years before his placement on the Supreme Court. Off and on from 1782 to 1796 he was politically active in the Virginia House of Delegates. He became a leader of the Federalist Party, which had already soured Jefferson. It was during Marshall's tenure in the House of Delegates that he became involved in the Virginia Convention debates about the adoption of the Constitution. As an anti-Federalist, Patrick Henry was opposed to a "United States" Constitution and against a strong judiciary. He pledged his first loyalty to his state."
