executive

Examples of executive in the following topics:

• The Responsibilities of Account Executives

• The Executive Departments

  • The executive departments are administrative organs in the executive branch of the federal government.
  • The executive departments of the United States federal government are executive organs that serve under direct presidential control and act in an advisory capacity to the president.
  • Executive departments are internally led by secretaries, who are also members of the president's Cabinet.
  • Taken as a group, the executive departments employ over 4 million people and have an operating budget of over $2.3 trillion.
  • The Secretary of State is the highest ranking executive department office, and is currently held by Hillary Clinton.

• [PF content: The Executive Branch in Action]

• Executive Orders

  • In the United States, an executive order is an order or directive issued by the head of the executive branch at some level of government.
  • In the United States, an executive order is an order or directive issued by the head of the executive branch at some level of government.
  • The term executive order is most commonly applied to orders issued by the President, who is the head of the executive branch of the federal government.
  • Presidents have issued executive orders since 1789, usually to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself.
  • Compare and contrast the different types of executive orders made by the President

• Executive Function and Control

  • "Executive function" is an umbrella term for the management, regulation, and control of cognitive processes, including working memory, reasoning, problem solving, social inhibition, planning, and execution.
  • The executive system is a theoretical cognitive system that manages the processes of executive function.
  • The major frontal structures involved in executive function are:
  • Executive-function development corresponds to the development of the growing brain; as the processing capacity of the frontal lobes (and other interconnected regions) increases, the core executive functions emerge.
  • The different parts of the prefrontal cortex are vital to executive function.

• Chief Executive

  • Chief Executive is a term commonly used to refer to Presidential powers given by the Constitution.
  • Chief Executive is a term used for certain gubernatorial offices, expressing the nature of their job being analogous to a head of government.
  • As Chief Executive the president can: implement policy, supervise the executive branch of government, prepare an executive budget for submission to congress, and appoint and remove executive officials .
  • Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet.
  • President Barack Obama acts as the chief executive of the federal government of the United States.

• Executive Compensation

  • Levels of executive pay have been controversial in recent times, with only tenuous links between executive pay and company performance.
  • Typically, the chief executive officer (CEO) directs the fortunes of the company.
  • Executive pay (also known as executive compensation) is financial compensation received by an officer of a firm.
  • Defenders of high executive pay say that the global war for talent and the rise of private equity firms can explain much of the increase in executive pay.
  • Rather than signaling a conspiracy, defenders argue, the increase in executive pay is a mere byproduct of supply and demand for executive talent.

• The Expansion of Presidential Powers

  • The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government and is constitutionally obligated to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed. " The executive branch has over four million employees, including members of the military.
  • Historically, two doctrines concerning executive power have developed that enable the president to exercise executive power with a degree of autonomy.
  • The first is executive privilege, which allows the president to withhold from disclosure any communications made directly to the president in the performance of executive duties.
  • Additionally, federal courts have allowed this privilege to radiate outward and protect other executive branch employees, but have weakened this protection for those executive branch communications that do not involve the president .
  • In other words, they did not expect a strong executive.

• Independent Agencies

  • Independent executive agencies operate as regulatory and service agencies to oversee federal government functions.
  • The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is an example of an executive agency, and acts as an outpost of the executive government to regulate communications technology and media in the U.S.
  • These agencies are distinct from executive departments because they have some degree of independence from the President.
  • However, executive agencies have to remain nonpartisan.
  • The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is one of many independent executive agencies.

• Executive Privilege

  • In the United States government, executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government.
  • The Supreme Court addressed "executive privilege" in United States v.
  • The Clinton administration invoked executive privilege on fourteen occasions.
  • Correspondingly, the Bush administration invoked executive privilege on six occasions.
  • Analyze the application of executive privilege by the President since World War II