Welcome to Houston, the largest city in Texas. Houston was founded in 1836, by two New York real estate promoters J.K and A.C Allen. Houston is currently home to $2,296,224 people making it the fourth most populated city in the United States. It is governed by Govenor Greg Abbott the 48th governor of Houston. Sylvester Turner is the residing Mayor since 2016. In May 31st 2017 the Houstons City counsel approved unanimsouly a $5.2 Billion budget for fisical year 2018. However will this be enough to help fix their major issues? With the disatirous hurricane that tore through Houston only a few weeks ago, to their already exsiting pention issues. Can Houston’s propsed budget get them back on track? Overview of FY2018 Budget Mayor Turner proposes
Texas would be the 14th largest economy in the world as a stand-alone country by Gross Domestic Product. The state is border line healthy but does have a growing GDP. The infrastructure is average definitely room for improvement. It is said that Texas is going to have 12.4 percent more revenue to spend in the next TWO budget years. I define Texas’s economy as borderline healthy even though everything is looking positive for Texas because just two years ago there were panics in certain areas of being in debt. They are now getting their state back to being healthy and as long as they keep making smart decisions and start working on the cities/towns little by little they will remain healthy.
Situated just 35 miles south of Boston, this community is placed in the southeastern part of Massachusetts. The modern community is primarily residential. Many of the residents community using the MBTA Old Colony Train to get to Boston. In addition, the city has top schools and an active community. The primary industries in this seaside community are connected to fishing and cranberry growing.
Marcus Hiles coordinator of Western Rim Property Services really assumes that the immense people of Texas legitimacy more for the money they spend ashore. Houston is a prime instance of a deteriorating
The first Texas Roadhouse began on February 17, 1993, in Clarksville, Indiana by Kent Taylor, whose goal was to own more than a family restaurant or steakhouse, but to own, a place where everyone could come together share a great meal with great fun for a great price (Stokes). They are known for their legendary food such as hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made from-scratch sides, and fresh-baked bread (Our Story). They strive to make hearty meals that stand out by handcrafting everything they serve except for the T-bone steak and by giving larger portions so you get more food for your dollar (Stokes). Kent’s mission also includes having legendary service due to the low ratio of tables per server and legendary fun, which may consist of the servers singing happy birthday to a customer or periodically line dancing - not all locations have line dancers - to the jukebox and televisions playing. Their future strategy is to continue their legendary quality and service along with moderate growth as they are set for opening new locations in 2018, while keeping their 2016 Voted #1 Steak by Nation’s Restaurant News Consumer Picks for this 2017 year (Stokes).
The market opportunities and competitive threats that impact Allstate can be discovered through a SWOT analysis. Furthermore, opportunities and threats are the external uncontrollable factors that usually appear or arise due to the changes in a particular industry (Jurevicius, 2013). Moreover, opportunities represent the external situations that bring a competitive advantage if seized upon. More importantly, threats may damage the company so it’s better to avoid or defend against them (Jurevicius, 2013).
Last year I had the opportunity to work as a Tech Trek student counselor and I found the experience to be invaluable, not only as a student but as a woman in STEM. My time working with tech trek actually motivated me to pursue a career in environmental conservation education, because I thoroughly enjoyed working with the girls and being able to motivate them to explore the sciences. I am a strong supporter of having more females in STEM, and have worked to create events on campus which focus on the multitude of opportunities within the STEM field for women. As a female I understand that representation matters, and in many cases can play a big role for young women. As a participant in Tech Trek I can provide these young women with a mentor/
One of the many resources available to Home Depot is the use of environmentally friendly supplies. Recently, Home Depot began shifting to greener products and practices, such as no longer using wood from the Amazon forest, and removing harmful chemicals like formaldehyde from their paint products. They have also began to use water recycling pumps for their irrigation centers and are in the process of creating solar powered roofs for their stores which can drastically reduce their carbon footprint. Home Depot is also recycling and reusing as much as they can, from lightbulbs to power tools. The VRINE model below measures the impact of this resource. Although it is valuable and exploitable, it is not rare or non-substitutable. This makes it a valuable resource for the short term but not a sustainable resource for competitive advantage.
Texas is home to about 27 million people and continues to grow. Texas’s major public policy problem right now would be in infrastructure and can be fixed by compromise. There are two types of infrastructure which are economic and social. Infrastructure means those basic facilities and services which and facilitate different economic activities and thereby help in economic development of education, health, transport, communication, banking & insurance, irrigation, power, and etc.... There are two types of infrastructure which are economic and social. Infrastructure is the foundation upon which the Texas economy balances.
Texas has been a booming success in recent years, even weathering the Great Recession in 2007-2008. Employment growth and businesses moving to Texas because of its low taxes, pro-business environment, and limited government have contributed to Texas’s rise to the financial top. These are factors that should be considered when trying to improve the United States government and economic system. Author of The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America, seasoned political consultant, Chuck DeVore provides guidelines for the United States government to operate similarly to the ways of Texas government. DeVore has established his credibility with various political positions. He was a special assistant for foreign
The Texas Government has long been considered a weak type government because it is not the government which holds all of the power, it is the voter. This weak system of government can be seen all the way up through Texas’ executive power. The Federal Government, under the authority of the U.S. Constitution has a comparatively strong centralized form of government. The plural executive in Texas and the Executive of the United States are vastly different in principle and policy. This paper will explain what the plural executive is and how it works in Texas, compare it to the U.S. Executive branch, and explain why the plural executive was created.
John Cornyn is the Senior Senator. He is a Republican and has served since November 30, 2002. The next election will be held in 2020 to elect a new Senior Senator. He was ranked as one of the most conservative U.S. Senators. He sponsored a bill so the police would be able to obtain DNA from anyone arrested or detained. He also voted for a constitutional ban on desecrating a flag and reauthorization of the Patriot Act and extending wiretapping. He voted to ban partial birth abortions. He also voted against the Affordable Care Act.
This review provides an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations in the areas of internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. (Sector Publishing Intelligence)
US Airways completed a merger in December 2013 . This merger provided much needed cash infusion into American Airlines, enabling it to emergency from
To formulate a strategy that will help Southwest Airlines maintain its competitive edge in the US airline industry.
Operational excellence is important in delivering quality education using functional areas such as learn and grow, look after customer, look after share holder and the business process to excel which are assessed using a balanced scorecard for their performance. A quantitative technique used with the supported tools in the decision analysis process for making in a situation where uncertainty exists. Strutledge can perform decision analysis using simple excel or OM tools which is a quantitative tool that organizes into a payoff table. The SWOT analysis is a quantitative tool used in the decision analysis to access the impact of adding a new MBA and other Master of Science courses.