This article deals with what a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) actually does in the company. The purpose is to describe CEOs, illustrate the CEOs’ duties, and provide a conclusion. This article was made by gathering information from books and articles about CEOs and their duties. The scope of this article is demonstrated in three sections. First, this article gives a description about CEOs in terms of definition and who can be classified as CEOs, nature of the work in terms of a CEOs’ responsibilities, working conditions in terms of at the office, at work, and the job’s consequences categories, employment, qualifications and advancement, job outlook, and earnings in terms of a CEOs’ annual earnings and compensation. Second, this article explains the duties of CEOs. There are four duties a CEO has: setting strategy and vision, building culture, building good teamwork, and allocating capital. This article also provides the measurement for CEOs’ duties so the CEO can measure his or her performance on each duty in order to do his or her job better in the future. Finally, the conclusion is made based on the explanation in the previous major subjects: the description and the duties of a CEO.
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1 February 2005
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Management Research News
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February 01 2005
The duties of a Chief Executive Officer
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6135
Print ISSN: 0140-9174
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
Management Research News (2005) 28 (2-3): 88–99.
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Wibowo G, Kleiner BH (2005), "The duties of a Chief Executive Officer". Management Research News, Vol. 28 No. 2-3 pp. 88–99, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/01409170510785138
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