In the Early Years: 1961-1963, Kennedy administration and Vietnam take flight. Assumptions behind the administration's decisions to increase U.S involvement in Vietnam strains two very important aspects that would gainsay obligation; one, the fall of South Vietnam to Communist control and the U.S military role and support. Discussion of knowledgeable ties to Southeast Asia emerged. Lack of governmental experts created obstacles. When the Berlin crisis occurred in 1961and during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President Kennedy was able to turn to senior people like Llewellyn Thompson, Charles Bohlen and George Keenan, who knew the Soviets intimately. There were no senior officials in the Pentagon or State…
Kennedy explains, “it was possible that either side could take a step that – for reasons of “security” or “pride” or “face” – would require response by the other side, which, in turn …would bring an escalation into armed conflict” (Kennedy, 49). The Kennedy administration understood how dangerous the nature of any miscalculations to their responses would be. Kennedy of course couldn’t predict exactly how the Soviets would react to every response, but he did realize the severity of this issue and the damage there would be if he were to miscalculate a response in this cause and effect scenario. Therefore taking the most plausible course of action necessary trying to avoid any harmful after effects and consequences was Kennedy’s goal. For instance, when an air-force pilot flying over Cuba ,Major Rudolph Anderson Jr., was shot down and killed, the Kennedy administration kept quiet and stayed patience with a response and any immediate military attacks to try once more to negotiate with Prime Minister Khrushchev. Kennedys patience and caution that he took throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis is a testimony to why mankind avoided a nuclear war. Every step of the way Kennedy carefully analyzed and anticipated the Soviets response to his best understanding, and only executed prudent courses of…
Truman’s quick and decisive action helped lead the United States to a victory that citizens will remember him for; not because he had the option to use new and destructive weapons without the consent of Congress, but because of his personal qualities that influenced this decision.Truman believed in hope and had so much love for this country—so much that he would take drastic measures to protect it when faced with a threat. These same qualities of hope and determination can be found in President John F. Kennedy as well. In “NPR Talk of the Nation,…
In October of 1962 over 80 million American’s lives were at risk. American President, John F. Kennedy, stepped up to the plate and proved that peace through strength is the best strategy in the situation at hand. Kennedy handled the extremely intense situation in 1962 with his transformational leadership skills, along with the powerful and attentive delegation process he used, and furthermore his expertise decision making abilities.…
In 1961, president Eisenhower, the oldest president, had given up the throne of America to the now youngest president, Mr. John F. Kennedy. This time was a critical time for America as they were currently at war with Russia. This was unlike any other war though, in this one, battles were not fought with guns and artillery, but instead threats, propaganda and spies. This was a hard time for America. The constant threat of total nuclear annihilation loomed over the head over Americans as the U.S. and Russia boasted…
"Knowledge management is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization 's intellectual resources. It 's about finding, unlocking, sharing, and altogether capitalizing on the most precious resources of an organization: people 's expertise, skills, wisdom, and relationships. Knowledge managers find these human assets, help people collaborate and learn, help people generate new ideas, and harness those ideas into successful innovations" (Bateman, 2004, p.8-9). One of the most important factors of change in management is the growing need for good, new ideas. Knowledge management is an approach that allows people to produce change. It 's bringing people together and collecting ideas from the group that can provide further success for the company and personally for the employees. A new idea can produce growth and motivation within a company. If the employees and the company as a whole come together and grasp a new idea, it ultimately can lead to new inventions of products and services. (Lineman, 2004.)…
References: DuBrin, A. J. (2013). Leadership: research findings, practice, and skills. (7th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.…
In the first actual meeting within the Kennedy Administration where the head of Chiefs (Taylor) wants to strike the missiles in Cuba, John F. Kennedy (JFK) walk outs with no final decision on what he would like to do. After the meeting, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were baffled that he just up and left the meeting. The military gurus were trying to get JFK to make a decision on the spot without taking much thought into the situation. JFK was finding out what everyone felt was the right thing to do in the room. He said he would want air forces prepared if this is the sort of attack they plan to do but never gave a concise final answer. Later on, someone in the room asked if this was the means he planned on using rather than political action. This was his trigger to get up and depart. He did not want to make a rational decision on something so serious. The Joint Chiefs were intimidating by stating this was the mutual decision between all of them. However, they want to use their military power in a peaceful world, where ultimately it would cause worse circumstances. Also, Dean Atchison (who is someone that supposedly understands everything about how the Soviet Union acts) was backing up the ideas of the Joint…
As individuals, we make decisions throughout the day weighing the cause and effect, cost and benefit, risk and impact of our actions on ourselves and upon others. When taken to a larger scale, as the manager of a team, the CEO of a corporation, or the leader of a nation, the decisions exponentially increase in impact and importance.…
Due to globalization era, managers have to think and act fast in order to capture all business opportunities. Meanwhile, they also have to eliminate, and if not mitigate, the level of threats toward their organization. Thus, managers’ strategic decision makings are crucial to the survival of the organization. Robbins and Coulter (2005) stated that decision is part of managerial functions. Further, decision making is important in a manager’s job.…
Hammond, J.S., Keeney, R.L. & Raiffa, H. (1998) ‘The Hidden Traps in decision Making’, Harvard Business Review, September – October, pp. 2-11.…
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-Strategic decision is long term, involve uncertainty, and involve certain amount of risks, deals with non recurring situations and complex. It is the highest level which concerns general...…
Rational decision-making plays a significant role in business (Schwartz et al, 2010). This essay will first give some basic information of this model. Then this article will focus on three issues that can undermine the effectiveness of rational decision-making and how to overcome them.…
With the chevy volt case we came across to the point of realizing that strategic decision making entails serious processes of analyzing from raw facts of ideas to reviewing previous transactions and activity based decisions. Aside from it we’ve come to know also that decision making is at the heart of what organizations do. Managers must contend with high levels of uncertainty, multi-functional teams, and changing competitive landscapes. Besides making short-term tactical decisions, there is a growing need for long-term, strategic decision making.…