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Top Executives Significant Points

• Keen competition is expected because the prestige and high pay attract a large number of qualified applicants.
• Top executives are among the highest paid workers; however, long hours, considerable travel, and intense pressure to succeed are common.
• The formal education and experience of top executives vary as widely as the nature of their responsibilities.

Nature of the Work

All organizations have specific goals and objectives that they strive to meet. Top executives devise strategies and formulate policies to ensure that these objectives are met. Although they have a wide range of titles—such as chief executive officer, chief operating officer, board chair, president, vice president, school superintendent, county administrator, or tax commissioner—all formulate policies and direct the operations of businesses and corporations, public sector organizations, nonprofit institutions, and other organizations.