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Aaron's, Inc. is a lease-to-own retailer. It was founded by R. Charles Loudermilk in 1955.[1] The company focuses on furniture, electronics, appliances, computer leases and retail sales. The company is divided into three major divisions: sales and lease ownership; corporate furnishings; and manufacturing. The incorporation of manufacturing as well as retailing makes the company vertically integrated.
As of 11 June 2010 (2010 -06-11)[update], Aaron's, Inc. has 1723 locations, broken down as follows:
* 1094 company-owned sales and lease ownership stores
* 11 Rimco stores
* 7 Franchise Rimco stores
* 599 Franchised SALO stores
* 12 Aaron's Office Furniture
This includes the first company owned Canadian store, opened on April 13, 2007 in Windsor, Ontario.
CEO
Robert Loudermilk
Chairman of the Board
Charles Loudermilk
Director
John Schuerholz
4
Director
John Portman
3
Director
David Kolb
Director
Earl Dolive
5
Director
Ronald Allen
Director
Leo Benatar
6
Director
Ray Robinson
2
CFO
Gilbert Danielson
3
COO
William Butler
Furnishings Division
Eduardo Quinones
Secretary
James Cates
Merchandising & Logistics, S...
Mitchell Paull
CIO
John Trainor
Franchising
Todd Evans
Legal
Elizabeth Gibbs
. Leadership styles and the effectiveness of this approaches
Leadership styles by contrast can be categorized according to the actual behavior of leaders faced by particular situations (Haus, Heinelt & Stewart 2004). There are different leadership styles and it includes the bureaucratic leader, the charismatic leader, the democratic leader, the autocratic leader, the laissez faire leader, the servant leader, the transaction leader, the transformation leader and the environment leader. The management of Ortegas has the qualities of both the democratic, transformation and environment styles. The democratic leader listens to the personnel’s ideas and opinions and he uses the ideas to make decisions regarding the performance of the firm. The management of Ortegas makes sure that they are open to suggestions coming from the personnel; they try to encourage the personnel to share any strategies that would help them achieve their goals. The management of Ortegas makes sure that the ideas of the personnel are always heard and noted. The transformation leader makes sure that he/she motivates well the personnel so that they will be an effective and efficient member of the organization. The management of Ortegas tries its best to motivate the personnel in all possible means. The environment leader makes of environmental issues and instances to change the perception and actions of the personnel. The management of Ortegas tries to make use of the environmental issues to create change within the personnel. This change will be helpful in achieving the goals of the company. Each leadership style has varied affects on the personnel of Ortegas and its effectiveness depends on the current situation of the firm.
As of 11 June 2010 (2010 -06-11)[update], Aaron's, Inc. has 1723 locations, broken down as follows:
* 1094 company-owned sales and lease ownership stores
* 11 Rimco stores
* 7 Franchise Rimco stores
* 599 Franchised SALO stores
* 12 Aaron's Office Furniture
This includes the first company owned Canadian store, opened on April 13, 2007 in Windsor, Ontario.
CEO
Robert Loudermilk
Chairman of the Board
Charles Loudermilk
Director
John Schuerholz
4
Director
John Portman
3
Director
David Kolb
Director
Earl Dolive
5
Director
Ronald Allen
Director
Leo Benatar
6
Director
Ray Robinson
2
CFO
Gilbert Danielson
3
COO
William Butler
Furnishings Division
Eduardo Quinones
Secretary
James Cates
Merchandising & Logistics, S...
Mitchell Paull
CIO
John Trainor
Franchising
Todd Evans
Legal
Elizabeth Gibbs
. Leadership styles and the effectiveness of this approaches
Leadership styles by contrast can be categorized according to the actual behavior of leaders faced by particular situations (Haus, Heinelt & Stewart 2004). There are different leadership styles and it includes the bureaucratic leader, the charismatic leader, the democratic leader, the autocratic leader, the laissez faire leader, the servant leader, the transaction leader, the transformation leader and the environment leader. The management of Ortegas has the qualities of both the democratic, transformation and environment styles. The democratic leader listens to the personnel’s ideas and opinions and he uses the ideas to make decisions regarding the performance of the firm. The management of Ortegas makes sure that they are open to suggestions coming from the personnel; they try to encourage the personnel to share any strategies that would help them achieve their goals. The management of Ortegas makes sure that the ideas of the personnel are always heard and noted. The transformation leader makes sure that he/she motivates well the personnel so that they will be an effective and efficient member of the organization. The management of Ortegas tries its best to motivate the personnel in all possible means. The environment leader makes of environmental issues and instances to change the perception and actions of the personnel. The management of Ortegas tries to make use of the environmental issues to create change within the personnel. This change will be helpful in achieving the goals of the company. Each leadership style has varied affects on the personnel of Ortegas and its effectiveness depends on the current situation of the firm.
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