Executive Order Accomplishments

This article attests to Trumps accomplishments, or, rather, lack of, but also explains the significance of executive orders. They are not the rigid resolutions we've been led to believe. An interesting article in that it gives a realistic perspective of what he's accomplished. Not as much as I'd presumed. The worst of his accomplishments is the loss of world respect. Others are his nominations of unqualified cabinet members.

Interestingly Wiki states, 

"Major policy initiatives require approval by the legislative branch, but executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging wars, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the implementation of broad statutes." 

Doesn't this amount to a resolution or memo to the federal agencies that implement policies within statutes, regulations and laws of congress? Executive orders don't change law, they just define how the executive branch requires implementation within the law.