Utah Opera and Symphony Merger
Utah Opera and Utah Symphony merger is an organizational plan to combine the two
art-based organizations with an aim of increasing their effectiveness and efficiency. It involves fundamental changes that are beneficial to the operations of both companies. This documental analysis will assist Ann Ewers, General Director of the Utah Opera; make an informed decision concerning the merger process. The analysis will comprise motivation theories as well as other pertinent information that are essential for use in the merger process. It will also comprise different types of power and how to effectively deal with them in decision making, potential harm as a result of the merger, and how to utilize available influence in order to build additional support.
A1. Bill Bailey
Mr. Bailey Bill can effectively use McClelland’s need theory to convince Utah Opera to support the merger. The general concern raised by the theory is the need for affiliation. The theory emphasizes the need to continue with social relationships. It also calls for the need of group belonging and need for love (Kreinter and Kinicki, 2010). The opera members will be at a position of building more associations with individuals who support the added advantage of different art forms through additional interactions available with the symphony members.
The merging of Utah Opera with Utah Symphony will ensure that the social circle will eventually grow to include all members supporting the symphonic arts. In this case, the social relationship need -- will therefore be met (Karras, 2006). The Utah Opera will belong to a larger organization, thus fulfilling the second need of the theory. Combining the budgets of both organizations will ensure that there is an expansion of interested contributors to see the performances. In fulfilling the third need, love, the opera members will certainly have the Utah Symphony members supporting