[pic] |Organizational Behavior | |DaimlerChrysler | |The case study of a historical merger‚ between two automobiles manufacturers‚ which was being branded as ‘match | |made in heaven’. This report analyses the root-causes‚ actual facts and an insight to the corporate culture | |Raja Naveed Khalid
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Firms are aggressively engaging in merger and acquisitions as financial strategies in today’s business world. Merger and acquisitions are a process discussed between two firms each seeking to benefit from the decision of marrying the two companies’. Factors to be considered when combining the firms are their financial benefits and operation efficiency from the transaction. The objective is to reduce the rate of risk to increase value on the firm‚ thus bringing a higher return to its shareholders
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Summary This case study is on the topic ‘DaimlerChrysler-Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy’ from the Harvard Business School case studies. Principally‚ this case is based on the merger of Daimler‚ a German automobile company and Chrysler of the USA. We will analyse the KM related issues faced by the company in the post-merger period. These issues include implementation of KM‚ mismanagement‚ cultural differences‚ individual people barriers‚ etc. Furthermore‚ there are solutions and also recommendations
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------------------------------------------------- Organizational culture Organizational culture is the behavior of humans who are part of an organization and the meanings that the people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organization values‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ systems‚ symbols‚ beliefs and habits. It is also the pattern of such collective behaviors and assumptions that are taught to new organizational members as a way of perceiving‚ and even thinking and feeling. Organizational culture affects the
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The Failure of Mergers and Acquisitions Name Professor Institution Course Date THE FAILURE OF MERGERS AND QUISITIONS 2 RUNNING HEAD: THE FAILURE OF MERGERS AND QUISITIONS 1 The Failure of Mergers and Acquisitions Name Professor Institution Course Date The success of a any merger and acquisition is directly proportional to the level of planning that is involved. A lot of organisations do not spend enough time to
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and organizational structure: a product management perspective Article bySteven Lysonski‚ Michael Levas‚ Noel Lavenka This Lysonski et al.’s article focuses on how an organizational structure may affect the product manager -level marketing. The article is about how a firm’s structural elements can affect the marketing effort at the product manager level. It asks if the firms take into account the uncertainty of the environment while planning their product-marketing organization structure. Nowadays
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Recent Mergers or Acquisitions A "merger" or "merger of equals" is often financed by an all stock deal (a stock swap). An all stock deal occurs when all of the owners of the outstanding stock of either company get the same amount (in value) of stock in the new combined company. A merger adds value only if the two companies are worth more together than apart (Wikipedia‚ Free Encyclopedia‚ 2006). An acquisition (of un-equals‚ one large buying one small) can involve a cash and debt combination‚ or
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The DaimlerChrysler Merger (A): Gaining Global Competitiveness Question 1: What was the situation at Daimler and what was the situation at Chrysler before the merger? The situation at Daimler was difficult before the merger because Daimler experienced tremendous losses in the beginning of 1990s. Starting from 1995 when the new CEO came in place some changes were instantly done‚ for example‚ unprofitable business units were either closed‚ restructured or sold. Even though the new CEO had in mind
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The Delta-Northwest Merger Some airlines have struggled to stay in business for years. Due to the tough economic times‚ it has affected companies such as Delta and Northwest and the whole airline industry. The competition is intense and some of the global airlines are on the verge of going out of business. Recently‚ Delta and the Northwest Airlines have stated that they are merging together to create America’s premier global airline. Rising fuel prices is one of the primary reasons the airline
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History of Verizon Verizon Communications‚ Inc. was formed on June 30‚ 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE Corporation‚ in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. On July 3‚ 2000 Verizon began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the VZ symbol. On March 10‚ 2010 they began trading on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ). The mergers that formed Verizon had roots going back to the beginning of the telephone business in
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