Culture at Southwest Airlines on the Eve of Merger with AirTran In looking at Southwest’s values and norms‚ it’s helpful to examine how the company’s culture is described by all stakeholders (internal – employees‚ management; external – investors‚ customers). Five key values emerge that guide the company at all levels. 1. Zealous passion for customer satisfaction Southwest’s relentless commitment goes beyond the lip service most companies uphold. From line level to the C-suite‚ everyone
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Don’t You Hate It When Mom’s Always Right? I Know I Do. My mother is no different from any other‚ always harping on and on about “doing this so that doesn’t happen.” In fact she is famous for it. Whoever said‚ “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure‚” could have been best friends with her. But like any mom‚ in most situations she is correct. Although my mom telling me over and over to do something preventative is annoying‚ she does have a point to it and is most always right. One of
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) is a general term used to refer to the consolidation of companies. Merger is the corporate action where two companies decide to combine their operations. Both the companies involved in the merger cease to exist resulting into a combined new company. On the other hand Acquisition is a corporate action where one company overtakes the operations of other company. The acquired company thus becomes a part of the acquiring company. Acquisition may at some times be without
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a leader‚ someone who takes every thought‚ concern‚ hope‚ and anguish of those beneath him and acts appropriately. A leader means to be someone who lives not for them self but for others and whole heartedly enjoys every single moment of it. To lead is like riding towards the beating war drums of an approaching army. All will hear it: some will flee like cowards after every thump‚ some will pretend like the beats were never uttered‚ but others will answer the call valiantly with a quickness in
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to be made. This is also true for mergers and acquisitions. When two companies come together both of them have their individual work cultures and identities but in order to work together successfully they have to make some changes. Only then can a merger or an acquisition be successful. This is very simply put. However it is not so simple‚ nor is it just a matter of making changes. In fact there are a lot of things that go into making a merger successful. These are the issues that one
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Research Paper Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell “Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell is not a joking matter. It is the only law that enforces shame” (Lt. Dan Choi). In 1993 Congress passed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy. The policy mandated discharging any openly gay‚ lesbian‚ or bisexual members of the army. The Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell policy was removed on December 18th 2010‚ (huffingtonpost.com). Was it the correct choice to remove the U.S army’s Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell policy? Yes‚ it was. The Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell policy
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Company mergers and the effect on employees and consumers. Context: · Employees · Management · Consumers Direction: · On-line research (On-line Magazines‚ News Groups) · Human Resources Why the topic is important: · Mergers have affected our group‚ and it is a growing trend in the American businesses today. Relevant Terms: Merger A merger is achieved when a company purchases the property of another firm‚ thus absorbing them into one corporate structure that retains its original identity
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MERGER OR ACQUISITION There are several critical success factors in a solid transition and integration plan. Utilizing the elements of a recent client success as a blueprint for developing a solid integration plan‚ the following key points achieved the intended results: 1. Clarify the business model - surprisingly‚ many of the 80% of mergers and acquisitions that fail to achieve the intended results do not clarify their business model upfront and stick to it. This is a critical success factor
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Anatomy of a merger: behavior of organizational factors and processes throughout the pre- duringpost-stages (part 1) Steven H. Appelbaum Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Joy Gandell Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Harry Yortis Hydro-Quebec‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Shay Proper Montreal Stock Exchange‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Francois Jobin Kruger‚ Inc.‚ Trois-Rivie Âres‚ Quebec‚ Canada Keywords Mergers and acquisitions‚ Organizational behaviour‚ Process
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