Managing Change due to Downsizing and Outsourcing Deanie Tuley Keiser University Managing Change due to Downsizing and Outsourcing Among the most aggravating sources of integration problems in American companies are issues employees have with change in companies. Managing change is an important aspect of every manager’s job‚ and it is a necessary evil in all companies at one time or another. Making employees feel comfortable through a process of change should be of paramount
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Executive Summary In early 2002‚ Chris Wornald‚ as the director of strategic alliances for RIM‚ believed the tremendous synergy value offered from the acquisition of Slangsoft and its importance for RIM’s future Asian market. However‚ after his successful presentation on the deal to senior executives‚ one piece of archived news on Jerusalem Post got the attention from RIM’s director of legal affairs. The widespread panic and paranoia among Slangsoft employees‚ unrealized revenue from HP and multiple
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Abstract While some resistance to change is inevitable‚ most resistance can be managed and actually is beneficial. In order to manage resistance to change‚ managers must first understand what attributes to the resistance and how the resistance is beneficial. Resistance to change can be healthy‚ because it forces you to check your assumptions and clarify what you are doing‚ as well as how you are planning to achieve it. The many reasons for resistance are explored and practical solutions‚ based on
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Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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Changing perspectives…Change is a process‚ a transition or an alteration that affects different aspects of our life. As a result the forces of change can seriously affect the attitudes‚ beliefs and behaviors of individuals. The affects of change can have a positive or negative outcome. These affects can be viewed in all three of the texts that we have studied for the Area of Study. Change is a part of life and whether or not we like that aftermath of the particular aspect of the change it will happen‚
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Kurt lewins change model Its not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent ‚ but the one most responsive to change. (Charles Darwin) Change management has been defined as ‘the process of continually renewing an organization’s direction‚ structure‚ and capabilities to serve the ever-changing needs of external and internal customers’ (Moran and Brightman‚ 2001) .According to Burnes (2004) change is an ever-present feature of organizational life‚ both at an operational and
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Merger Strategy-Growth‚ Synergy‚ Operating Synergy‚ Financial Synergy‚ Diversification‚ Other Economic Motives‚ Hubris Hypothesis of Takeovers‚ Other Motives‚ Tax Motives Growth – This is one of the most common motives for mergers. It may be cheaper and less risky for the acquiring company to merge with another provider in a similar line of business than to expand operations internally. It is also much faster to grow by acquisition than internally. Sometimes an organization may have a window
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MGMT E 2720 Mergers and Acquisitions Supplemental Case Questions 1. The New York Times a. Why is there so much family control in the newspaper business? b. How did the Sulzberger family manage to retain control on the NYT after it went public? c. How does the NYT dual class structure differ from the one used by Dow Jones‚ prior to its takeover by Rupert Murdoch? d. What explains the behavior of the NYT institutional shareholders – not just Morgan Stanley but also
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decision on them. I found the merger between the second and the third largest drug retailers in the US to be a good example of this. Walgreen and Rite Aid announced that they will merge to form the largest drug retail store in the US‚ topping CVS Health. The agreement was signed on October 27‚ 2015‚ after Walgreens fiscal year end on August 31‚ 2015‚ and disclosed in the financial statements of 2015. Walgreens announced that they are planning to finance the acquisition with a combination of debt and
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Mergers occur when one business firm buys or acquires another business firm (the acquired firm) and the combined firm maintains the identity of the acquiring firm. Business firms merge for a variety of reasons‚ both financial and non-financial. There are a number of types of mergers. Horizontal and non-horizontal are just two of many types. WHAT IS HORIZONTAL MERGER? A merger occurring between companies in the same industry. Horizontal merger is a business consolidation that occurs between firms
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