British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 9‚ 91-114 (1998) Attributes of Successful and Unsuccessful Acquisitions of US Firms^ Michael Hitt‚* Jeffrey Harrison‚^ R. Duane Ireland* arid Aleta Best§ *Lowry Mays College of Business Administration‚ Texas A&M University‚ College Station‚ TX 77843-4221‚ •College of Business Administration‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816‚ ’Hankamer School of Business‚ Baylor University‚ Waco‚ TX 76798-8004‚ and ^College of Business and Industry‚ University
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What do you see as the main difference between a successful and an unsuccessful decision? How much does luck versus skill have to do with it? How much time needs to pass to know if a decision is successful or not? The ability to decide and choose wisely and rightly is often a matter of how the problem was posed. Though we try to be as logical as possible in taking a decision‚ sometimes we end up making illogical choices or choices that in fact were good but ended up with failure. So‚ it is important
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and their instructors. Unfortunately‚ they can also be miserable failures for students lacking necessary skills and motivation‚ and for instructors lacking necessary resources and support. This paper describes two active learning projects‚ both successful in many ways‚ and draws from them observations and lessons on the failings of active education for some students‚ and the burdens placed on instructors. Experiential learning is not a new concept. Originally derived from apprenticeship programs
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Successful and Unsuccessful Learning Experiences Skiing When I was about fourteen years old I wanted to go on a skiing trip to Austria with my school‚ my parents said they would pay for the for the spending money I was saving my wages from my part time job helping the milkman. I had one major problem‚ I couldn’t ski!!! I didn’t want to travel all the way to Austria and then learn to ski‚ my train of thought was that if I was going to Austria ‚ I wanted to be able to go up to the top of the mountains
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL COLLEGE STUDENTS Characteristic S u c c e s s f u l S t u d e n t s (SSs) U n s u c c e s s f u l S t u d e n t s (USs) Ambition SSs have "aligned ambitions." They are motivated to obtain professional careers after they graduate; they are aware of the knowledge‚ skills‚ and characteristics (KSCs) required for these careers; and they have realistic and accurate ideas of how they can use their education to acquire
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Date: 26 July 2010 Question: Successful leadership is about winning hearts and minds. Discuss. Warren Bennis‚ an American scholar widely regarded as a pioneer on the contemporary field of leadership studies‚ once said that “Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.” Indeed‚ leadership comes with power but in order to gain this power‚ a leader must encompass three main leadership qualities. Besides winning the hearts
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Running head: SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP Successful Leadership: The Aspiration to Inspire Others Heather Shaw Liberty University Abstract This paper addresses many of the behaviors needed to lead others effectively. Leadership is not achieved through an appointed position‚ but rather‚ through character traits that inspire others to follow. The variations of leadership power and styles identify key leadership qualities. The fundamental traits of transformational and
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INTRODUCTION The contents of this report is regarding the Leadership topic.The purpose of this assignment is to help students better understand the behaviors of successful and unsuccessful leader.First step is to find brief biographies‚case studies or articles about various leaders.The student need to choose two leaders who most people would consider very successful and two leaders who would be deemed unsuccessful. For my report‚ I have choose Mahatma Ghandi ‚Presiden of Indian Nationalism
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5 KEYS THAT DIFFERENTIATE SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LEADERS 1. Create a feeling of energy‚ fun and excitement in the organisation Unsuccessful: settle for who you are; accept your limitations; let morale take care of itself. Many leaders have a great attitude – sometimes known as a “can do” attitude and irrespective of whether they have the skills to do the specific job‚ they have the inspiration and focus to motivate their team to see the vision and this creates a certain
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An unsuccessful learning experience. My unsuccessful learning experience was when I was 16 and starting my Maths A level. We had 2 teachers who split the course material between them‚ one taking pure maths and the other applied maths. The teacher in charge of the pure maths‚ which had enjoyed up to A level and received an A for (in the days before A* existed‚ so top marks in other words)‚ was a young man who had just qualified from his PGCE and came to teach us A level maths. The main problem
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