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    Communication to existing employee and management right after merge Employee communication Strategy In HBR case study “Who Goes‚ Who Stays?” Steve and Kasper lack on important communication with the employees. They should have begun communicating with their employees as soon as possible in the merger process. Should have considered informing them of company desire to merge with‚ acquire or be acquired by another company before they begun searching for a counterpart to the deal‚ if possible

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    During the reconstruction period a huge change shifted in the south and that was the freeing of the African American slaves. Of course they slave owners didn’t agree with this decision so after the reconstruction period the angry white southerners who had power in the south before the civil war slowly gained their power back. Once of the things to take place was the denying blacks the right to vote by harder for them to be eligible. The whites decided to create literacy test since it was clear that

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    and deciding who would direct the Reconstruction process. The South was economically devastated and socially revolutionized by emancipation. As slave owners reluctantly confronted the end of slave labor‚ blacks took their first steps in freedom. Black churches and freedmen’s schools helped the former slaves begin to shape their own destiny. The new President Andrew Johnson was politically inept and personally contentious‚ and attempted to implement a moderate plan of Reconstruction‚ along the lines

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    People may go through rough times but that does not mean they have to make rough times for someone else. In the story of The Wife’s Bath’s Tale the knight raped the young lady. in the text it says “By very force he took her maidenhead” (Chaucer 34). This was an awful act that the knight made. The knight did not care that he harmed or hurt the girl. At this time in the knight’s life the knight did not care for women. He made a rough time for someone else. The king wanted to take his head. The queen

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    African Americans have made significant progress since the end of civil war in 1865(Brinkley 2015). After the war‚ African Americans who were slaves got their freedom and formed Republican Party. The process of reconstruction started and the blacks gained an opportunity to be leaders in the United State government for the first time in history. The blacks won election in southern America state governments and in the Congress of the entire America. After freedom proclamation‚ the African American

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    Plan for Reconstruction President Johnson and the Radical Republicans both came up with plans of how to reconstruct America after the Civil War. President Johnson was more lenient toward the Southerners because of his background. His plan did not include harsh punishments. The Radical Republicans plans were strict and imposed cruel new laws for the betrayal of the Confederate states. The views from each are completely opposite when concerning Freemen. My plan for reconstruction is an "A+"

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    Ansley Walker DBQ Byrd The period of the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ lasting from 1860-1877‚ the nation underwent a multitude of powerful changes‚ physically and emotionally. A school of thought today exists that‚ “The North won the war‚ bur the South won reconstruction.” What does this mean exactly? When the Union defeated the Confederacy‚ Northerners‚ freemen‚ and existing slaves imagined a political and social revolution in which their dreams of abolition and government power would manifest

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    Freedom means Nothing After the Civil War‚ America was going through a “Reconstruction” period. African Americans were free now but they had to adjust to a new way of living. Because many people did not accept the abolishment of slavery‚ it was difficult for African Americans to be free. During the reconstruction era‚ African Americans were free by law‚ but no resources and racism kept African Americans in slavery. African Americans were still slaves because it was difficult for African Americans

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    1. What were the two phases of Reconstruction? What policies or decisions helped to shape each phase? • One phase of the Reconstruction era was the presidential era which started after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ the man to take his place was Andrew Johnson. But as stated in the textbook “Johnson was a bitter racist” (411) he was against the idea of black equality. In May 1865 a lenient policy toward the South was designed to try and re-establish the southern state governments. The second

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    After the nation faced economic downfall‚ the reconstruction age began when Lincoln wanted to help the South recover. Lincoln stated‚ “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” In order to reconstruct the Southern states had to be readmitted into the Union‚ integrate freed slaved into the American society‚ and rebuild Southern industry and foundation. While African Americans faced a new onslaught of obstacles and injustices during reconstruction‚ which lasted from 1865 to 1877‚ the days of slavery

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