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All technologies differ from one another. They are as varied as
humanity's interaction with the physical world. Even people
attempting to do the same thing produce multiple technologies. For
example, John H. White discovered more than l 1000 patents in the
19th century for locomotive smokestacks. Yet all technologies are
processes by which humans seek to control their physical
environment and bend nature to their purposes. All technologies are
alike. The tension between likeness and difference runs through
this collection of papers. All focus on atmospheric flight, a
twentieth-century phenomenon. But they approach the topic from
different disciplinary perspectives. They ask disparate questions.
And they work from distinct agendas. Collectively they help to
explain what is different about aviation - how it differs from
other technologies and how flight itself has varied from one time
and place to another. The importance of this topic is manifest.
Flight is one of the defining technologies of the twentieth
century. Jay David Bolter argues in Turing's Man that certain
technologies in certain ages have had the power not only to
transform society but also to shape the way in which people
understand their relationship with the physical world. "A defining
technology," says Bolter, "resembles a magnifying glass, which
collects and focuses seemingly disparate ideas in a culture into
one bright, sometimes piercing ray." 2 Flight has done that for the
twentieth century.
There are thousands of mergers every year and, by some estimates,
two-thirds of them either fail or fall far short of expectations.
How can leaders keep their merger from becoming a head-on
collision?
In The Human Side of M&A, Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden argue
that most failed mergers looked good on paper--they made financial
and strategic sense--but the crucial human element was neglected or
overlooked. Consequently, corporate cultures often clash and wreck
any chance that the companies will work harmoniously together.
The authors, who have worked with many companies in the process of
merging, draw on their unique experience to demonstrate how to
address the human side of a merger, revealing pitfalls to avoid as
well as best practices to pursue. They describe how to assess the
quality of the people on both sides, aligned with the strategy, to
determine whom to retain. They argue that the CEOs need to create a
new vision for the combined company (one that differs from the
visions of the two individual entities). And they stress that it is
vitally important to move quickly once the merger is approved so
that the new enterprise can hit the ground running on the first
official day of operating as a combined company. The book concludes
with a rigorous statistical appendix that analyzes some of the most
successful mergers of the past ten years, validating the book's
underlying theme and conclusions.
While the volume of mergers may wax and wane depending on a host
of economic factors, mergers will endure as a logical, efficient,
and profitable strategy for many companies in a global economy.
This book will help ensure the success of those who choose this
path.
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CEO Succession (Hardcover)
Dennis C Carey, Dayton Ogden; As told to Judith A. Roland
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Whether precipitated by sudden tragedy, CEO performance issues, or a key executive simply going elsewhere or retiring, succession planning has become a front-burner issue in corporate boardrooms across the USA. For board members, CEOs, and anyone concerned about the quality of governance in corporate America, CEO Succession fills the need for a practical, best-practices roadmap that puts the board of directors squarely at the helm as the guiding force for ensuring the steady flow of effective leadership.
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