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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business Review

The interviewees, who were in the process of an M&A deal or who had recently been through one, included C-suite executives, private equity dealmakers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. When a new direction was chosen, it would reflect the best elements of both cultures and operating approaches.”

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. There seems to be a need to change the direction of the organization.

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The Big Picture of Business: Corporate Communications – Correctly Positioning Your Company

Strategy Driven

This holds for corporate operating units and departments. You must always educate corporate opinion makers on how you function… and the skill with which you operate. Top management must endorse corporate imaging and other forms of practice development, if your company is to grow and prosper. Marketing Program.

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What Really is The Big Picture of Business

Strategy Driven

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. All rights reserved.