...InterClean, Inc. MEMORANDUM TO: Supervisory Team FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: InterClean, Inc. Merger and Importance of Behavior Exhibited by Managers This memo is to inform managers the importance of his or her behavior as InterClean, Inc. and Enviro Tech, Inc. merge into one corporation. This merger has the potential to affect various aspects of the organization. During times of change, a manager’s behavior is a critical success factor in merging two corporations. Amidst a changing environment creates uncertainty for employees. It is critical that managers support their direct reports and guide them through transition. It is important that employees believe managers care. Managers must be accessible to his or her employees. Open communication will play a huge role in ensuring employees understand the importance of this merger. Managers must understand that change affects the lives of people. In addition, managers must understand that organizational change affects productivity and morale. According to Adubato (2010) “One of the greatest keys is to provide timely, accurate, candid and consistent information through a variety of vehicles, including weekly newsletters, e-mail, focus groups, employee transition teams, staff meetings and telephone hotlines. The more people know about and understand the changes ahead, the less likely they are to start rumors and suffer from anxiety and reduced job effectiveness” (p. 13). Managers must meet with employees to provide employee...
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...Informatics Needs Assessment HCS/482 December 22, 2014 Matthew Taylor Informatics Needs Assessment Electronic charting is the move from paper charting to electronic charting. Soon all hospitals and physician offices will make this transition. When an organization if ready to make this change they should consider a needs assessment and use the recommendations made based on the results of the assessment. The purpose of this paper is to explain how and why a needs assessment must be completed before a new electronic health records may be selected. This paper will describe some of the factors that need to be considered in the needs assessment. I will also explain what data should be collected and how or where I can access it. The last thing I will describe is who I would consult and why. The purpose of the needs assessment is to define the gap between an organization’s current state and the needs of the organization with specific attention to the strategic plan (Hebda & Czar, 2013, p. 155). The needs assessment will assist in selecting the electronic health records that will fit the needs of the organization or practice. The process of the assessment should start with the development of a steering committee which should be multidisciplinary. The committee should use the mission and visionary statements to determine the goals. The members of each committee should state what they need from the system (Hebda & Czar, 2013, p. 158). I will discuss the processes that take place...
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...Title stata.com merge — Merge datasets Syntax Remarks and examples Menu References Description Also see Options Syntax One-to-one merge on specified key variables merge 1:1 varlist using filename , options Many-to-one merge on specified key variables merge m:1 varlist using filename , options One-to-many merge on specified key variables merge 1:m varlist using filename , options Many-to-many merge on specified key variables merge m:m varlist using filename , options One-to-one merge by observation merge 1:1 n using filename options , options Description Options keepusing(varlist) generate(newvar) nogenerate nolabel nonotes update replace noreport force variables to keep from using data; default is all name of new variable to mark merge results; default is merge do not create merge variable do not copy value-label definitions from using do not copy notes from using update missing values of same-named variables in master with values from using replace all values of same-named variables in master with nonmissing values from using (requires update) do not display match result summary table allow string/numeric variable type mismatch without error Results assert(results) keep(results) specify required match results specify which match results to keep sorted do not sort; dataset already sorted sorted does not appear in the dialog box. 1 2 merge — Merge datasets Menu Data ...
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...RWC 1: Cogent Communications, Intel, and Others: Mergers go more smoothly when your Data are Ready Case Study Questions 1. Place yourself in the role of a manager at a company undergoing a merge or acquisition. What would be the most important things customers would expect from you while still in that process? What role would IT play in meeting those expectations? Provide at least three examples. Role: Customers expect the same or better service than they are currently receiving-though they likely fear a service disruption. IT plays a significant role if not as a service provider than at least as a vehicle for communications between the organization and its customers. Examples: Banking, telecommunications, and Internet service providers. 2. Focus on what Andi Mann in the case calls “tribal knowledge.” What do you think he means by that, and why is it so important to this process? What strategies would you suggest for companies that are faced with the extensive presence of this issue in an acquired organization? Develop some specific recommendations.l Tribal Knowledge: Is the organizational knowledge maintained in the minds of its employees. In many cases, only experienced employees possess information about who does what, when, and why. While these employees may be redundant following a merger, losing them would mean losing information critical to maintaining the acquired organization’s systems. This loss could result in a disruption of critical services...
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...acquiring the other company’s assets and liabilities. There are various types of business mergers. There are vertical forward integration, vertical backward integration, lateral integration and conglomerate. For example, when a sugar factory merges with a supermarket such as TESCO, it is considered a vertical forward integration because it is merging with a tertiary sector while a sugar factory is a secondary business sector – it processes raw materials and sends them off to a retail or wholesaler for goods to be sold. However, when the sugar factory merges with suppliers such as sugarcane factory, it is considered a vertical backward integration because the sugarcane factory is a primary business sector. Also, if RHB – an Investment bank merges with Commercial banks like HSBC bank or CitiGroup etc, it is considered a conglomerate as commercial banks cater to only individual clients whereas investment banks are financial institutions that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities. Merging these two banks would result in a Universal Bank which participates in many kinds of banking activities. However, when RHB Investment Bank merges with OSK Investment bank, it is under lateral integration. This is because both RHB & OSK are both at the same level - Investment Banks and are at the same field – Business and this is what I will be talking...
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...organization Unlike acquisitions, Mergers usually involve two equal companies who merge to improve long-term shareholder value and overall company performance. If Huffman Trucking Company merged with another trucking company it could reduce many of its expenses. Merging with another trucking company will also decrease the amount of competitors in the trucking market and allow Huffman to grow through the merger of both companies. Merging with another company will also help restructure and share strategies to strengthen the organization and help minimize weakness. Weaknesses of Merging with another organization Merging with another organization can have a clash of differences. Two companies who run things completely different now have to become one company and adapt to the new practices and policies. The Huffman Trucking Company’s mission is to have an intensively competitive logistical service, if they were to merge with a company who had routes to only certain areas of the US that company and its drivers would have to adapt or leave. Loss of personnel is another weakness that can be faced in a merger. If Huffman does not want to add another facility to their operation, the employees of those facilities would face being laid off. Opportunities of Merging with another organization Businesses often merge with other companies because the opportunity arises. A medium size company that merges with another medium sized company now becomes a large company with a bigger...
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...acquires the other through purchase or agreement. Differentiation is the main reasons that PRMC and BRMC may opt to come together. It helps in reducing risk in the market. Acquisition will enable PRMC to spread its risk through diversification. Another reason is to gain financial upper hand in the market since the hospital is operating at loses. These are mostly done by firms that are almost closing or becoming bankrupt. When firms merge, they enjoy the benefits of tax reduction. Economies of scale are another reason why PRMC and BRMC merged. This involves operation costs which are reduced when two firms merge. Both hospitals benefit in their operations. Merging takes place when two separate entities come together. Here one hospital acquires the other through purchase (Collins & Porras, 1996). Merging helped PRMC to reduce risk in the market. Acquisition enables a company to spread its risk through diversification. Another reason is to gain financial upper hand in the market. This involves operation costs which are reduced when two firms merge. PRMC and BRMC benefit in their operations and boast the large human resource. However this theory is still opposed by some economist. Other benefits include; however this theory is still opposed by some economist. Other benefits that may have led to the merging of the...
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...Executive Summary: New Benefit plan for Huge Computer Company In response to your request, our team has evaluated and integrated the benefit package and retirement plans for the newly merged Huge Computer Company. The following report will compare key features of each plan while making observations and recommendations on merging the two plans. Key Issues: • Evaluating and blending of two very different organizations into one. • Transition and new plan - taking into consideration the wide age range and corporate cultures of the two employee groups, especially the software engineers. • Different focuses – younger CC software engineers thriving in a casual environment focusing on high creativity and innovation; older, grounded, and formal individuals from HC. Research Method: The Primary Research method was interviews of the HR managers and departmental managers of both companies. Each interviewee was asked for their assessment of how their current programs meet their respective needs and what the programs lacked; their perceptions of the other company’s plans; and what their personal key areas of concern were in regards to the implementation of a new benefits plan. Results: Benefit Description Importance For HC Importance For CC Recommended for merged plan Choice in Health Ins. Very High Low See Below 401k/IRA options Very High Low See Below Stock Options - High See Below Life Insurance High Low See Below Dental & Vision High High See Below Flex...
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...companies, Huge Co. (HC and Computer Co. (CC), have recently merged to form Huge Computer Company (HCC) and are now starting to combine the operations of both. A key issue of the integration has been how to treat the benefit and retirement plans from the two-companies—in particular, how to blend the plans for the software engineers, who are key to the continued success of the new company. Read the following case and write an executive summary of your key findings for the partner of the Human Resources Consulting firm. Executive Summary: The Merging of Success Huge Computer Company is a result from a merger of Huge Company and Computer Company. Both well-renowned companies that specialize in the latest computer software and hardware. The merge is believed to be in the best interest of each company and will create an even more successful organization. The Mission: Combining business models and benefit plans Both companies have unique strengths to create an even more successful organization. Huge Computer Company combines older employees that have years of computer expertise and knowledge as well as younger employees that with a new outlook and edge when it comes to skillset. Background of Huge Company and Computer Company Huge Company has been in business for 20 years and has 22,000 employees worldwide. Many of the employees have grown with the company and have been accustomed to a formal corporate culture. Their current benefit plan focuses on health benefits, retirement, and...
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...powerful and productive with employee dedication throughout the world. Everyone has a job and will be expected to behave in a manner that will help with anxiety concerns in sales department for continuing market competitiveness. Line managers will be responsible for addressing how the new directions and changes will be conducted for success. Line managers must be aware of all proper communicating on how important this merger is, and what it can mean for everyone that is a part of the merge. The decision to combine EnviroTech with our organization will double profits and allow us to be more productive globally. Therefore, 1st line managers will explain that there will not be any immediate staff cuts and how effective the cost will be when combined with EnviroTech’s organization. As1st line managers, you all will be responsible for managing the change and providing employees with the vision of where merging with EnviroTech is going and how the resources of the vision can be a success. This merge will provide the necessary training to each employee if needed so please inform employees of the training and development programs that will be available to them. I will expect managers to express themselves profoundly, and discuss opportunities for advancement and the advantages of being exposed to a diverse environment with other...
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...Modelling and Computer Simulation Clump Sort: A Stable Alternative To Heap Sort For Sorting Medical Data Visvasuresh Victor Govindaswamy Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA lovebat814@yahoo.com Matthew Caudill Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA Jeff Wilson Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA Daniel Brower Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA G. Balasekaran, FACSM Medical and Sports Science Nanyang Technology University Singapore Abstract—Sorting data sets are a thoroughly researched field. Several sorting algorithms have been introduced and these include Bubble, Insertion, Selection, Shell, Quick, Merge and Heap. In this paper, we present a novel sorting algorithm, named Clump Sort, to take advantage of ordered segments already present in medical data sets. It succeeds in sorting the medical data considerably better than all the sorts except when using totally non-clumped data. In this test using totally nonclumped data, Heap sort does only slightly better than Clump sort. However, Clump sort has the advantage of being a stable sort as the original order of equal elements is preserved whereas in Heap sort, it is not since it does not guarantee that equal elements will appear in their original order after sorting. As such, Clump Sort will have considerably better data cache performance with both clumped and non-clumped data, outperforming Heap Sort on...
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...Mathematical/Analytical Modelling and Computer Simulation Clump Sort: A Stable Alternative To Heap Sort For Sorting Medical Data Visvasuresh Victor Govindaswamy Matthew Caudill Jeff Wilson Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA lovebat814@yahoo.com Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA Daniel Brower G. Balasekaran, FACSM Computer Science Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana, USA Medical and Sports Science Nanyang Technology University Singapore Abstract—Sorting data sets are a thoroughly researched field. Several sorting algorithms have been introduced and these include Bubble, Insertion, Selection, Shell, Quick, Merge and Heap. In this paper, we present a novel sorting algorithm, named Clump Sort, to take advantage of ordered segments already present in medical data sets. It succeeds in sorting the medical data considerably better than all the sorts except when using totally non-clumped data. In this test using totally nonclumped data, Heap sort does only slightly better than Clump sort. However, Clump sort has the advantage of being a stable sort as the original order of equal elements is preserved whereas in Heap sort, it is not since it does not guarantee that equal elements will appear in their original order after sorting. As such, Clump Sort will have considerably better data cache performance with both clumped and non-clumped data, outperforming Heap Sort on...
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... 2. Do the following for Mergesort, Quicksort, Heapsort and dual-pivot Quicksort: a. Create 100,000 random keys (of type long) and sort them. Repeat this 100 times. b. Compute the average CPU time taken to sort the keys for the four methods. c. Comment on the results and compare them to the average-case complexities discussed in class. As we discussed in the class, all these sorting algorithms I used for testing have the same average-case complexities with O (n log n). But the data I got which shows in the upper diagram illustrate that Quick sort is the most fast sorting method especially when you need to sort a large amount of data. Dual-pivot quicksort is also fast than merge sort and Heap sort. Heap sort can be used when the pending data between 1000-1000, 000, and for Merge sort is the first choice when there are more than 1M data. 3. Do the following for the four sorting methods of #2, and for Radix sort: a. Create 100,000 random strings of length 4 and sort them using the five sorting methods. b. Repeat (a) 10 times Compute the average CPU time taken to sort the keys for the five methods. c. Repeat (a) and (b) with strings of length 6, 8, 10. d. Create a table with the results and compare the times with the average-case and worstcase complexities as studied in class. The length of string is 4: The length of string is 6: The length of string is 8: The length of string is 10: The upper diagrams and tables show that when the length...
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...UCCC2063 Analysis Algorithm Assignment Lecturer / Tutor : Mr. Wong Chee Siang Course: CS Name | ID | Cheng Shong Wei | 1103771 | Er Siang Chiang | 1203122 | Ng Yuan Wen | 1201733 | Question 1 : Fibonacci a. Iterative Fibonacci 1. Code: #include <iostream> #include <time.h> using namespace std; int main() { //loop until 80th Fibonacci long long count =10; while (count<=10000000000) { //variables time_t start,end; unsigned long long a = 1, b = 1; //prompt start = clock(); //start timer for(unsigned long long n = 3; n <= count; ++n) //calculated by iterative { unsigned long long fib = a + b; a = b; b = fib; if (n==count) cout<<"Fibonacci Number: "<<fib<<endl; } //end timer show Runtime end=clock(); double diff ((double)(end - start)); double time = diff / CLOCKS_PER_SEC; cout<<"Runtime ("<< count <<"th) : "<< time <<" seconds"<<endl; cout<<"------------------------------------------------------"<<endl; count = count *10; } system ("pause"); return 0; } 2. Analysis: n=3count1=count-3+1 T(n) =count-2 =O(count) =O(n) 3. Table n-th Fibonacci no. | Time 1(sec) | Time 2(sec) | Time 3(sec) | Average(sec) | 10 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 100 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 1’000 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.0013 | 10’000 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.0020 | 100’000 |...
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...1. Illustrate the operation of Radix_sort on the following list of English words: cow, dog, seq, rug, row, mob, box tab, bar ear, tar, dig, big, tea, now, fox. ANSWER: It is a sorting algorithm that is used to sort numbers. We sort numbers from least significant digit to most significant digit. In the following array of words, three is the maximum number of digits a word has, hence the number of passes will be three. In pass 1, sort the words alphabetically using first letter from the right. For eg, tea has “a” as the last letter, hence it comes first, similarly mob which has “b” as the last letter comes second. In this way the remaining words are sorted. In pass 2, sort the words alphabetically using second letter from the right. For eg, tab has “a” as its middle letter which comes first, then comes bar and so on. In pass 3, sort the words alphabetically using third letter from the right. For eg, bar has “b” as its first letter from left and since no word starts with “a”, bar will appear first. Similarly, big, box, cow and so on. UNSORTED ARRAY | PASS 1 | PASS 2 | PASS 3(SORTED ARRAY) | cow | tea | tab | bar | dog | mob | bar | big | seq | tab | ear | box | rug | rug | tar | cow | row | dog | tea | dig | mob | dig | seq | dog | box | big | dig | ear | tab | seq | big | fox | bar | bar | mob | mob | ear | ear | dog | now | tar | tar | cow | row | dig | cow | row | rug | ...
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