Utah Symphony And Utah Opera Merger

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    The Merger of Two

    The Merger Of Two An evaluation of the corporate culture at Utah Opera and Utah Symphony and its effects on the upcoming merger Competing Values Framework Utah Symphony Competing Values Framework The Symphony best aligns with the Clan culture. Performers and director function as a family. Most decisions are made as a group. (inward focus) Shared values and goals. Utah Symphony Competing Values Framework The Opera best aligns with the Market culture. Performances are limited. (3-5 a

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    Jft2 Task 3

    Strategic Analysis of the Merger of Utah Opera and Utah Symphony Financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses of the Utah Symphony. There are almost no financial strengths that can be claimed for the Symphony. The only one that is evident in Exhibit 3 is that performance revenues are projected to increase by 18% for the succeeding year, 2002. Weaknesses are more evident and significant as outline in the following section. The most significant weakness is that the expenses are almost

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    Jft2 Organizational Management

    the “Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal” case study. You will develop a proposed action plan for the new leader, Anne Ewers, to help her in the development of a new strategy to measure the success of the ongoing merger process. The strategic goals for the first year of the merger include the following: • Integrate the business processes of the two companies • Reduce overall expenses as a percentage to profit • Retain key employees • Maintain audience base for both the Utah Opera

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    balanced scorecard system to improve strategic success. Introduction: In this task, you will analyze the “Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal” case study. You will develop a proposed action plan for the new leader, Anne Ewers, to help her in the development of a new strategy to measure the success of the ongoing merger process. The strategic goals for the first year of the merger include the following: • Integrate the business processes of the two companies • Reduce overall

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    Rjft Task 1

    Bill Bailey, Chairman of the Board of the Utah Opera, could use Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation in order to convince those involved in the opera to support the merger. Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation states “how an individual’s motivation to behave in a certain way is fueled by feelings of inequity or a lack of justice.” (Kreitner & Kiniki, 2010). It would be important for Bailey to have a full understanding of distributive and procedural justice. Distributive justice refers to the fairness

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    Chairman of the Board of the Utah Opera Organization, could perhaps use the Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation to oppose the merger based on fairness to the opera. The symphony has no flexibility in when it chooses to appropriate funds for concerts whereas the opera can make key decisions on spending based on funds raised beforehand. Now I wouldn’t take to extreme measures to believe that trustees from the opera would retaliate against trustees of the symphony, but the fairness of how each

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    Jft2 Task 1

    2 Jessica Emmons JFT2 Organizational Management Task 1 July 30, 2014 1. Bill Bailey – chairman of the board of the Utah Opera Organization a. Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation Adam’s Equity Theory of Motivation is a model of motivation that explains how people strive for fairness and justice in social exchanges or give-and-take relationships. The organizational justice theory is an expansion of the equity theory that works to explain employees’ attitudes and behaviors and reflects

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    Buisness Mdel

    1. Bill Bailey Motivational Technique Bill Bailey is opposed to the merger of his opera to the Utah Symphony for many reasons and wants to encourage his organization to oppose the merger. I believe he could us the Vroom’s Expectancy Theory to achieve this if presented properly. The Vroom’s Expectancy Theory states that the probability of a person acting in a certain way depends on the strength of the belief that the action will create a certain outcome and the attractiveness of that outcome to

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    Org Management - Task 2

    the ongoing merger of the Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony. A balanced scorecard has been provided for both organizations, and this document will include analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each organization and recommendations that Ms. Ewers can take to address the weaknesses. Additionally, I will analyze the four aspects (including strengths and weaknesses) of the scorecards for each company and finally identify one highly probable issue that could arise during the merger process in the

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    explained his reaction to the idea: My initial knee-jerk reaction when Parker first proposed the merger was negative. Change is a pariah in this business. People, including me , tend to cling to existing models. I eventually realized that my main reason for believing it [the merger] was a bad idea was because it was different. I also realized at the time that if I had said no to the idea, the merger would not have gone forward. Parker made it abundantly clear to me that his and the executive

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