M&A Considerations for HR

[Excerpt] Chris Altizer, SVP of HR for Pfizer Diversified Businesses, visited Cornell earlier this month to discuss the important role HR can play in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Altizer discussed what M&A means for a company\u27s culture and how HR needs to think about organizational design, talent management, and the art of due diligence when proceeding through such complex deals

A Human Resources Perspective From the C-Suite: American Express

[Excerpt] Kevin Cox, the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for American Express, presented in a Fall 2011 graduate course on leadership at the ILR school, appropriately named View From the Top. The presentation began by focusing on how American Express utilizes pioneering technologies to continuously innovate within the business and shape the direction of the company. More specifically, the focus of the presentation was the new business unit of American Express called the Enterprise Growth Group. The conversation then transitioned into teaching the class about the roles of a CHRO and the lessons he has learned through his career

The Effects of Media Coverage on Mass Shootings in the United States

This paper discusses the effects media coverage and media portrayal have on mass shootings in the United States. As the occurrences of mass shootings in the United States have increased, the depiction of these events through news outlets, media stories and journal articles have also increased. With these devastating events on the rise, the perceived public safety within the nation is at stake. By evaluating the effects of media coverage on mass shootings, we are able to uncover whether it may be encouraging the increasing trend. Through the examination of multiple news articles, scholarly journals, and books through a behavioral and psychological approach, we are able to further understand how media coverage and portrayal has changed the perception of mass shootings to future perpetrators and whether the discussion of media change surrounding perpetrators has actually occurred. As a result, we are able to conclude that media coverage on perpetrators does have an impact on the occurrences of mass shootings, as the amount attention surrounding perpetrators has been shown to be correlated with the number of shootings

On Searching a Table Consistent with Division Poset

Suppose $P_n=\{1,2,...,n\}$ is a partially ordered set with the partial order defined by divisibility, that is, for any two distinct elements $i,j\in P_n$ satisfying $i$ divides $j$, $i<_{P_n} j$. A table $A_n=\{a_i|i=1,2,...,n\}$ of distinct real numbers is said to be \emph{consistent} with $P_n$, provided for any two distinct elements $i,j\in \{1,2,...,n\}$ satisfying $i$ divides $j$, $a_i< a_j$. Given an real number $x$, we want to determine whether $x\in A_n$, by comparing $x$ with as few entries of $A_n$ as possible. In this paper we investigate the complexity $\tau(n)$, measured in the number of comparisons, of the above search problem. We present a $\frac{55n}{72}+O(\ln^2 n)$ search algorithm for $A_n$ and prove a lower bound $({3/4}+{17/2160})n+O(1)$ on $\tau(n)$ by using an adversary argument.Comment: 16 pages, no figure; same results, representation improved, add reference

Navigation in electronic space: Users\u27 learning strategies of word processing.

In communication research, there has been a lack of studies that investigated how people interact with technologies. As technologies become more complex, the issue of usage must also be addressed. Twenty-eight secretaries and support staff were given a word processing test to assess their level of proficiency. Out of this group, four novice and six advanced users were selected for non-directive interviewing. The study found that advanced and novice users shared very different thought worlds about word processing. Additionally, it was found that there were novices who displayed characteristics of advanced users and there were novices who tended to learn new word processing skills only when their work demanded them (minimally-involved novices). A new hypothesis was developed. The notions of advanced-novice users (ANUs) and novice-advanced users (NAUs) were suggested. The ANUs was defined as novices who displayed characteristics of advanced users. The NAUs was defined as experienced users who displayed characteristics of novice users. A Likert scale was constructed to test whether these two notions appeared valid. The results supported the hypothesis. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of Communication Studies. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1991 .C4534. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 31-01, page: 0457. Chairperson: Thomas F. Carney. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1991