What are the Best Practices to Follow in Order to Establish and Spread Culture for a Newly Formed Company Post-Merger?

[Excerpt] Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has seen a significant increase in the past several decades and 68% of executives at US-headquartered corporations believe this pattern will continue. Although human capital can be the largest expense to impact a company’s income statement, it should be looked at with the lens of being an asset to the company and one worth strategically investing in. Knowing this, it is extremely important for a company to be prepared for any large changes to or impacts on their workforce, particularly during a M&A. In addition, a company must address the question of whether or not to integrate cultures post-merger. The answer is determined by the reason for the M&A; are the companies looking to achieve economies of scale or of scope? In other words, it must be clear what the objective of the merger is for both companies: growing the current customer base or gaining a new one

What are the Benefits and Challenges of Implementing a Flexible Work Program?

[Excerpt] Flexible work, from compressed work weeks to job sharing to telecommuting to adjustable schedules, has bloomed over the past decade with changes in technology and life demands. 43% of U.S. workers work remotely at least some of the time and 62% of companies have pockets of flexibility in place. Globally, 20% of workers spend at least part of their job working from home. Flexible work arrangement adoption has increased in order to offer employees the ability to adjust their schedules to meet personal needs and to offer employers the ability to meet the needs of the organization. Oftentimes, flexible work options are no longer perceived as an additional benefit but an expected element of a job

What Does a Successful Leader Look Like in the Future of Work?

[Excerpt] By 2021, four generations will be in the workplace. Each of these generations has unique attitudes, behaviors and approaches that will need to be recognized and managed. In order to be a successful organization and win during the war for talent, companies will need to identify the different needs across generations, and implement competitive strategies to attract and retain both current and future talent. It is a common belief amongst experts and scholars that the most important difference between a successful and unsuccessful organization is that of effective leadership. With the future of work changing, it is critical for companies to identify what successful leaders will need to look like

La construcción de espacios educativos significativos como estrategia de intervención con maestros

En el presente documento se describe un proceso de intervención en el que participaron maestras de preescolar y primero de primaria de la ciudad de Cali. La propuesta está orientada a ofrecer un espacio de reflexión de la práctica docente que permita generar procesos educativos que favorezcan la comprensión del conocimiento matemático de los niños en el aula. Se evidenciaron transformaciones en las concepciones de las maestras en relación con los ambientes de aprendizaje, las competencias de los niños y la enseñanza de las matemáticas

Investigating the origin of time with trapped ions

Even though quantum systems in energy eigenstates do not evolve in time, they can exhibit correlations between internal degrees of freedom in such a way that one of the internal degrees of freedom behaves like a clock variable, and thereby defines an internal time, that parametrises the evolution of the other degrees of freedom. This situation is of great interest in quantum cosmology where the invariance under reparametrisation of time implies that the temporal coordinate dissapears and is replaced by the Wheeler-DeWitt constraint. Here we show that this paradox can be investigated experimentally using the exquisite control now available on moderate size quantum systems. We describe in detail how to implement such an experimental demonstration using the spin and motional degrees of freedom of a single trapped ion.Comment: 5 page

Photonic microwave harmonic generator driven by an optoelectronic ring oscillator

We describe a new architecture to generate microwave signals by optical means. Our system combines the advantages of two techniques: frequency multipliers and loop oscillators. A frequency multiplier allows to obtain high frequencies using frequency harmonic generation, nevertheless, a very good quality reference signal is necessary to drive the system. In our setup, this reference signal is obtained using a loop oscillator. Optoelectronic loop oscillators generate signals with good performance in terms of phase noise and linewidth. We present the theory related to those techniques and the experimental data obtained

Merging of optoelectronic techniques for microwave signal generation

This paper describes some recent evolutions about optical generation of microwave signals. Among these, multiloop ring oscillator and harmonic generation allow both rise in frequency and wide tunability. Besides, using microresonators and optical sources like VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) induces better integration and lower power consumption. Taking advantage of these attractive features, a new architecture of photonic microwave source is proposed

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HESS debates student loan bill -- Task force studies ways to slice university budget -- Jones House for daycare facility -- Fellowship: a chance to see the Orient -- Anders nabs Fulbright: selected from field of 400 -- EDITORIAL -- LETTERS -- Message in Perseverance potent today as in 1937 -- Study Center extends benefits to UAJ students -- March ski-a-thon raises 18,000 in pledges -- Basketball season bounces to a finish -- Intramural BB season ends -- Update: House Bill 161 -- Hubbard featured in statewide UA publication -- Dunne busy organizing UAJ Native Club -- Graduates urged to prepare for tremendous change -- In search of the perfect Juneau meal -- What value on human life? -- One of five V.C. finalists visits campus -- Peer advisement: a new concept in helping people -- Artists for Peace to tour USSR this fall -- UAJ's Rosenthal back on tour in Alaska -- Historical/contemporary art on display -- Classified -- UAJ students named to Chancellor's and Dean's lists -- Are the costs of UAJ athletics/activities worth it? -- Benefits of Maharishi Technology discussed at UA

When Octavio Paz read Sor Juana: The Traps of Faith and its answers

Pasados más de treinta años de la primera edición del ambicioso ensayo de Octavio Paz Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o Las trampas de la fe, el objetivo del presente trabajo es plantear algunas cuestiones que permitan contextualizar y explicar más cabalmente la significación de este libro en la ya inabarcable tradición crítica sobre sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, e intentar aportar asimismo una breve interpretación de su papel en el conjunto de la producción del poeta y ensayista mexicano.After over thirty years since the first edition of Octavio Paz’s ambitious essay, Sor Juana, Or the Traps of Faith, this paper raises some questions to better contextualize and explain the significance of this book within the vast critical tradition of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, as well as to try to contribute with a brief interpretation of its role in the overall production of the Mexican poet and essayist

Influencia de la tecnología digital en el fenómeno cinematográfico

Vivimos en la actualidad un avance imparable de la tecnología. La ley de Moore ilustra el crecimiento exponencial de la potencia de los circuitos integrados, con el consecuente abaratamiento de los dispositivos al mismo tiempo que suben sus prestaciones. Este avance acelerado tiene consecuencias en todos los ámbitos humanos. Con el nacimiento del cine digital, se han multiplicado las posibilidades de los efectos especiales, y su potencial para reproducir la realidad con una verosimilitud cada vez mayor no cesa. El presente trabajo se cuestiona cómo influye esta proliferación de las posibilidades técnicas en el fenómeno cinematográfico, entendido desde todos sus ángulos, tanto a nivel productivo, discursivo, estético, industrial como de consumo y recepción, contrastando posturas de diversos autores para tratar de exponer el estado de la cuestión