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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business

The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business

Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. Embracing positive indifference.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

You’ll have to read on to hear our opinion (see Culture section in particular). THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY CULTURE. The firm focuses more on expertise and pedigree than merit, and the firm’s high turnover rate is self-fulfilling – low cultural cohesion leads to more of the same. What does that mean?

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. In 2006, they acquired The Real Learning Company, which specializes in providing models, tools and programs for mapping, developing and managing performance for individuals and teams. In 2006 BTS also acquired Advantage Performance Group, Inc which focuses on business development. Social Media.

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Job Hub: Pixar Animation Studios Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

———— History & Culture. Pixar Animation Studios actually began as Graphics Group, a division of Lucasfilm, in 1979 before becoming a corporation in 1986 with major funding from Steve Jobs; it was later bought by Disney in 2006 for 7.4 It’s your opportunity to bring imagination to life.”. billion dollars.

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How to Be an Inspiring Leader

Harvard Business

Even fewer felt that their leaders fostered engagement or commitment and modeled the culture and values of the corporation. To achieve great performance, companies need a leadership profile that reflects their unique context, strategy, business model, and culture—the company’s unique behavioral signature. Related Video.

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Study: A CEO’s Decision Making Is Shaped by Whether Their Parents Were Immigrants

Harvard Business

Does cultural background affect a leader’s decision making? There’s a lot of research on how leaders living in different cultures behave, but little on how cultural heritage shapes leaders — even though this would seem to be just as meaningful for business performance as other factors like experience and education.

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