Business Management

  Cast your mind back to all the organisations you have interacted with in the past few weeks. Reflect on your interactions for evidence of emotional labour. Note down as many examples as you can with a short concise description of how emotional labour was performed and what impact this ‘performance’ had on you. Create a mind map to communicate these examples and effects of emotional labour.

  After reading and reflecting on  Engert, O. and E. O’Loughlin ‘How to win at M&A’ , McKinsey & Company (28 May 2018) The main success factors for building and managing M&A (mergers and acquisitions) can be summarized as follows based on the insights: Understanding Organizational Culture : One of the primary factors is understanding and integrating organizational cultures. Failure to do so often leads to integration failures. Successful companies pay significant attention to aligning cultures and addressing cultural conflicts early in the process. Tailoring Integration Approach : Successful M&A strategies involve tailoring integration approaches to each specific situation rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach. This includes recognizing the unique aspects of each deal, such as the target company's culture, talent, and value sources. Pacing Integration Process : The pace of integration has evolved. High-performing companies recognize the need for c...

  Covid-19 and the nearly year-long global shutdown it caused profoundly shifted the communication and logistics of international business. As populations grappled with observing new hygiene and social distancing protocols to survive a global pandemic, the businesses on which their livelihood depended upon were forced to reevaluate how they conducted themselves in order to survive. While the pandemic was, without question, a tragedy, it exposed weaknesses and inefficiencies in our existing systems and processes that ultimately improved domestic and international business. Some adopted trends have endured past the pandemic, most notably the adaptation of work-from-home positions by the general workforce and the adoption of teleconferencing virtually instead of more expensive and time-consuming face-to-face meetings. Less obvious but equally important adaptations were the shift to cloud computing and digitization. Closed borders, curfews, travel limitations, trade restrictions, and...