domingo, 24 de octubre de 2010

merging and acquisition process

Merging and acquisition are 2 very common methods that companies use to expand the business and in some cases to grow in foreign markets.

Merging takes places when two companies decide to work together as one, and become one unique company, they share productivity knowledge and other factors to reach a common goal, when 2 companies merge as one they are looking for been bigger and stronger in the market and this leads to economical benefits for each partner.
In acquisition process what happens it’s not that tow companies decide to work together but in this case one of the companies decided to buy the other one to keep a full control of its process and give the other company a different management and organizational structure, in this case the company that acquires the other gains benefits such as market share, experience and process establishments and if the company its established in a foreign market gains all the process of adaptation and establishment in the new market.

There have been many acquisitions to Indian companies like for example the case of GHCL an Indian manufacturer and distributor of inorganic chemicals based in the state of Gujarat, acquired Dan River another example is the company Tata Steel bought the English-Dutch steel maker Corus it was a negotiation of about $12 billion.

An example of an Indian company that beholding this process it’s the airline company called Kingfisher Airlines, which is considered to be the best airline and its going through a process to merge with Iberia y British Airways. The decision and negotiation was fist taken by Iberia and British airways and consider with this merge they will have a clear potential market to be able to be part off. What they will do is work as one to offer better benefits to clients and be bigger and stronger in the market.

references:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DAN+RIVER+ACQUIRED+BY+INDIA-BASED+MANUFACTURER+GHCL-a0144312614

http://www.expansion.com/2010/09/06/empresas/transporte/1283758622.html?a=b474d6227b35d6e253b8e5f11e1381f3&t=1287959317

IOM and women migrant workers


The IOM (international organization for migration) is a intergovernmental organization established in 1951, committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society, they are focus on working to solve some direct dimensions of migration which includes: labor migration, family reunification, combating irregular migration, migration and trade, migrant rights etc.


Some of the IOM main focuses are:
Assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management.
Advance understanding of migration issues.
Encourage social and economic development through migration.
Uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.


The IOM works for the benefits and rights of the migrant and it is true that many migrants are woman which also have to face with rejection and misunderstanding and voluntary or many times obligated become migrants searching other opportunities or to escape from a cruel life. In order to help them the IOM works to protect woman migrant workers rights, offering policies that guarantee equal conditions for migrant woman’s, the IOM also provides information for woman to have a better opportunity and chances to avoid illegal migration, IOM and its programs helps woman to avoid discrimination and even have health assistant program, they become a support were woman find a real opportunity to undergo their migrant conditions.
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UBUNTU PHILOSOPHY


The African philosophy Ubunti is based on a concept of harmony and cooperation among a group to make this better and work smoothly, how people behave towards that group and how a person can feel in a way of protected and with feeling of personal growing depending on the group that surrounds him.

the person undertaking this philosophy think like "I am, because we are" and all feelings are shared among this social group, which creates an atmosphere of trust which helps to a better development to all activities and goal proposed.

If cross-cultural managers have a clear concept and implement this philosophy on the groups of working and employees, their tasks will be fulfill easily they will work in a harmony atmosphere which will increase one way or the other their productivity and will have a feeling of belonging and commitment which is difficult to reach if a group doesn’t cooperate like a family.
The main proposal if manager implement this is to make employees and partners work happier, understand their behaviors and make them feel they belong to the company make an harmony atmosphere to work and will gain lots of benefits by implementing this philosophy.
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