Inhaltsangabe:Summary: M&A transactions and corporate change are frequent occurrences in the globalized economies of today (c.f. section External growth and communication as global trends , page 1). On a global scale, led by the U.S., the European Union and Germany, M&A transactions have clearly become a global mega trend. Despite their growing popularity, M&A transactions often fail to produce the desired outcomes (c.f. section M&A Failure and Corporate Communications , page 5). This is partly due to poor M&A communication. The study at hand has several aims: To discuss the significance of M&A communication for the overall success of a transaction To establish the general determinants for the quality of M&A communication The key success factors To examine the individual determinants The factors determining the quantitative and qualitative deployment of M&A communication and its adjustment to the varying preconditions of different transactions Secondary as well as primary data led to the conclusion that M&A communication is of high significance to the success of an M&A transaction and can impact its results. Even if M&A communication can never be the single most important factor, determining merger success or failure, corporations acknowledging the significance of best-practice M&A communication have a higher M&A success probability and avoid opportunity costs. As described in more detail in section The significance of M&A communication for the overall success of a transaction , page 51, M&A communication derives its significance from the functions it fulfills. In the course of the interviews, those functions could be identified as reputation function, manipulation function, information function, acceptance function, action function, security function, and motivation function. In the context of post-merger integration communication, especially the possibility to decrease employees level of change resistance, uncertainty, frustration and demotivation is of particular value to transaction success. Even if communication per-se is a qualitative, not a quantitative factor, the study at hand concludes that there are ways to assess and evaluate communication success. If communication is ranked against what communication can possibly accomplish, communication success can be defined and measured (c.f. section The assessment of M&A communication success , page 57). As communication is significant to M&A transaction success and as [...]
Inhaltsangabe:Summary: M&A transactions and corporate change are frequent occurrences in the globalized economies of today (c.f. section External growth and communication as global trends , page 1). On a global scale, led by the U.S., the European Union and Germany, M&A transactions have clearly become a global mega trend. Despite their growing popularity, M&A transactions often fail to produce the desired outcomes (c.f. section M&A Failure and Corporate Communications , page 5). This is partly due to poor M&A communication. The study at hand has several aims: To discuss the significance of M&A communication for the overall success of a transaction To establish the general determinants for the quality of M&A communication The key success factors To examine the individual determinants The factors determining the quantitative and qualitative deployment of M&A communication and its adjustment to the varying preconditions of different transactions Secondary as well as primary data led to the conclusion that M&A communication is of high significance to the success of an M&A transaction and can impact its results. Even if M&A communication can never be the single most important factor, determining merger success or failure, corporations acknowledging the significance of best-practice M&A communication have a higher M&A success probability and avoid opportunity costs. As described in more detail in section The significance of M&A communication for the overall success of a transaction , page 51, M&A communication derives its significance from the functions it fulfills. In the course of the interviews, those functions could be identified as reputation function, manipulation function, information function, acceptance function, action function, security function, and motivation function. In the context of post-merger integration communication, especially the possibility to decrease employees level of change resistance, uncertainty, frustration and demotivation is of particular value to transaction success. Even if communication per-se is a qualitative, not a quantitative factor, the study at hand concludes that there are ways to assess and evaluate communication success. If communication is ranked against what communication can possibly accomplish, communication success can be defined and measured (c.f. section The assessment of M&A communication success , page 57). As communication is significant to M&A transaction success and as [...]
Appropriating insights from empirical findings and theoretical constructs of 'embodied cognition', this study explores how theological understanding is accommodated to the bodily nature of human cognition. The principle of divine accommodation provides a theological framework for considering the human cognitive capacities that are accommodated by theological concepts and ecclesial practices. A rich portrait of the nature of human cognitive capacities is drawn from an emerging paradigm in cognitive science, embodied cognition, which proposes that cognition depends upon bodily sensorimotor systems to ground concepts and to draw upon environmental resources. Embodied cognition's hypothesis that human concepts are grounded in sensorimotor states poses a theological quandary for God-concepts, since identifying God with sensorimotor content risks idolatry. The incarnation resolves this problem in theological epistemology by grounding God-concepts in bodily understanding, while avoiding idolatry. Thus, the incarnation represents an accommodation to human conceptual capacities. Embodied cognition further hypothesises that cognition relies on sensorimotor engagement with the world rather than internal mental representations. Subsequently, in addition to the brain, bodily states and environmental artefacts 'scaffold' cognitive processes. A scaffolded view of cognition highlights the cognitive import of embodied religious practices, which choregraph the body and curate material culture. Tobias Tanton applies dozens of studies identifying mechanisms by which bodily or environmental factors influence cognition to the embodied and material dimensions Christian practices. On account of their inherent cognitive effects, practices are theorised to have intrinsic 'embodied' meanings alongside 'symbolic' ones established by conventions. Consequently, liturgy is seen as a bearer of theological content rather than merely an expression of it; a locus of religious experience; and a crucial determinate of religious and ethical formation. Again, the embodied nature of Christian liturgy is understood in terms of accommodation. Embodied cognition research helpfully illuminates the details of human embodiment to which theological understanding must be accommodated.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face the same family issues as their heterosexual counterparts, but that is only the beginning of their struggle. The LGBT community also encounters legal barriers to government recognition of their same-sex relationships and relationships to their own children. Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families addresses partner recognition, parenting, issues affecting children of LGBT parents, health care, discrimination, senior care and elder rights, and equal access to social services. Sean Cahill and Sarah Tobias provide up-to-date, accurate analysis of the major policies affecting LGBT people, their same-sex partners, and their children. This valuable resource offers literature reviews of demographic research as well as original research based on the U.S. Census same-sex couple sample. It also provides a look at the 30-year history of right-wing anti-gay activism and the intra-community intellectual debates over the fight for marriage. "The sheer diversity of gay people and opinion shines through Cahill and Tobias's fact-packed depiction of same-sex couples and their kids, their needs and day-to-day challenges, and the movement for fairness and the freedom to marry. The disparate personal stories and struggles in this informative book underscore the importance of ending discrimination in marriage and ensuring that no family is left behind." —Evan Wolfson, Founder and Executive Director of the Freedom to Marry Project "A concise, comprehensive guide to gay-family issues that combines an impassioned progressive sensibility with a firm respect for facts." —Jonathan Rauch, senior writer and columnist for National Journal,Atlantic Monthly correspondent, and author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America "Cahill and Tobias offer readers a thorough and immensely readable guide to the legal problems faced by LGBT families." —Ellen Andersen, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis "For an account of policy issues that frame lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) family lives here in the United States, one need look no further. Sean Cahill and Sarah Tobias supply accurate and up-to-date information about the legal and policy contexts of LGBT lives across the country. This book is sure to be a valuable resource for students and scholars, as well as for others seeking to understand and challenge discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity." —Charlotte J. Patterson, University of Virginia Sean Cahill is Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Sarah Tobias is a feminist theorist and LGBT activist who earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She has taught Political Theory at colleges in New York and New Jersey, and currently works as Senior Policy Analyst in the Democracy program at Demos, a New York City–based think tank.
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