Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, Volume 1 (Advances in Accounting Education Teaching and Curriculum Innovations)

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Advances in Accounting Education is a refereed, academic research annual whose purpose is to meet the needs of individuals interested in the ways to improve their classroom instruction. Major changes are occurring in accounting education as a result of recommendations from the Accounting Education Change Commission, the American Institute of CPAs, the Institute of Management Accountants and the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (the accrediting agency) and the new 150-Hour Requirement. We publish thoughtful, well-developed articles that are readable, relevant and reliable. Articles may be either empirical and non-empirical. They emphasize pedagogy, i.e., explaining how teaching methods or curricula/programs can be improved.

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Achieving Post-Merger Success: A Stakeholder's Guide to Cultural Due Diligence, Assessment, and Integration
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Achieving Post-Merger Success: A Stakeholder's Guide to Cultural Due Diligence, Assessment, and Integration
J. Robert Carleton , and Claude Lineberry
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“The failure rate of mergers and acquisitions is unreasonable, unacceptable, and unnecessary,” say Claude S. Lineberry and J. Robert Carleton in this much-needed resource, which outlines their unique, proven, and practical process for increasing the success of mergers and acquisitions. Written for all those with a vested interest in the success of the deal—board of directors, executives, managers, employees, and shareholders—and based on years of research and real-world experience, Achieving Post-Merger Success is a down-to-earth guide that gives stakeholders the tools they need to

Profile and assess corporate cultures
Identify potential or actual culture clash barriers to a merger or acquisition
Determine what to do to avoid, minimize, and resolve culture clash
Plan for efficient and effective post-merger cultural integration of the two organizations

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· Profile and assess corporate cultures

· Identify potential or actual culture clash barriers to a merger or acquisition

· Determine what to do to avoid, minimize, and resolve culture clash

· Plan for efficient and effective post-merger cultural integration of the two organizations

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Guide to using Cultural Due Diligence in merger situations.......2006-09-12

The main point the authors try to make is that typically in merger and acquisition situations corporate culture of the parties involved is not studied as methodically as legal, fiscal issues and other hardware issues.

Their Cultural Due Diligence Model aims to add an invaluable element to the process by focusing proactively on corporate culture at the planning, implementation and post merger stages of the merger. They also show the post-merger Cultural Integration and Alignment process detailing what to do after the merger is announced. Though it may seem like a typical `consultant' tool at first glance, the Organizational System Scan Model can be a handy tool if it is utilized at the planning stages of M&A.

Designed to be a hands-on resource, Achieving Post-Merger Success and the accompanying CD-ROM have many operational-level tools, checklists, case studies, worksheets, and samples which can be useful tools for organizations to minimize culture clash and integration problems. Some more examples like the British Airways example would have aided the reader see the reality in actual M&A situations.

The authors also assume that the tools provided are valid universally irrespective of national culture. This delinking corporate culture from national culture can be very misleading and potentially dangerous. In reality many of the tools e.g., staff involvement day, where one gives feedback and advice to own boss and the CEO would cause confusion and distress in many cultures. In many cultures people simply answer politely and 360 degree feedbacks would give a false sense of security. In spite of these shortcomings, this is a valuable book for people planning and overseeing corporate mergers.

Useless Book.......2005-09-06

This is an absolutely poor book of no added-value to the reader. It is poorly written (not much text anyway, more bullet points).

Not too bad.......2004-10-13

It's not an unuseful book. Problems of cultural clash during mergers are not a new topic in management literature, but since most executives still don't seem to care much about that, this book is valuable. The methods described by the authors are interesting, the check lists are useful, but it's definitely a book written by consultants: "You gather people in a meeting room, you have the big boss do a speech, you make everyone work together during 2 hours, and that's it". If only it was that simple...
And the chapter about "organization as a system" has no purpose.

At last! Sensible Meger and Acquisition Guidance.......2004-04-01

Rather than listening to conventional wisdom or advice from the occult, people involved in mergers and acquistions should heed the guidance of these authors.They provide useful, solid, and proven advice for those who would really like to "get it right."
The authors are experienced and helped a number of "big league" organizations. They sort out the practical from the theoretical.
In writing this clear guide, they also displace many current myths about this business, including "culture is important but no one knows how to deal with culture." Now we do, thanks to Carleton and Lineberry.

Written in clear terms with approriate cases-in-point this is a must for anyone doing an acquisition or advising one. Really good stuff.

Must-Read for Executives Engaged in M&A's.......2004-03-22

As an executive coach, I have read just about every book on M&A to help my clients navigate the turbulent waters of mergers, acquisitions and subsequent integration. This book is the best by far. M&As are up sharply in this economy as a means of pursuing corporate growth; however, as this book deftly illustrates, 55 to 75 percent of all mergers fail to achieve their financial goals. The authors cite disturbing statistics associated with M&As: stock prices decline approximately 70 percent of the time when an M&A is announced; only 23 percent of acquisitions earn back their capital cost; productivity declines 50 percent during the first four to eight months after the M&A; and about 60 percent of mergers result in lowered profitability for as long as seven years after the merger. Clearly, poorly-executed M&A's can be career-limiting. The reason for M&A failures is not a lack of financial and legal due diligence. Most executives engage in exceptionally thorough legal and financial due diligence processes. The reason for failed M&As is culture clash, the inability to integrate the operational, cultural and people aspects of the merging organizations. Culture clash results in internal confusion and in-fighting, inefficiency, frustration, downtime, and too much internal focus when what is needed is an external focus on customers. In addition to loss of staff morale and motivation, poorly executed M&As can result in the loss of key executives (nearly half within three years), decreased customer service and satisfaction, and brand confusion.

This outstanding book outlines a simple and effective process for my executive clients to engage in cultural due diligence (CDD). This process can be undertaken simultaneously with the legal and financial due diligence processes, usually inside of 30 days. This cultural due diligence process can eliminate culture clash, significantly increasing the likelihood of success of the merger, my executive clients and their careers. I view CDD as an essential process which supports the M&A, not one which turns up reasons not to pursue it. In addition to the logical and simple CDD process presented in this book, authors Bob Carleton and Claude Lineberry have included many case studies of successful M&A's as well as helpful worksheets and flow charts to help my executive clients pilot their M&A and integration. They've even included a CD-ROM filled with checklists, worksheets, agendas for staff and executive meetings to ensure cultural alignment, and other integration tools which can be customized and/or reproduced. I plan to give this book to every one of my executive clients contemplating or engaging in a merger. It just may save their careers!

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From making sure there is adequate lighting in the parking lot to understanding what actions can be taken to keep books and materials from being stolen, librarians involved with the physical plant need to know how to practice defensive law, protect themselves against negligence, and resolve disputes. Using many practical examples, Library Facilities and the Law covers all the basics, including the historical and legal background of the law relating to the subject; safety and how to avoid being negligent; handling use of meeting rooms; maintenance agreements and contracts for repairs; opening and closing the library; security issues; restrooms; and the grounds. Warnings about -- and remedies for -- potential pitfalls, model policies, checklists, and sample forms are included throughout.

Private vs. Public Operation of Juvenile Correctional Facilities (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship) (Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship)

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Gaylene Styve Armstrong
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Armstrong studies the environmental quality of confinement in private and public juvenile correctional facilities using data from 48 facilities, representing 4,590 delinquents, 1,362 staff, and 48 administrators in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Her results demonstrate that neither staff nor juvenile delinquents perceived the environmental quality to be significantly different between private and public facilities. Further, compared to public facilities, private facilities were smaller, newer and had a more intensive admission process for juvenile delinquents. Public and Private correctional staff differed significantly on age and prior work experience. Differences in the juvenile populations were minimal.

An Academic Approach.(library security systems)(Brief Article): An article from: Security Management

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An Academic Approach.(library security systems)(Brief Article): An article from: Security Management
Rita Premo
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 846 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An Academic Approach.(library security systems)(Brief Article)
Author: Rita Premo
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 45 Issue: 9 Page: 34

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Local law library takes roar out of legalese lion.(Higher Education)(Research: The volume-filled facility welcomes any Lane County resident with a legal ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on October 21, 2002. The length of the article is 659 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Your organization's role in copyright education.(copyright education and Laws) : An article from: Information Outlook

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Author: Lesley Ellen Harris
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[Program for the establishment of law libraries in the major correctional facilities of Kansas]

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This introduction to basic practical tools, methods and phenomena in quantitative astronomy covers topics across a wide range of areas, from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths. Clear presentations of the topics are accompanied by diagrams and problem sets. Written for undergraduates and graduate students, the book will introduce them to the practice and study of quantitative and analytical astronomy and astrophysics.

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current methods of taking observations.......2006-06-28

The focus [pun intended] is on observational astronomy. Rather than the astrophysics of exotic objects like black holes. Bradt goes through the electromagnetic spectrum. In various regions of this, like the Xray or the visible, he explains the most common methods of taking observations. This is a function of our current technology.

Though, and this is important to note, the technology is continually improving. Hence the book can also be usefully read as a projection into the near future of logically improved capabilities. Maybe the most exciting of which is better images of extrasolar stars and planetary systems. Especially visible images.

The text is detailed enough to be useful to an undergrad astronomy or physics major. Some elements might be too advanced for a lay reader.

Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X: New Light on the Evolutionists
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Loren Eiseley
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New light on the true origin of The Origin of Species

Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X: New Light on the Evolutionists (A Harvest/HBJ book)
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New light on the true origin of The Origin of Species.......1998-04-27

If you thought you knew all there was to know about Charles Darwin and his evolutionary hypothesis, but you haven't read this book, then think again. Eiseley's research is impeccable, but his findings strike to the very heart of the Darwin legend, revealing a deeply flawed and basically dishonest seeker after self-aggrandisement. No wonder it's out of print! Despite his findings Eiseley remained a Darwinist and an evolutionist to his dying day. This book is no slice of creationist propoganda, it is a carefully written, highly readable review of the facts. If you have any interest in the history of evolutionism - pro or con - this book should be very near the top of your reading list.

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Loren Eiseley
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Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X New Light on the Evolutionists
Loren Eiseley
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Francis (Hank) L. Simpson, a child of World War II and his mother's darling, is convinced that charm and personality will carry him through life's problems. Hank's National Service in the RAF is a rude awakening, when the horrible necessity of sharing his private moments with other unfortunate conscripts, coupled with excessive drinking to stem the rising sap of manhood, makes Hank's time pass in a flurry of excesses.

Hank's father, who survived Dunkirk, believes his son has serious problems with facing reality, but Hank's loving mother is always at hand, and Hank knows he can rely on her.

Girls and brown ale are Hank's chief comforts, and these would suffice--until a madman is loose in Ventnor, and heroic Hank is called upon to come to the town's rescue.

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