Management Final Copy and paste the three questions above your answers. Watch the videos and read the information after the videos. Use Essay format - use a total of three outside sources and your textbook. In-text citations and references are needed.

Chapter 18.3 External Sources of Technology and Innovation

Title Source Length Slides Top 10 Business Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time Watchmojo.com 10:51 14, 15 and 16 Top 10 Disastrous Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time Watchmojo.com 2:40

Synopsis: A merger is like a marriage, so the likelihood of one such corporate "wedding" being successful rather than ending in divorce means examples of successful mergers will always stand out.

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSsPsbfkZI Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dFvhq2sKfM

As Section 18.3 explains, the significant advantages of an external technology acquisition process are speed and cost. This is because the time needed to integrate an acquired technology or innovation into the firm is usually much shorter than the time needed to make a discovery and bring it to market or implement it within the firm.

However, the disadvantages are due to the need to blend different companies or bring staff outside the culture into the activities of the firm. A merger is, after all, like a marriage, so the likelihood of one such corporate "wedding" being successful rather than ending in divorce means examples of successful mergers will always stand out.

Question #1 Watch the first linked video, which presents what is claimed to be the "Top 10 Business Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time". What were the two main reasons proposed in the early minutes of the video why these deals were made? In other words, what specific advantages was the acquiring company trying to achieve by this "marriage"?

Question #2 Next, view the second video, which features the "Top 10 Disastrous Mergers & Acquisitions". What happened to derail these attempts at blending two organizations? What takeaways or rules for successful M&A could you develop after reading the Section and watching these two videos?

Chapter 16.0 Introduction

Title Source Length Slides John Legere CNBC International TV 25:50 3, 4

Synopsis: Hear straight from John Legere how his unique approach to the top manager's job at T-Mobil makes a positive difference.

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unb5JJeIgJI

The EXPLORING MANAGERIAL CAREERS feature box profiles T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who is described as quite the atypical CEO, and a bit controversial for more than one incident where Legere's choice of words could have been more sensitive or appropriate. What better way to understand a person than to hear them tell things in their own words, actually, Legere has a number of interviews posted on the Internet.

The video selected was from a 2017 CNBC Show called The Brave Ones, which has episodes about other well-known CEOs as well, but after viewing this video, you may wish to locate other videos on the Internet interviewing John Legere, if you would like to learn more, or simply get more variety.

Question #3. After listening to Legere explain his approach to the CEO job, does he seem to understand how power, status, purpose, and interpersonal skills affect communications in organizations (point number 3 from the Learning Outcomes)? What else does Legere state that he believes helps him to be a better communicator and CEO? Was there anything else of the value stated in this video about managing in general and communications in particular?