point is the Alcatel-Lucent merger. During the merger‚ the smooth settlement of HR issues was on top of the agenda for both companies. They decided to deal with both pre-merger and post-merger integration issues by holding a series of meetings between the top HR executives at the two companies. Issues such as salaries and benefits‚ designations‚ and other sensitive structural matters were discussed thoroughly. Everything was planned around the Day 1—December 1‚ 2006— the day when the merger would become
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Case answers 1. The merger which was to be enacted in 2001 between the Alcatel‚ a telecommunication company in Paris- France and Lucent telecommunication and technology giants in the United States of America failed due to misunderstanding of the share-ability and resource control should they have collaborated in 2001 (Hartley 2010). The Lucent Company from US realized that Alcatel never intended to equally share and control the company after the merger; instead Alcatel intended to take over control
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Prior to 1996‚ Supply Chain Strategy used by lucent technologies was adequate because Asian customers were away from order processing and manufacturing activities. All the orders were placed with AT&T‚ processed in New Jersey and then placed with factory for production in Oklahoma City. From there‚ the parts and subassemblies were shipped to staging center in California. So‚ Shipments to Asian customers were made directly from the United States. Asia was only related with supplying parts along
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Report for Lucent Technologies Background Lucent’s history goes back to the 1875 invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. It’s one of the three companies which were separated from AT&T’s restructure. Lucent was organized into four units‚ the largest of which was Network Systems. It provided networking systems and software to local and long distance telephone companies and cable companies. It was the marker leader for switching systems. The Switch Solutions Group(SSG)‚ which made the
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Title: Coursework 2 Individual Case Study on Alcatel-Lucent Merger Submission date: 4th Febuary 2011 Word Count: 1632 Introduction In a merger‚ cultural differences are more vital to overcome then fighting for equal power or profits. (Harford‚ 2003) The marriage of Alcatel and Lucent was never going to be easy. To some extend the merger was a good business step. Lucent ’s with its wireless business nicely complemented Alcatel ’s global image and its prowess in fixed-line and
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on Case Study Analysis of Alcatel-Lucent BY TEAM: Meenak*shi Mukherjee* 000579613 Carlos Andres Serna 000583118 Quasirat Hasnat 000573202 Sangeet Premkumar 000573398 Imran Shahzad 000527971 Executive Summary This paper examines a case study sprouting mergers of two firms Alcatel and Lucent technologies. This paper provides an insight into the French and American cultures taking into consideration the parent company cultural imbroglio. Alcatel‚ an American company‚ was previously
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References: Alcatel - Lucent | Company Overview. (2006 - 2010). Retrieved April 30‚ 2010‚ from Alcatel - Lucent - About Us: http://www.alcatel- lucent.com/wps/portal/AboutUs/Overview/?lu_lang_code=en Alcatel - Lucent | Innovation. (2006 - 2010). Acatel - Lucent | About Alcatel - Lucent Innovation. Retrieved April 30‚ 2010‚ from Alcatel - Lucent - About Innovation: http://www.alcatel- lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3MfQ
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SWOT Analysis Lucent Strengths ← Lucent’s switch set a new record by becoming the only switch in the history of the ARMIS (Automatic Reporting Management and Information System) Report that has achieved six 9s availability per switch‚ per year for five straight years. It recorded the best reliability performance of any switch ever‚ improved by over 22 percent from the previous year (1999)‚ and Lucent is the only switch supplier whose product has been improving consistently over the past few
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Business Resource P3 With Examples‚ you are to describe the main physical and technological resources required in the operation of your selected organisation. In this assignment I will describe the main physical and technological resources required in the operation of Tesco. Physical Resources Physical resources are resources that the business needs to maintain in order to carry out its activities. They mainly include things like facilities‚ buildings‚ machinery and more. These are resources
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Sales Engineering Alcatel-Lucent COPYRIGHT © 2013 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALCATEL-LUCENT —PROPRIETARY — USE PURSUANT TO COMPANY INSTRUCTION AGENDA • Alcatel-Lucent Introduction • Industry Trends • Wireless Data Capacity Enhancement Techniques • Small Cells Solution Overview • Integrating Metro Cells with the Network (Het-Net) • Deployment Benefits • Success Stories‚ Trials‚ and Awards 2 COPYRIGHT © 2013 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALCATEL-LUCENT AT A GLANCE
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