Organization Management

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On March 14, the chairman of the Boards Bill Bailey and Scott Parker along with Directors Anne Ewers and Keith Lockhart publicly announced a merger proposal of the Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony. If the vote for the proposal on July 8th is in favor of the merger, Anne Ewers has been approached with the opportunity to become the CEO of the merged organization. There are many issues that must be considered going forward with the merger process. Many members of the organizations and the community are not in favor. In order for the merger to be successful, this analysis document is designed to help Ms. Ewers think through issues that may result from the merger process.
A1. Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey is chairman of the board of the Utah Opera (UOC). When originally approached about the merger idea, Bailey expressed concern regarding the Symphony’s inflexibility of the business model and possibility of the opera losing its identity. He agreed to approach the executive committee about the possible merger which eventually led to the public announcement. Now, as a proponent for the merger, it is important that Bailey be an instrumental motivational advocate for the merger to be successful. This can be accomplished by utilizing Alderfer’s ERG theory. Alderfer identified three needs-Existence, Relatedness, and Growth (ERG). Existence needs address the physiological and materialistic well-being. Relatedness needs address the desire to have meaningful relationships and growth needs addresses the desire to grow and use one’s abilities to the fullest potential (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2010). These three needs are interrelated. Other members of the executive board are likely to have the same concerns Bailey originally expressed and all ...

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...ot have a part in the integrated organization, motivation of those employees will decrease and the chance of success will decrease as well.
Summary
While there are many opponents of the merger of the Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony, there is the potential to create sustainability, economize on costs and expand the artistic potential of the two organizations. This could benefit the employees, symphony and opera patrons, and the community of Utah

References
Baker, C. (2002, March 15). Utah symphony and opera study merger of operations:symphony, opera study consolidation. Salt Lake Tribune, p. A1.
DeLong, T. J. (2005). "Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A merger proposal." Harvard Business Review, 5-406-027. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.
Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A. (2010). Organizational behavior (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. IBSN: 978-0-07-353045-1.

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