text: HR Magazine - December 2000: Manager Training Helped Company Digest Big Bite By Leon Rubis 12/1/2000 Permissions Vol. 45, No. 12 As companies spin off divisions, acquire or merge with parts or all of other businesses, sometimes the small-fry find themselves in the driver's seat. That's what happened in the late 1980s when Gates Energy Products, a nickel-cadmium battery division of privately held Gates Rubber Co., purchased a Gainesville, Fla., battery plant from General Electric Co. The fact that a relatively small company was taking over a division of a giant conglomerate was a major concern to the management team at both organizations, says Robin Kane, who was then human resource program manager at Gates Energy. "The GE management philosophy was very strong, and deeply ingrained in each manager, through extensive training and leadership classes at GE's corporate university." Gates, on the other hand, trained managers more informally and through on-the-job experience. Gates executives worried how the two cultures would adapt, and whether the experienced GE managers would abandon Gates to stay with GE. To avoid an exodus of the GE managers, Kane worked with her boss, Bill Perusek, vice president of HR—who was himself based at the Gainesville GE facility—to devise a strategy to smooth the acquisition and retain valuable employees. First, Kane conducted a needs assessment about necessary skills and critical issues and surveyed samples of employees in Gainesville and at Gates Energy's two other battery plants in Warrensburg, Mo., and El Paso, Texas. Kane designed a "New Manager Development Program" for all three plants, aimed at recently promoted and potential managers. Its major goals were to: Create an atmosphere of trust and teamwork among managers from each company. Capitalize on the experiences of each manager, recognizing the differences and similarities between Gates and General Electric. Demonstrate to managers the value of remaining with Gates. Provide valuable tools and resources for increased chances of success in their new roles. After the acquisition, a select group of 12 high-potential managers met for two days each month from August through April at one of the three locations. Moving the classes each month gave the managers a better understanding of how each plant contributed to the whole business, and increased opportunities to build a network of contacts and resources to share ideas for continuous improvement across the sites. The cost of travel was negligible compared with the potential benefits. The workshops each month were directed by internal or external facilitators and covered management competencies such as creating and leading teams, planning and setting goals, encouraging peak performance, delegating and managing time, managing conflict and change, solving problems and making decisions, and negotiating and understanding budgeting and finance. The program culminated with every manager developing action plans. Participants rated the program very high, recalls Kane. "One GE manager said this was the best training he had been through and he had been with GE about four years." A key measure—turnover of new managers—remained very low, although no statistics were gathered to compare participants with nonparticipating managers. The favorable feedback was echoed by senior managers, who had the opportunity to teach some classes and to observe behaviors and cultural integration during the program. The battery plants have since been sold by Gates, so no current evaluation is possible. While Kane believes the program was very successful, she offers some lessons learned for others in similar situations. First, she would do more quantitative pre-assessments about "what skills people really needed, rather than to say you're all going to go through all of this together" and post-assessments about what was learned afterwards. And, although rotating classes among all three plants was beneficial (each site was visited twice), she would have concentrated the later classes in the Gainesville office, where most of the participants worked and where she had better access to a number of local instructors from the University of Florida and elsewhere in the state. Leon Rubis is editor of HR Magazine. Permissions Related Content Employers Struggling to Develop Senior Leaders Create a Succession Plan That Works How Executives Learn, and the Skills Needed to Succeed Develop Future Leaders from All Levels of the Organization Best Companies for Leaders ADVERTISING LINKS


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The scientific theory of evolution does not claim that currently existing species have evolved from each other. Rather, the claim is that species today evolved from common ancestors.
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Is evolution driven mainly by random genetic variation, or are there other factors at play? Michael Burdett reviews the scientific debate.
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A common challenge to evolutionary theory is that while life does indeed change over time (what is known as microevolution), no one has ever seen one species evolve into another species (macroevolution).
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
BioLogos president Deb Haarsma responds to Ken Ham's recent comments about Hugh Ross, and pleads for a more gracious conversation between Christians on issues of faith and science.
Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
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Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
News about the Ebola outbreak and initiatives in genomic medicine lead our news roundup this week, with a collection of research and learning opportunities in biology and at the science/faith border to follow.
The purpose of Jesus's art was to give verbal, visual, and dramatic forms to those complicated and confounding relationships, symmetries, and harmonies between himself, the father and spirit, and between the triune God and the world… Such creative expressions did not and do not make everything clear, but rather resist simple clarity, forcing their hearers to come at the whole complicated truth from a position of intellectual and spiritual humility.
The great irony lies here: these partisans are actually leading good-hearted people to reject their faith, precisely because these partisans have convinced these good-hearted people that they must accept a false dichotomy.
We don't have all the answers and never will. And when God says that he is revealed in his creation, I think that means we need to take care of what we have and understand where we came from. The more I understand how things work, the bigger God gets. When he was just a magician pulling things out of a hat, that doesn't even compare to how I see him now!
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It's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week!
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health problems in the world. Bacteria want to survive, just like any other living thing--and the more they get exposed to antibiotics, the more chances they get to adapt and become resistant. Because of the way we have been using--or rather, misusing--antibiotics, many of them just aren't working as well as they should. That means we don't have all the weapons we need to fight infections, some of which can be deadly.
That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) really wants to be sure that people know the important facts about antibiotics and their use. Here are five things everyone should know:
1. Antibiotics don't cure all infections. They only work (when they work!) against bacteria--they don't do anything against other germs such as viruses, which are the cause of the common cold and the other upper respiratory infections so many people get each winter.
2. Antibiotics have side effects. As with any medication, things can happen when you take them. Stomach upset and diarrhea are common, as are rashes, but more serious side effects are also possible. In fact, among children the majority of the Emergency Department visits for bad reactions to drugs are for reactions to antibiotics.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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The ruling also handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
Chief Justice John Roberts announced the court's judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.
The court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't take part in the law's extension.
The court's four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, joined Roberts in the outcome.
Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
The decision issued was both complicated and split decision on Obamacare -- determining that the "the individual mandate" is Constitutional, but as a tax, not as part of the Commerce clause.The website SCOTUSblog was providing a "plain English" understanding of precisely what the high court is determining today.
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SCOTUSblog editor Amy Howe said: "In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use its power to regulate commerce between the states to require everyone to buy health insurance.
However, five Justices agreed that the penalty that someone must pay if he refuses to buy insurance is a kind of tax that Congress can impose using its taxing power. That is all that matters. Because the mandate survives, the Court did not need to decide what other parts of the statute were constitutional, except for a provision that required states to comply with new eligibility requirements for Medicaid or risk losing their funding.
On that question, the Court held that the provision is constitutional as long as states would only lose new funds if they didn't comply with the new requirements, rather than all of their funding.
According to The Washington Post online blog, the justices have actually been considering four separate constitutional challenges to the Affordable Care Act -- often called "Obamacare" by supporters and detractors alike.
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The Supreme Court justices appear to have decided that the Commerce Clause – which gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce – does not create the authority to enact such a requirement."
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There's no shortage of joy when the Tigers face the Twins for the final time during a season. Yes, 2009 included – outcome notwithstanding. And just think, a week from now we can say the same about the White Sox. The Friday Rundown The Tigers are in first place, 8.5 games ahead of the White Sox. Magic Number: 12 Today's Game: Tigers vs. Twins – Brad Penny (9-10, 5.13 ERA) vs. Kevin Slowey (0-4, 5.31 ERA) | 7:05 p.m. – FSD/1270 AM and 97.1 FM Notes on Penny Penny enters his start this evening having lost four of his last six decisions dating back to July 23. He has compiled a 6.85 ERA over the eight-start stretch. He's 2-2 with a 6.31 ERA in…


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March 17, 2011
London: Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were ordered to stand trial in a British court on Thursday over spotfixing allegations that cast a shadow over the integrity of the sport. The trio, along with their agent Mazhar Majeed, appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates Court for...
Pak trio prepare for court appearance
March 15, 2011
Karachi: Banned Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Muhammad Aamir are leaving for London for their first appearance before a magistrate's court there on Thursday to face corruption charges in connection with the spotfixing scandal last year. Butt will leave for London later this afternoon while Aamir will do so tomorrow after...
Asif joins Butt, Amir to appeal against ban
March 2, 2011
Mumbai: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has joined Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir in filing an appeal against his ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. Butt and Amir filed appeals last week but at the time it was unclear whether Asif planned to follow suit after...
Haider claims big names involved in fixing
February 14, 2011
Karachi: Claiming that there are some very big names involved in the matchfixing racket, Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider said banning the three Pakistani players, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for spotfixing is just the tip of the iceberg. "There are some very big names involved in these illegal...
Spotfixing ban to be discussed at ICC meet
February 13, 2011
Dubai: The ban imposed on three Pakistani cricketers for spotfixing and final evaluation on the readiness of the three host nations for the Cricket World Cup will be on the top of agenda when the ICC Executive Board meets here on February 1516. The ICC Executive Board will be briefed on...
Spotfixing: Eng players to be reinterviewed
February 13, 2011
London: England's Test cricketers may be reinterviewed by the police as the Crown Prosecution Services prepares its case against the three Pakistan players banned for spotfixing by the ICC early this month, according to a report. They could even be asked to appear as witnesses to events on the field, and...
Did no file report on Amir's behalf: PCB
February 13, 2011
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dismissed reports that it had filed any appeal on behalf of banned Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir with the International Cricket Council. "We have filed no formal appeal as such. Yes we have written to the ICC about the case in light of the observations...
'ICC must act against Butt's media role'
February 12, 2011
Birmingham: Former International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani has branded the governing body "weak" for not doing more to prevent disgraced Pakistan batsman Salman Butt from taking up a World Cup media role. Although the ICC is powerless to prevent a private Pakistan TV channel from hiring Butt, who was banned...
ICC right in banning trio: Haider
February 12, 2011
Karachi: Zulqarnain Haider, Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper, insists that the punishment handed to three of his former mates for 'spot fixing' is just the start of cricket's clean up. Haider, who is seeking asylum in Britain after claiming that matchfixers were after his life, believes corruption is still prevalent in international cricket. Earlier...
Spotfixing findings not for UK trial
February 10, 2011
London: Cricket's governing body on Wednesday released its findings from a corruption investigation which resulted in three Pakistan players being banned at the weekend for five years. The document detailing an independent tribunal's deliberations was not available in Britain because of forthcoming criminal charges faced there by former captain Salmon Butt...
Expose people behind betting: Miandad to trio
February 9, 2011
Karachi: Former Pakistan Test captain Javed Miandad urged the banned trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to expose the people involved in illegal betting and corruption in international cricket. Miandad, who is the directorgeneral cricket in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said he felt saddened by the damage...
Butt ready to face criminal proceedings
February 8, 2011
Karachi: Disgraced cricketer Salman Butt has said he does not intend to run away from the criminal charges levelled against him by the London Police and would challenge the 10year ban impose on him for spotfixing charges in the higher courts. The Pakistani cricketer said it is wrong to say that...
Pakistan cricket greats call for reform
February 7, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan cricket faces an abysmal future unless it cleans up the game and institutes sweeping reforms after three key players were banned on corruption charges, former players and commentators said on Monday. Former Test captain Salman Butt was banned for 10 years, with five years suspended, bowler Mohammad Asif for...
Amir, Butt stay defiant despite ban
February 7, 2011
Pakistan players Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt, banned by the ICC for spot fixing, may challenge the decision. ...
Difficult for trio to avoid stigma: Akram
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Former Pakistan fast bowling great Wasim Akram on Sunday said it would be very hard for the three banned players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammed Asif to get rid of the stigma associated with the bans imposed on them for spotfixing. "I do feel sorry for the...
Imran 'genuinely upset' at trio's bans
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Legendary allrounder Imran Khan on Sunday said he felt "genuinely upset" at the lengthy bans given to three Pakistani cricketers for spotfixing, but said punishments were necessary for the sake of the game in Pakistan. An International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal on Saturday banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for...
Strauss welcomes Pakistan trio bans
February 6, 2011
Perth: England cricket captain Andrew Strauss on Sunday welcomed lengthy bans handed down to three Pakistan players by an anticorruption tribunal. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for 10 years, seamer Mohammad Asif for seven years and emerging fast bowler Mohammad Amir for five years on...
PCB to seek details of ICC's decision on trio
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board will soon seek full details of the judgment passed by the ICC anticorruption tribunal against banned trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for their involvement in the spotfixing scandal. Sources in the board told PTI that PCB itself was now interested in obtaining details...
Pak minister urges ICC to review Amir ban
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan Sports Minister Ajaz Jakhrani on Sunday urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to review the fiveyear ban imposed on the young pace bowler Mohammed Amir. Jakhrani said he was surprised by the lengthy ban on Amir because of his young age. "We think the ICC must review the ban on...
Trio banned on solid evidence: Lorgat
February 6, 2011
Doha: The International Cricket Council's chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Sunday said three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were banned on solid proof of corruption. "We are satisfied at the tribunal's decision, which was taken on solid evidence and we hope with this decision the...
Spot fixing: Tainted trio handed lengthy bans
February 6, 2011
Salman Butt (10 years), Mohammad Asif (7 years) and Mohammad Amir (5 years) were banned for their involvement in spotfixing. ...
Salman Butt hopes for shorter ban
February 6, 2011
Lahore: Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt said on Sunday said he was "disappointed" by a 10year ban imposed on him by an anticorruption tribunal and would seek a reduced penalty. Butt was banned for 10 years, with five suspended, by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal in Doha, Qatar, on...
Bans damaging for Pak cricket: former players
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram admitted that the lengthy bans handed out to Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer for corruption on Saturday represented a new low for the besieged sport in the country. "I feel sad for all three of these kids, two just over 20 and one...
Mohammad Amir to contest ICC ban
February 6, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan's leftarm pace bowler Mohammad Amir, who was banned for five years by the ICC anticorruption tribunal on spotfixing charges, has vowed to contest and appeal the ban in the international court of arbitration for sports in Switzerland. "This is too harsh a decision for charges that I bowled two...
Pak Minister backs ban on tainted trio
February 5, 2011
Pakistan Sports Minister Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani on Saturday welcomed the ban saying that this will be a lesson for the other players. ...
Spotfixing verdict: who said what
February 5, 2011
New Delhi: The ICC on Saturday banned the tainted Pakistan trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, proving that three of them were involved in spotfixing in the Lords Test on Pakistan's tour of England in 2010. Expectedly, the decision invited strong reactions from the cricket fraternity that supported...
Spotfixing: ICC bans tainted Pakistan trio
February 5, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan's former Test captain Salman Butt and pace sensation Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were on Saturday handed out lengthy bans by the ICC tribunal headed by Michael Beloff on charges of spotfixing and violating the ICC's AntiCorruption Code of Conduct clauses. Butt has been banned for 10 years (five...
Pak trio wants ICC to delay verdict: report
February 5, 2011
New Delhi: The three Pakistani cricketers who allegedly accepted cash in return for deliberate noballs during last summer's Lord's Test match against England have asked the International Cricket Council to adjourn the decision on whether they are to face sanctions, BBC reported on Saturday. The ICC is set to announce...
Pak shocked after UK Police charges trio
February 4, 2011
Karachi: Tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir sent more shockwaves to cricket community in Pakistan after Britain's Crown Prosecution Service decided to charge the already suspended players of taking bribes and defraud during the England tour last year. The news from London came hours after the Pakistan...
We are prepared for the worst: Butt, Amir
February 4, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan's suspended Test captain Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Amir are "prepared for the worst" when the ICC's anticorruption tribunal announces a decision on the spotfixing allegations against them and Mohammad Asif on Saturday. The two players, who left for Doha for the verdict, told the media they knew the...
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Strengths: Great fit. I have a wide foot and its hard to find shoes that fit. These are not considered wide by the manufacturer but are wider than any other shoe I've found. Quality is typical SIDI, excellent.
Weaknesses: For me, none
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Price Paid: $40.00
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The state Supreme Court will hear a midstate dispute over how soon a county coroner must release an autopsy report to the public.
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Hotel de Bretagne
Address : 7 Place de la République F - 35300 Fougères
from : 40 EUR
This hotel is located in Fougères, a 20-minute walk from the chateau and 800 metres from the old town. It offers free Wi-Fi access and rooms with an LCD TV. Decorated in a simple style, the rooms at Hotel de Bretagne have an en suite bathroom with a shower. Each one also includes a desk and a wardrobe. After a continental breakfast in the breakfast room, you may choose to drive the 45 minutes to Mont Saint-Michel. Other local attractions include Vitré and Rennes, both less than a 35-minute drive away.
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Dubai, UAE to Toronto, Canada DXB-YYZ on Emirates After a few days of enjoying the sights and sounds of Dubai it was time to head home to Toronto. Burj-Al-Arab in Red by Kazim R Alikhan, on Flickr Burj Dubai B&W by Kazim R Alikhan, on Flickr DXB F430_029 by Kazim R Alikhan, on Flickr DXB F430_29a by Kazim R Alikhan, on Flickr Friday February 20, 2009 Emirates' Toronto flight leaves in the morning so we had to make another early trek to DXB. The Emirates ticket counters were bustling with activity for the second bank of departures which were primarily to Europe and North America. The service was pleasant and very efficient. Our bags were a couple of kilos overweight due to all the shopping, but the very nice checkin agent let it slide. Security was just insane as mobs of people tried to make their way through. There are a couple dozen lines for security but it was slow going. Finally once we were through security we wandered through the Duty Free and picked up a couple of souvenirs for friends and family in Toronto. DXB T3_003 by Kazim R Alikhan, on Flickr Our departure was from the middle of T3 at gate 229. Our aircraft was at the gate already and at one of the adjacent gates was the Emirates A380. After checking on our gate we grabbed some croissants and orange juice and chilled while waiting for the gate to open. The gate opened at 8:45 L and we proceeded through to the holding area. Shortly thereafter, the actual boarding commenced and it was pretty quick considering it was a very full flight. As I made my way down the glass Jetway I noticed the registration of the aircraft it was A6-ECG, the very same aircraft that brought us from Toronto two weeks ago. Unlike the outbound from Toronto; I had a window seat for this flight which was a relief. I would have gone stir-crazy without a window for 14+ hours! I made my way to seat and found that the amenity kits and blankets were neatly placed on the cushions. Emirates EK241 DXB-YYZ Type: B777-300ER Reg: A6-ECG Capt.: F/O: N/A Cabin Crew: 12 Pax Load: 358 Sector Distance: 6899 nm Seat: 42K ETD: 9:20 L ATD: 10:05 L Departure Rwy: 30R ETA: 14:50 L ATA: 14:33 L Arrival Rwy: 23 Block Time: 14:30 Actual Airborne Time: FL: 300-320-360 Mach: .083 TOW: N/A Fuel: N/A Meal Service: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack IFE: AVOD ICE
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