APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MERGER AND ACQUISITION ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a survey module that provides a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects;
a database module that gathers responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company into a database of survey data, wherein the first company and the second company are candidates for a merger; and
a reporting module that displays a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect, the visual summaries arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspectswherein the survey module, the database module, and the reporting module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer-readable media.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for merger and acquisition analysis. A survey module may provide a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects. A database module may gather responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company that are merger candidates into a database of survey data. A reporting module may display a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect. A recommendation module may generate action recommendations to address root causes of impacts regarding the merger based upon the survey data in the database. The visual summaries may be arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects that may be interactively selectable by a user.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a survey module that provides a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects; a database module that gathers responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company into a database of survey data, wherein the first company and the second company are candidates for a merger; and a reporting module that displays a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect, the visual summaries arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects wherein the survey module, the database module, and the reporting module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer-readable media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a computing environment, a survey module that provides a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects; a database module that gathers responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company into a database of survey data, wherein the first company and the second company are candidates for a merger; and a reporting module that displays a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect, the visual summaries arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects wherein the survey module, the database module, and the reporting module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer-readable media within the computing environment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations, the operations of the computer program product comprising:
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providing a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects; gathering responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company into a database of survey data, wherein the first company and the second company are candidates for a merger; and displaying a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect, the visual summaries arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A machine-implemented method comprising the steps of:
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providing a survey regarding organizational aspects, including both subjective aspects and objective aspects; gathering responses to the survey regarding a first company and a second company into a database of survey data, wherein the first company and the second company are candidates for a merger; and displaying a graphic that presents a visual summary of the survey data for each organizational aspect, the visual summaries arranged in a pictorial representation of an interrelationship between the organizational aspects. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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