Achieving Post-Merger Success

Achieving Post-Merger Success
Author: J. Robert Carleton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2004-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0787972916

“The failure rate of mergers and acquisitions is unreasonable, unacceptable, and unnecessary,” say Claude S. Lineberry and J. Robert Carleton in this much-needed resource, which outlines their unique, proven, and practical process for increasing the success of mergers and acquisitions. Written for all those with a vested interest in the success of the deal—board of directors, executives, managers, employees, and shareholders—and based on years of research and real-world experience, Achieving Post-Merger Success is a down-to-earth guide that gives stakeholders the tools they need to Profile and assess corporate cultures Identify potential or actual culture clash barriers to a merger or acquisition Determine what to do to avoid, minimize, and resolve culture clash Plan for efficient and effective post-merger cultural integration of the two organizations

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions
Author: Mark E. Mendenhall
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780804746618

This book examines the dynamics of the sociocultural processes inherent in mergers and acquisitions, and draws implications for post-merger integration management.

Managing Culture Clashes in M&A‘s

Managing Culture Clashes in M&A‘s
Author: Anna Laeser
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3954896524

Merger and acquisition activities have become an integral part of today’s business world. They are considered as strategic component to gain market shares and extend product portfolios. Still, these transactions have a huge impact on an organization. This paper looks specifically at the M&A impact on company culture. Based on an analysis of identified key elements, which drive a M&A process, a cultural integration toolkit will be developed to solve identified cultural problems. Secondary data serves as source data for an inductive approach. Cultural problems and key drivers will be identified based on systematic research. The implantation of these key drivers in existing integration models will be further studied. Findings prove that not all of the identified key drivers are implemented in the models. Therefore, existing models solve the identified cultural problems semi-efficient. This leaves the need for a basic integration tool, which implements all key drivers, serves as guideline through an M&A process and provides specific instruments for realization of single steps. This paper develops such a basic integration toolkit in chapter five. The toolkit meets all these requirements and proves that ‘managing culture clashes in M&A’s’ is possible.

Joining Forces

Joining Forces
Author: Mitchell Lee Marks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470651261

If 75 percent of all mergers fail, what makes the other 25 percent succeed? Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances are more vital today than ever before in driving business success. This indispensible guide offers proven strategies and sound solutions to the multitude of integration issues that inevitably arise, and shows how to create a combined business that meets its strategic and financial objectives, competes better, and offers personal and organizational enhancements. Dubbed "merger mavens" by Fortune magazine, the authors report lessons learned from their experience in over 100 combinations. Executives, managers, and employees alike in all industries and sectors will find useful examples, strategies, and tools here. Praise for Joining Forces "This book will help both M&A veterans and those new to the game. The authorsprovide great insights into the human, cultural, organizational, and strategic factors that matter in M&A success." Richard Kovacevich, chairman and CEO emeritus, Wells Fargo & Co. "Don't commit to the merger or acquisition without them! I have personally witnessed how hard it is on everyone employees, shareholders, communities, and especially executives to work through an improperly managed merger. I have known Marks and Mirvis for almost twenty-five years and the only mistake our organization made was that we did not consult them soon enough. Their new book reflects unequalled experience and intellect. Don't merge, acquire, or be acquired without it!" Michael R. Losey, CEO (emeritus), Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) "Joining Forces is a terrific resource for managers who want to understand thehuman dynamics of mergers and acquisitions, and a must-read for those who have to lead their companies through one. It is based on the latest research and providespractical insights and advice from authors who know M&A inside out." Edward E. Lawler III, Distinguished Professor of Business, Marshall School ofBusiness, University of Southern California

Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice

Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice
Author: Shlomo Y. Tarba
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317659562

The growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world masks a high rate of failure. M&A can provide companies with many benefits, but in the optimism and excitement of the deal many of the challenges are often overlooked. This comprehensive collection, bringing together an international team of contributors, moves beyond the theory to focus on the practical elements of mergers and acquisitions. This hands-on, step-by-step volume provides strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and ample examples for managing and optimizing M&A performance, including: ways to analyze different types of synergy; understanding and analyzing cultural difference along corporate and national cultural dimensions, using measurement tools; using negotiation, due diligence, and planning to analyze the above factors; making use of this data during negotiation, screening, planning, agreement, and when deciding on post-merger integration approaches. Students, researchers, and managers will find this text a vital resource when it comes to understanding this key facet of the international business world.

The Global M&A Tango: How to Reconcile Cultural Differences in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Partnerships

The Global M&A Tango: How to Reconcile Cultural Differences in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Partnerships
Author: Fons Trompenaars
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2010-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780071761154

A leadership blueprint for managing cross-cultural issues in any M&A deal In our rapidly expanding and increasingly volatile global economy, mergers and acquisitions are becoming the strategy of choice for businesses seeking to stimulate growth while managing risk. As more and more M&A deals are struck between global organizations, difficult new issues involving cultural differences have arisen. In The Global M&A Tango, international management experts Fons Trompenaars and Maarten Nijhoff Asser explain how to detect and manage these issues before they become major problems. Drawing on the world-renowned Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Cross-Cultural Database and Culture Compass, the authors illustrate how widely cultures can differ and, by reconciling the dilemmas created by that difference, how they can be integrated quickly, efficiently, and effectively. The Global M&A Tango helps you meet all the challenges of cross-national M&A by: Creating common mission, vision, strategy, and values Developing trust across value boundaries Enabling people with different cultural perspectives to engage in valuable discussions Change-management programs all too often ignore the culture perspectives of the individuals and groups involved--and it's often why organizations fail to realize the benefits that prompted the integration in the first place. With The Global M&A Tango, you have everything you need to integrate two old entities into a powerful new organization poised for dramatic growth in the coming decades.

Culture and Demography in Organizations

Culture and Demography in Organizations
Author: J. Richard Harrison
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780691124827

How do corporations and other organizations transmit their cultures over time? This book grounds its analysis in mathematical tools and computer simulation, and offers a comprehensive answer to this question. It is for students of organization theory and behavior, cultural studies, strategic management, sociology, economics, and social simulation

Culture, Stress and Employee Engagement in Mergers and Acquisitions

Culture, Stress and Employee Engagement in Mergers and Acquisitions
Author: Erin E. Bartling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2018
Genre: Consolidation and merger of corporations
ISBN:

Mergers and acquisitions are strategic purchases made by companies that routinely fail to meet their financial expectations. Organizational culture is a key part to merger and acquisition success and companies must have strategies to integrate these acquired companies into their culture. In addition to cultural integration, employees face stress throughout the integration process due to new leadership, new co-workers and new ways of getting work done in the organization. This stress can cause decreased organizational commitment and decreased employee engagement. When employees are not engaged they are not contributing positively to overall company goals. Strong communication and an associate's relationship with their coworkers and manager are critical in minimizing employee stress in a merger and acquisition. Company XYZ utilized an employee engagement survey in their acquisition integration process in 2017, as a way to understand how employees are engaging in the cultural beliefs, reacting to the change that comes from the integration process, and maintaining organizational commitment and employee engagement. The results from these surveys indicated that employees were engaged in the cultural beliefs of Company XYZ and understood the change that came as a result of the integration process. However, organizational commitment and employee engagement declined throughout the integration process.

A Comprehensive Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions

A Comprehensive Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions
Author: Yaakov Weber
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0133014150

Leverage today's most complete and practical framework for driving superior business value from mergers and acquisitions -- both domestic and international. A Comprehensive Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions Management focuses on critical success factors across every stage of the process, including planning, screening, negotiation, due diligence, transition management structures, post-merger integration, leadership and trust, cultural integration, HR practices, control, monitoring, and more. Authored by Yaakov Weber, an international expert in M&A management, strategic alliances, and strategic management, this book's uniquely interdisciplinary approach fully addresses both operational and cultural requirements, supporting participants in every role. Replete with recent examples and cases, it pays special attention to crucial strategic and behavioral linkages between pre- and post-merger stages, explaining why they are so important and how they can be managed to create maximum value. Throughout, Weber provides practical tools, tables, and figures that can help M&A implementers ensure best performance and achieve success where others have failed. As just one example, he provides proven instruments for analyzing cultural differences and the potential for synergy, and translating that potential into reality. For multiple audiences, including board members and top executives who must evaluate the strategic and financial issues associated with M&A; investment bankers, VCs, and other investors who must screen and select acquisitions; managers who must execute business combinations; consultants in strategy, HR, culture, and other areas; and faculty and students in executive education, MBA, and BA-level business programs.