Integrating Newly Merged Organizations

Michael P. Gendron

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9781567203165
• eBook ISBN: 9781567206463
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Organisational Behaviour
• Index: Business

More than half of all mergers and acquisitions fail to meet established objectives of value creation. This book is a practical guide to further ensure the successful outcome of business M&A activities. Gendron highlights the critical issues that have historically been the foundation of poorly executed business integration processes. How these key elements are handled can make or break the integration of an acquired company. They include understanding the purpose of the transaction, capturing the learning of preliminary due diligence review efforts, and managing the personal factors that affect all employees in the merger process, including those who work for the acquiring and acquired companies. Once these basic issues have been considered, the integration team should focus on culture, critical processes, and communications. This book provides executives involved with the integration process with the tools they need, including checklists and assessment tools to develop, plan, and execute a successful merger. Whether new to the M&A process or a seasoned pro, the executive charged with key M&A responsibilities will benefit from this book's straightforward examples and non-technical presentation of information.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Exhibits
• Preface
• 1 Acquisition Integration: A Critical Task
• 2 Why Buy the Company?
• 3 Due Diligence/Integration Process: Key Elements of the Deal
• 4 Communications: Guidelines for Strategy and Tactics
• 5 Employees, Culture, and Other Factors That Affect Integration
• 6 People, Compensation, and Benefits: Understand the Issues
• 7 Understand the Key Functions and Plan the Transition
• 8 Product, Facilities, and Intangibles: Understand, Plan, and Execute
• Appendix: Due Diligence Checklist
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index