The complete guide to mergers and acquisitions
Subtitle: process tools to support M & A integration at every level
By: Timothy J. Galpin, Mark Herndon
Contributors: Herndon, Mark, 1960-
Series: The Jossey-Bass business & management series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780787947866
Subjects: Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Samenwerkingsvormen (bedrijfseconomie); Management
Description: "Beginning with the deal itself, The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions shows managers how to minimize the impact of a merger on personnel and realize its strategic and financial benefits faster, more efficiently, and more effectively.

It clearly explains the issues managers will face at each stage of the process and contains step-by-step instructions for creating a successful communications strategy, retaining and re-recruiting key talent, creating a clear selection and staffing plan, designing and managing the integration process, and measuring progress."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Integration: The Real Deal --; title: Why Deals Are Done --; title: Integration: An Experience-Driven Skill Set --; title: The Watson Wyatt Deal-Flow Model --; title: Integration Begins with Due Diligence --; title: Redefining the Process of Due Diligence --; title: Due Diligence and Integration Risk Factors --; title: Due Diligence and Organizational Culture --; title: Due Diligence and Human Capital --; title: Coordinating HR into the Due-Diligence Process --; title: Welcome to the Big Leagues of Change Management --; title: Organizational Dynamics Created by Mergers and Acquisitions --; title: Concepts of Change Management --; title: The Merger Integration Work Streams Model --; title: The Merger Integration Work Streams Model --; title: Deploying the Model --; title: Organizing and Involving Integration Task Forces --; title: Establishing the Integration Infrastructure --; title: Launching the Planning Process --; title: Managing the Integration Project --; title: Tell It Like It Is: Honest Communication --; title: The Johari Window --; title: Communication Models for a Merger --; title: Knowledge Before New Skills --; title: Don't Let Them Jump Ship: Retaining Your Key People --; title: Identifying Key People --; title: Understanding What Motivates People --; title: Developing and Executing an Action Plan --; title: Setting the Organization Cures Many Ills: Structure and Staffing Decisions --; title: Common Problems --; title: Ten Principles --; title: Fair Processes --; title: Staffing Process Models --; title: Keeping Track of Success: Merger Measurement Systems --; title: Integration Measures --; title: Operational Measures --; title: Process and Cultural Measures --; title: Financial Measures --; title: "But They're So Different": Cultural Integration --; title: Defining Organizational Culture.