Mergers and acquisitions play a critical part in a corporation's survival, growth, and profit strategies. Many great companies were built on a track record of mergers and acquisitions; they include G.E., Thompson, Alcan and Power Financial. Merger activity in Canada is at its highest level ever in Canada; therefore, HR professionals should add the ability to manage a merger as part of their skill set.
1. Select 2 organizations that tried to merge and failed and 2 organizations that achieved a successful merger.
2. Identify and explain why the 2 organizations that your team selected failed to merge.
3. Identify and explain how the 2 organizations that your team selected achieved a successful merger.
4. Identify and explain the financial and human impacts of the successful mergers chosen by your team.
5. Describe the issues involved in blending the cultures of the 2 organizations that achieved successful mergers chosen by your team.
6. Discuss how the successful mergers that your team chose affected the following areas of HR;
- HR planning
- Selection
- Compensation
- Performance Appraisal
- Training and Development
- Labour Relations