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