Two pharmaceutical companies, DeWaaal and Bio Health Labs, are merging and must select top management from 120 candidates for 65 jobs. They must also decide the futures of plants in several countries. Issues include attrition, rumors of job offers to management, and cultural differences between the companies. The document recommends following GE's acquisition process by creating a separate HR integration function. A core team would develop a 100-day plan to understand cultural differences, communicate with employees, define objectives, and fairly evaluate existing employees. The integration process would then be cascaded down to empower employees and evaluate retention of key personnel at all levels.

1. CASE STUDY :
WHO GOES, WHO
STAYS
HR Management – SectionC3- Group 4

2. Situation Analysis
 Merger DeWaaal Pharmaceutical & Bio Health
Labs
 Bio Health – NY, Dewaal – Netherlands
 Plant & Staff Consolidation
 More products for Distribution Channel
 HQ – NY , Europe – Manufacturing & Sales
 $ 8 Billion – Revenues Projected
 Merger Announced 2 Months ago : Pending
approval

3. Problem Definition
 Selecting Top Management
 Skim 120 people for 65 jobs
 Attrition
8 people have left BioHealth
 Rumors of 4 Management People getting Job
Offers
 Decision for Indonesia, Shanghai, Bombay &
Bangalore Plant
 20% fall in stock price of BioHealth
 Steve is unable to assert himself with Kasper
 Cultural Differences between firms

4. Reccomendations
 Follow GE Capital Services
acquisition-integration process
 Create HR Integration Function
– Self Sustainable – Seperate
Function
 CORE TEAM for a 100 Day Plan
for
 Understanding Cultural differences
between firms
 Communication Plan – Forum for
Discussion & bridging gap in cultures
 Define Company Objectives / Skill
Sets required
 Unbiased Evaluation of Existing
Employees to select the best
 Retention Bonus / Rewards to
selected members

5. Reccomendations
 CASCADE THE
INTEGRATION
PROCESS
 INTEGRATION FOCUS
 Cultural
 Technical
 Process
 Technology
 CASCADE FOCUS
 Empowering Employees FACILITATING BUSINESS DECISIO
through different levels of • Employee Retention
Management • Plant Decision
• Team Building & Transfer
 Evaluation & Retention Key
Personnel @ all Levels

6. Thank You