The document discusses the role of human resource management (HRM) in mergers and acquisitions. It notes that while financial factors are often prioritized in mergers, people-related issues are neglected and are a major cause of merger failures. HRM issues are classified into pre-merger and post-merger phases. Pre-merger issues include assessing cultural and organizational differences that can lead to employee turnover, low morale, and productivity issues. Post-merger issues include stress from changes in practices, structures, and styles that challenge existing organizational values. The document outlines strategies for HRM to align with different types of merger strategies and ensure a strategic fit between the merger and HRM approaches.
Talent management refers to the skills of attracting highly skilled workers, of integrating new workers, and developing and retaining current workers to meet current and future business objectives.
Corporate profile of Hay Group - A global managment consulting firm which provides several advisory services to turn an organisation\'s strategy into reality. Compensation and benefits studies is one of our core services. Our core competence is our Hay methodology used for job mapping and job evaluation. We have expertise in several industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Retail, Transportation, IT, ITES etc.
Management of culture in mergers and acqusitionBolaji Okusaga
Public Relations is a great tool for the Management of soft-issues in Mergers and Acquisition. Oftentimes, managers bother only about the hard-issues but value-attrition mostly occur when the soft-issues are not properly addressed.
Talent management refers to the skills of attracting highly skilled workers, of integrating new workers, and developing and retaining current workers to meet current and future business objectives.
Corporate profile of Hay Group - A global managment consulting firm which provides several advisory services to turn an organisation\'s strategy into reality. Compensation and benefits studies is one of our core services. Our core competence is our Hay methodology used for job mapping and job evaluation. We have expertise in several industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Retail, Transportation, IT, ITES etc.
Management of culture in mergers and acqusitionBolaji Okusaga
Public Relations is a great tool for the Management of soft-issues in Mergers and Acquisition. Oftentimes, managers bother only about the hard-issues but value-attrition mostly occur when the soft-issues are not properly addressed.
Mergers and Acquisitions - The Value of HR After the Deal Careerminds
Mergers and Acquisitions - The Value of HR After the Deal
Oftentimes it's an alluring, seductive business proposition—Mergers and Acquisitions. And as the economy strengthens, the number of them brewing is on the rise. That can add big dollars to companies' bottom lines. But, did you know that, on average, only about 30% of acquirers actually pull off a successful deal?
M&A is a complex endeavor with considerable room for deals to fall apart. Human resources' role in the due diligence and integration processes has the potential to better define where the actual value is in a deal beyond mere 'synergies' and pay and benefits integration. These unique HR-driven insights can add a significant, critical perspective to executives who rely on deep data that get to the heart of why (or why not) to move forward with a merger or acquisition. In short, there's a lot more room for HR to support value creation in M&A than you may have originally thought.
In this one-hour webinar, participants will learn how to apply M&A concepts to the due diligence process and post-integration initiatives. The following topics will be discussed:
• The critical role you can expect to play with respect to due diligence prior to a merger or acquisition
• How to integrate and join forces following the merger
o What makes the difference
o The key factors that drive success
o Strategies for getting stakeholders on board so you can bring about positive results
o Communicating effectively before, during, and after changes take place
• Applying basic merger and acquisition principles to other organization change initiatives
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Adrianne Miller
Founder, The Miller Group HRS
Adrianne Miller is principal and founder of The Miller Group HRS, a provider of strategic human capital advisory services connecting human capital strategy to business strategy. She has over 30 years of strategic and practical human resources experience and has significant experience leading organizations through due diligence and integration during successful mergers and acquisitions that create value for the organization. Adrianne currently serves on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Pennsylvania, and on Virtua Hospital's HR Board Committee. An accredited Certified Compensation Practitioner, she also serves as an editorial board member for the Employer Resource Institute’s California Employer Advisor publication.
Managing HR and Culture Integration During Mergers and Acquisitions Argyle Executive Forum
Marty Kunz, Vice President of Human Resources at C&J Energy Services, provided tips about how organizations can manage HR and culture integration during transition periods in his presentation at the 2014 Human Capital Leadership Forum in Dallas on Nov. 20. During his presentation, “Managing HR and Culture Integration During Mergers and Acquisitions,” Kunz noted it is nearly impossible to plan for everything during a merger or acquisition, but preparing for myriad scenarios and remaining flexible can help an organization avoid pitfalls.
According to Kunz, an organization could alienate employees if it fails to adapt its HR and culture to their needs following a merger or acquisition. Kunz also pointed out that an inflexible organization risks losing money after a merger or acquisition takes place too: “If you come in headstrong with a game plan and it’s my way or the highway, you’re going to ruin probably what it was that made the acquisition attractive to begin with … You’ll be left with an entity that is much less valuable than your company probably paid big dollars for to buy them to begin with.”
In addition, Kunz noted an organization’s culture will find a way to develop itself, regardless of planning. An organization should expect some change following a merger or acquisition, Kunz said, but an organization also should understand that integrating new employees into its culture typically is a slow, gradual process: “In any acquisition, you’ve always got to plan on some attrition and change just for the sake of change is going to cause you to lose people … You try to minimize that impact and hopefully it’s not too large a number, but you’ve got to plan on that.”
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HR can play a role in mergers and acquisitionsNetZealous LLC
HR is the organization’s facilitator, carrying out a wide variety of tasks that lubricate all the processes the organization carries out. It can play a supporting cast in a number of areas. M & A is one of the main activities that HR can support. HR can involve itself with the M & A process at the time of initiation. It can consult management and be a part of the discussion at the estimation change. While bargaining on the deal may be a management issue in which HR may have an ancillary role; HR has a lot to contribute when it comes to preparing the organization for a lot of work that needs to accompany M & A. It can handle all the people-related aspects of HR. The following are some of the areas in which HR can play a very important role in a merger or acquisition.
Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) - MBA 423 Human Resources Manageme...Stuart Gow
Chapter Review/ Discussion Questions (CRQs) – 10% marks
At the end of each chapter of the text book, there are chapter review questions (CRQs) which are meant to review and test the student’s understanding of the chapter. The facilitator will chose and then allocate the CRQs to each group during week 2 for class presentations in weeks 3 to 7. Some of these questions are being recommended by Stone as possible essay questions which are frequently asked in examinations throughout the world. The time for each presentation may vary from 10 to 20 minutes followed by class discussions. The group’s power-point presentations, both soft and hard copies, must be submitted to the course facilitator on or before the presentation. No written report is required for CRQs. The class and the facilitator will evaluate each group’s presentation. A blank evaluation form will be made available in class and posted in Moodle. However, the MBA 423 Human Resource Management GSB, FBE, USP facilitator has the final say in terms of the final marks to be allocated to each group. The criterias to be used as a guide for evaluating the CRQ presentations is provided in the blank evaluation form.
MBA 423 Human Resources Management (Elective Course)
The effective management of people has an important bearing on organisational success. The importance of personnel policies and procedures has created opportunity for managers and administrators with expertise in this field. The course provides conceptual and practical skills in areas such as the strategic aspects of human resource management, manpower planning, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, training and development, salary administration and employee benefits. Industrial relations in the context of the South Pacific region is an important theme.
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Amrish Narayan
Chaminda Wanninayake
Graduate School of Business
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Understand Human Resource Planning (HRP) and purpose of HRP.
Identify the relationship between strategy and HRP.
Identify the steps of HR planning process.
Describe the approaches to understand the jobs.
Discuss the phases of job analysis, including what it is and how it’s used.
Design model for forecasting HR requirements and employee requisition form.
Develop job descriptions , including summaries and job functions, using the Internet and traditional methods by using Job analysis questionnaire.
Develop job specifications using the Internet as well as your judgment.
Explain job analysis in a “jobless” world, including what it means and how it’s done in practice.
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Discussion 1QuestionWhy is it important for HR management to.docxmadlynplamondon
Discussion 1:
Question:
Why is it important for HR management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to a more strategic contributor?
The main difference between HR management being administrative or strategic is that administrative is reactive and strategic is proactive. It is important to make the human resource management strategic for a variety of reasons such as employee retention, avoiding breaches of the law/policies, and creating a competitive edge.
Some ways to build a strategic HR management system is by pre-planning and goal setting. It consists of shaping current employees into the future leaders of the company. This shows them that they are capable of moving up in the company, which in turn will increase retention rates. Having these experienced employees would give the company a more competitive edge.
It also pre-plans for any type of sexual/race/ethnic issues that could arise to protect the company. Rather than putting rules in place after issues arrive, it builds a protocol. These types of managements are prepared for laws and base policies in line with them. This helps companies not have any breaches of the law. This also helps them deal with issues in a timely manner, since the protocol is already in place.
A strategic human resource management team will have company goals written out. This will ensure that everyone in the company will be working towards the same big picture. Every team member knows the big goal and can set personal goals to help the team. This will increase productivity and prevent people from feeling stale and underappreciated at work. The company can also find a way to celebrate the smaller goals so that employee work is credited. Appreciated employees always work better. Basically, a strategic human resource management is prepared and helps keep the company safe and running in the most productive manner.
Discussion 2:
Question:
Why is it important for HR management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to a more strategic contributor?
In any organization Human resource department forms an important pillar for attracting, retaining and nurturing the talent thus making it a thriving force behind organization growth. For any organization people management is the core and main foray, if the HR department if properly organized makes the organization function properly and push across to reach new scaling heights. Let’s consider the companies the major innovators like Google, 3M and Facebook have reached the top rung of the ladder as technological and product innovators only because these companies have lot of talented people and management of them nurturing and keeping them motivated with all the necessary things is main challenge and they have successfully overcome it making them leaders on their respective domain.
Human Resource administration plays a key role to transform the company both operational and administrative aspect wise making a market ...
FIGURE 4- 2 Strategic Typology of Human Resource Activities Source.docxmydrynan
FIGURE 4- 2 Strategic Typology of Human Resource Activities Source: Slight modification of model developed by Alan W. Speaker, Synhrgy HR Technologies, Alpharetta, GA, 2000. timely manner, and with cost efficiency. The firm's executives do not view these activities as strategically important and do not become concerned with them unless there is a problem. However, when such activities are performed poorly, human resource executives quickly get into trouble. Human resource departments must ensure that the activities in this quadrant are performed well before they can take on more strategic roles. In many instances, these activities are good candidates for outsourcing, which enables human resource departments to shift their focus and staff resources to a more strategic venue. 73 Baron and Kreps make a similar recommendation in that they argue that activities of low strategic importance and low social interdependence should be outsourced and that the decision criteria for such decisions are cost and flexibility. 74 The evolving wisdom of strategic human resources argues that the function can make its greatest contributions in the upper right quadrant. Human resource executives see an imperative to move their departments toward greater contributions in this area. Activities in the high strategic value/ relationship quadrant have a more direct impact on the firm's ability to successfully implement its competitive strategy. For example, if the firm has poor relations with its unionized workers and this produces restrictive work rules and resistance to more flexible work arrangements, then the firm is likely to have difficulty implementing a low- cost strategy. Likewise, if the firm does not have a good executive compensation pro-gram, then it is likely to have more political infighting and will encounter greater difficulty in getting its executives to cooperate for the good of the company. Given such conditions, the firm is unlikely to succeed with a differentiation strategy requiring superior customer service. Because excellence in these activities can provide firms with a source of competitive advantage and some are based on trusting relationships developed over time, they are unlikely to be outsourced. In contrast to executives, the firm's other employees are less likely to attach as much importance to these activities. Several planning- related or design activities fall within the high strategic value/ transactional quadrant. These activities potentially affect the firm's ability to implement strategies in the future. For example, staffing planning or human resource planning probably falls within this category. As will be explained in Chapter 5, such planning is necessary to ensure the availability of key people to implement the firm's strategies in the future. Compliance with governmental regulations is another activity of high strategic value of a transactional nature. For example, firms need to evaluate and monitor their staffing practices a ...
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Change Implementation
Deyanira Diaz
Southern New Hampshire University
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October 2, 2022
Change Implementation
Organizational change is a complex process that requires detailed planning to succeed. A change management plan is, therefore, needed to ensure successful implementation. The plan helps manage the change process and controls schedule, scope, budget, resources, and communication. A change management plan also helps manage employee responses to organizational change. Employees respond differently to change. Some will be eager to use new processes and procedures, while others will resist. Bad communication, fear of the unknown, lack of support from the management, lack of understanding of the reason for the change, and fear of failure are some of the reasons why employees resist organizational change. No matter the reaction, a change management plan should provide a complete roadmap, as well as, tools to successfully implement change and support employees as they transition through change. In this report, I will analyze the pre-implementation and implementation stages of the change management plan in the U.S. branch.
Key Stakeholders and their Significance
Key stakeholders are individuals or groups with an interest in a change initiative and can either affect or be affected by the change. The president, the vice president, and business unit leaders are the key stakeholders in the change process. These individuals want to see successful change implementation to ensure company goals are met. Their main roles include creating a change vision and communicating change throughout the organization.
Each stakeholder’s role plays a significant part in gaining acceptance, buy-in, as well as, support for change across the organization and departments. As indicated above, one major role of the key stakeholders is to create a change vision. A change vision gives employees a picture of what the company will look like in the future after change implementation (Tanner, 2021). Also, a change vision tells employees why they should let go of the past and embrace the future. In other words, having a vision of change helps employees understand the reason for the change and the benefits it can bring. This, in turn, will create buy-in, support, and acceptance for the proposed change. Besides that, key stakeholders communicate the proposed change across departments and throughout the organization. Effective communication can encourage employees to embrace change and make them aware of the objectives and vision for change (Hasanaj, 2022). Additionally, effective communication can help the organization to convince employees that the existing state of affairs is no longer suitable. It can also encourage employees to support and accept the new state. It is necessary to be honest and clear when communicating change to create buy-in. It is also important to communicate how the change will affect employees to keep them engaged.
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1. ROLE OF HRM IN MERGER AND ACQUSITION
Mergers and acquisitions have become a common phenomenon in recent times. Although the
merging entities give a great deal of importance to financial matters and the outcomes, HR issues
are the most neglected ones. Ironically studies show that most of the mergers fail to bring out the
desired outcomes due to people related issues. The uncertainty brought out by poorly managed
HR issues in mergers and acquisitions have been the major reason for these failures.
The human resource issues in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be classified in two
phases they are:
• pre-merger phase
• Post- merger phase.
Pre-merger phase problems:-
The pre acquisition period involves an assessment of the cultural and organizational
differences, which will include the organizational cultures, role of leaders in the organization,
life cycle of the organization, and the management styles. The mergers often prove to be
traumatic for the employees of acquired firms; the impact can range from anger to depression.
The usual impact is high turnover, decrease in the morale, motivation, productivity leading to
merger failure. The other issues in the M&A activity are the changes in the HR policies,
downsizing, layoffs, survivor syndromes, stress on the workers, information system issues etc.
The human resource system issues that become important in M&A activity are human resource
planning, compensation selection and turnover, performance appraisal system, employee
development and employee relations.
Post-merger phase:-
The post acquisition is found to have serious impact on the performance of the
employees during the period of transition. The M&A leads to stress on the employee, which is
caused by the differences in human resource practices, uncertainty in the environment, cultural
differences, and differences in organizational structure and changes in the managerial styles. 1
The organizational culture plays an important role during mergers and acquisitions as the
organizational practices, managerial styles and structures to a large extent are determined by the
organizational culture. Each organization has a different set of beliefs and value systems, which
may clash owing to the M&A activity. The exposure to a new culture during the M&A leads to a
2. psychological state called culture shock. The employees not only need to abandon their own
culture, values and belief but also have to accept an entirely different culture. This exposure
challenges the old organizational value system and practices leading to stress among the
employees. Research has found that dissimilar cultures can produce feeling of hostility and
significant discomfort which can lower the commitment and cooperation on the part of the
employees. In case of cultural clash, one of the cultures that is dominant culture may get
preference in the organization causing frustration and feelings of loss for the other set of
employees. The employees of non-dominating culture may also get feelings of loss of identity
associated with the acquired firm. In certain cases like acquisition of a lesser known or less
profitable organization by a better one can lead to feelings of superiority complex among the
employees of the acquiring organization. In case of hostility in the environment the employees of
two organizations may develop “us” versus “them” attitude which may be detrimental to the
organizational growth.
The uncertainty during the M&A activity divert the focus of employees from productive work to
issues like job security, changes in designation, career path, working in new departments and
fear of working with new teams. The M&A activity leads to duplication of certain departments,
hence the excess manpower at times needs to be downsized hence the first set of thoughts that
occur in the minds of employees are related to security of their jobs. The M&A activity also
causes changes in their well defined career paths and future opportunities in the organization.
Some employees also have to be relocated or assigned new jobs; hence the employees find
themselves in a completely different situation with changes in job profiles and work teams. This
may have an impact on the performance of the employees.
For example if the compensation in the acquired firm is lesser compared to the acquiring firm,
the acquisition will raise employee expectations (for the employees of acquired firm) of a
possible hike in compensation which may not be realistic. On the other hand if the compensation
level of employees in acquiring firm is lower the employees may press to have equal
compensation across all the divisions of the firm. The pay differential can act as a de-motivator
for the employees of acquiring firm and may have long term consequences. M&A activity
presents a different set of challenge for the human resource managers in both acquiring and
acquired organizations.
3. HR’S ROLE BEFORE THE MERGER
The HR leadership has an opportunity before the merger to ensure that both organizations have a
strategy mapped out in advance. Once the merger starts taking place, people will often be too
busy to keep a strategic perspective. Before the merger takes place, the leaders of both
organizations - at least, of the dominant firm - should have a strategy mapped out, including
communications to employees and customers, where layoffs will take place (if any do), and how
the cultures should be merged. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats)
analysis should be done for the combined company. If possible, a brief culture survey
(preferably done via interviews as well as paper or Web/e-mail) should be undertaken in both
companies to discover what the cultural differences are. Sometimes this will be obvious in some
aspects -e.g. one culture values teams and bottom-up innovation, the other favors command-and-
control tactics - but not in others, such as how and whether individuals and teams are rewarded
for innovations, how failure is dealt with, whether conflict is addressed openly, etc. This will
prevent disconcerting delays between the announcement and the implementation of the
merger/takeover.
If the real purpose of the merger is to acquire another company’s assets, in terms of a particular
product or brand, its factories or patents, etc., that should be acknowledged and dealt with up
front. If employees are fooled at first by pleasant words, they will react more strongly when
those words become taunts.
Finally, before the merger or acquisition takes place, the leadership teams should consider the
non-financial issues. Will people in the two companies be able to work together? Will acquiring
a company, or merging with it, destroy the properties or drive away the talent that made it worth
having? Can a simple partnership, alliance, or even stock ownership without integration provide
more benefits than combining the two companies?
4. STRATEGIC FIT BETWEEN M&A AND HRM
The strategic HRM literature posits the importance of aligning a firm’s HRM strategy to its
Business strategy. In an notion that organizational structure follows an organization’s strategy,
showing that firms that differed in their strategies would use the same HRM practices in
different ways and that firms that changed strategies were likely to change their HRM practices.
We argue that, for merging firms to integrate successfully, they need to align their
HRM strategy to their M&A strategy. Thus, it is important to have a clear understanding of
M&A strategies to be able to specify the role that HRM should play. Moreover, in order to
consider the fit between M&A and HRM strategies, and to help make sense of HRM challenges
in the different types of M&As.
They are of three conceptual tools:
• Resources
• Processes
• values
Resources are defined as tangible assets, such as money and people, and intangible assets, such
as brands and relationships. In the context of HRM in M&As, decisions about resources involve
staffing and retention issues, with termination decisions being particularly important.
Processes refer to activities that firms use to convert the resources into valuable goods and
services. For example, in our case, these would be training and development programs as well as
appraisal and rewards systems.
Values are the way in which employees think about what they do and why they do it. Values
shape employees’ priorities and decision making. Below, we analyze key issues in the strategies
with regard to M&A in light.
Bower proposes five distinct M&A strategies:
(1) The overcapacity M&A
(2) The geographic roll-up M&A
(3) The product or market extension M&A
(4) The M&A as R&D
(5) The industry convergence M&A.
5. The overcapacity M&A:-
An overcapacity M&A occurs when an acquiring company seeks to eliminate excess
Capacity to create a more efficient corporation. In effect, the acquiring company’s Strategic goal
is to achieve economies of scale in order to gain market share, doing so in Part by eliminating
human resources. This type of M&A often arises in oligopolistic industries characterized by
excess capacity and involves firms of similar size. For example, there have been a number of
overcapacity M&As in the petroleum sector (e.g. British Petroleum’s acquisition of Amoco) and
the automobile sector (e.g. Daimler’s acquisition of Chrysler). An important concern in this type
of M&A is that, although processes and values of the merging entities are frequently similar,
relative status differences stemming from a merger of near equals can create problems in M&A
integration.
A geographic roll-up M&A:-
A geographic roll-up M&A takes place when companies seek to expand geographically,
often with operating units remaining at the local level. In many instances, large companies
acquire smaller companies that they try to keep intact and therefore these firms tend to retain
local managers. These types of M&As are common in the banking sector, as exemplified by
Banc One’s acquisitions of several regional banks. Although these M&As are similar to
overcapacity M&As in that both involve consolidation of businesses, they differ significantly in
that geographic roll-up M&As are more likely to occur at an earlier point in an industry’s life-
cycle. Strategically, roll-ups ‘are designed to achieve economies of scale and scope and are
associated with the building of industry giants’ (Bower, 2001: 98), while overcapacity M&As
seek to reduce capacity and duplication. Although in geographic roll-up M&As human resources
are less disposable, the processes and values of the merging entities are likely to differ more than
in the overcapacity M&A. Nevertheless, since the size of the acquirer tends to be greater than
that of the acquired firm, conflict stemming from status differences is possibly not as prevalent
as in the overcapacity M&A.
A product or market extension M&A:-
A product or market extension M&A involves expanding product lines or expanding
geographically across borders. This type of M&A occurs when the acquiring and acquired
companies are functionally related in production and/or distribution but sell products that do not
compete directly with one another, or when a company seeks to diversify geographically, such as
6. when two companies manufacture the same product, yet sell it in different markets. In effect, in
this type of M&A, firms seek to achieve long-term strategic goals by investing in less saturated
markets – often doing so to obtain economies of scale necessary for global competition. The
likelihood of success of product or market extension M&As depends on the relative size of the
merging firms and the experience of the acquired firm in M&As. For example, large firms such
as GE acquire many relatively small firms, thereby increasing their chances of subsequent
successful mergers. Similarly to in the geographic roll-up M&A, human resources in product or
market extension M&As frequently remain unchanged in the new entity. However, in product or
market extension mergers, some firms have difficulties in changing the processes and values of
acquired firms, particularly in cross-border M&As. For example, Marks &
Spencer experienced geographical distribution problems when it acquired the Canadian
firm Peoples Department Stores (Bower, 2001). By contrast, when GE acquired the
Italian engine producer Nuovo Pignone in 1992, it introduced its systems only sequentially over
time (Bower, 2001). What GE felt was most crucial in the short term was for Nuovo Pignone’s
managers to use GE’s resources to develop their business.
The M&A as R&D:-
An M&A as a substitute for R&D occurs when acquisitions are used as a means of
gaining access to new R&D knowledge or technological capabilities by acquiring innovative
firms rather than producing the knowledge in-house. Acquiring firms in this type of M&A tend
to be larger than the acquired firm, and sometimes have significant practical merger experience,
as in the case of Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
In an M&A as a substitute for R&D, the retention of human resources and knowledge is a
paramount goal. Processes and values of the newly formed entity will, however, probably need
to be changed, a complex proposition since the entrepreneurial employees often feel their values
are constrained by the more bureaucratic structure of the acquiring firm .The success of this type
of cross-border M&A will therefore depend on the acquired firm’s integration capabilities and
the acquiring firm’s learning capacity. Integration issues will, however, be industry contingent.
For example, the product development cycle is often much shorter in information technology
(IT) firms than in pharmaceutical firms, indicating the need for more rapid integration in M&As
in the IT industry.
7. An industry convergence M&A
An industry convergence M&A involves creating a new industry from existing industries
whose boundaries are eroding. An example of this type of M&A is the Viacom acquisition of
Paramount and Blockbuster. Although this type of merger will probably increase in the future, it
is rare and not yet fully understood, making it difficult to analyze. In addition, acquired
companies in this type of merger are typically given wide berth, perhaps to a greater extent than
in the M&As as a substitute for R&D, with integration driven by a need to create value rather
than a desire to create a symmetrical organization.
These two acquisition strategy case which I found very interesting and the sources are given
bellow of the each case
Acquisition strategy of GE Capital
The GE Capital uses a successful model called “Pathfinder” for acquiring
firms. The model disintegrates the process of M&A into four categories
which are further divided into subcategories. The four stages incorporate
some of the best practices for optimum results. The pre-acquisition phase
of the model involves due diligence, negotiations and closing of deals.
This involves the cultural assessments, devising communication strategies
and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the business leaders. An
integration manager is also chosen at this stage. The second phase is the
foundation building. At this phase the integration plan is prepared. A team
of executives from the GE Capital and the acquiring company is formed.
Also a 100 day communication strategy is evolved and the senior
management involvement and support is made clear. The needed resources
are pooled and accountability is ensured. The third is the integration phase.
Here the actual implementation and correction measures are taken. The
processes like assessing the work flow, assignment of roles etc are done at
this stage. This stage also involves continuous feedbacks and making
necessary corrections in the implementation. The last phase involves
assimilation process where integration efforts are reassessed. This stage
involves long term adjustment and looking for avenues for improving the
8. integration. This is also the period when the organization actual starts
reaping the benefits of the acquisition. The model is dynamic in the sense
that company constantly improves it through internal discussions between
the teams that share their experiences, effective tools and refine best
practices.
Source: Ashkensas, R.N., DeMonaco, L.J. and Francis, S.C.
(1998).Making the Deal Real: How GE Capital Integrates Acquisitions.
Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb98, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p165,1
Acquisition strategy of Cisco
The acquisition strategy of Cisco is an excellent example of how thorough
planning can help in successful acquisitions. After experiencing some
failures in acquiring companies, Cisco devised a three step process of
acquisition. This involved, analyzing the benefits of acquiring,
understanding how the two organizations will fit together – how the
employees from the organization can match with Cisco culture and then
the integration process. In the evaluation process, Cisco looked whether
there is compatibility in terms of long term goals of the organization, work
culture, geographical proximity etc. For example Cisco believes in an
organizational culture which is risk taking and adventurous. If this is
lacking in the working style of the target company, Cisco is not convinced
about the acquisition. No forced acquisitions are done and the critical
element is in convincing the various stakeholders of the target company
about the future benefits. The company insists on no layoffs and job
security is guaranteed to all the employees of the acquired company. The
acquisition team of Cisco evaluates the working style of the management
of the target company, the caliber of the employees, the technology
systems and the relationship style with the employees. Once the
acquisition team is convinced, an integration strategy is rolled out. A top
level integration team visits the target company and gives clear cut
information regarding Cisco and the future roles of the employees of the
acquired firm. After the acquisition, employees of the acquired firm are
9. given 30 days orientation training to fit into the new organizational
environment. The planned process of communication and integration has
resulted in high rate of success in acquisitions for Cisco.
(The case is adapted from “Cisco’s acquisition strategy”, ICFAI
Center for management research)