Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

SUMMARY

The global economic crisis is expected to bring an increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions as organizations combine to cut costs and expand into new markets. Organization development interventions can help organizational leaders minimize the unintended human, cultural, and organizational consequences of integrating previously independent entities, while maximizing opportunities to use the combination to build a truly new and better organization.

References

Carwright, S., & McCarthy, S. (2005). Developing a framework for cultural due diligence in mergers and acquisitions. In G.K. Stahl & M.E. Mendenhall (Eds.), Mergers and acquisitions: Managing culture and human resources. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books.

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