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

by William J. Rothwell, Jacqueline M. Stavros, Roland L. Sullivan, Arielle Sullivan
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
704 pages
21h 9m
English
Pfeiffer
Content preview from Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The OD Role in Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work
Mitchell Lee Marks and Philip H. Mirvis
 
 
 
 
 
Organizational leaders merge with or acquire other entities because they believe the union will provide for the attainment of strategic goals more quickly and inexpensively than acting on their own (Hapeslagh & Jamison, 1991). In some cases, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can help a company move quickly into a new market or pursue a strategy that otherwise would be too costly, risky, or technologically advanced to achieve independently. Other times, deals are opportunistic, such as when a troubled competitor seeks a savior or when a bidding war ensues after a firm is “put into play.” Still other times, acquisitions or ...
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