CHAPTER 10

Strategic Alliance: Role of HR

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“While other functions in a company play important roles in a combination, HR is at the heart of any merger integration programme”

Accenture

CHAPTER OUTLINE
  • Mergers
  • Due diligence
  • Psychological reactions
  • Change agent
  • Communication
  • Talent management
  • Survivors’ syndrome
LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • Meaning of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Life cycle of M&A
  • Role of human resource (HR) in M&A

OPENING CASE

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On March 19, 2007, then Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel announced his ...

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