After the Merger: Managing the Shockwaves, 3rd Edition - Hardcover

Price Pritchett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 094400282X ISBN 13: 9780944002827

Publisher: Pritchett LP, 2014

Synopsis

Named "one of the best business books of the year" by Library Journal.

After the Merger provides a clear look at the tasks and problems of post-merger integration. It is the first book ever written on merger integration strategy.

This hardbound volume provides a level of detail that will help your team navigate the many potential pitfalls of the integration process. After the Merger is packed with proven strategies that allow you to turn the instability created by a merger or acquisition to your advantage.

Specific topics explored include:

• 6 errors that managers make again and again, and how you can avoid them
• Best practices for handling the 4 major categories of a merger everything from "rescue" to "raid"
• Ways to defuse cultural time bombs that can destroy mergers
• Separate checklists for managers on both sides
• Time-saving checklists for executives on both sides

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Pritchett is founder and CEO of PRITCHETT, LP, a Dallas-based consulting firm recognized internationally for its thought leadership in organizational change, corporate culture, and merger integration strategy.

He has authored over half a dozen million-plus sellers on change management. In fact, over 20 million copies of his books and handbooks are in print worldwide, with translations into many foreign languages. More than 70,000 organizations including virtually all of the Fortune 500 have used his firm's consulting, training, and handbooks.

Dr. Pritchett's reputation as a pioneering thought leader on large scale organizational change is based on almost four decades of consulting to senior management and boards of directors. He's known for his cutting edge insights, conceptual innovations, and ability to advise top executives toward powerful execution on critical change priorities.

He has a deep understanding of the pressures and conflicting demands executives encounter during major change, knows the intense scrutiny they face from an array of stakeholders, and respects the risk/reward challenges they must navigate while continuing to deliver positive financial results.

His specialized work in change management, culture, and merger integration strategy has been referenced in most major business journals and newspapers. He also has been interviewed on CNN, CNBC, and other major television channels. His keynote audiences include senior managers at many prestigious organizations such as Xerox, ABC Radio, American Medical Association, Texas Health Resources, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, John Deere, The Conference Board, General Motors, Mattel, 3M, General Electric, Honeywell, and Bridgestone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pritchett LP
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 094400282X
• ISBN 13: 9780944002827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 155