The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions: Managing Collisions Between People, Cultures, and Organizations (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Hardcover

Buono, Anthony F.; Bowditch, James L.

9781555421359: The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions: Managing Collisions Between People, Cultures, and Organizations (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555421350 ISBN 13: 9781555421359

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 1989

Describes three actual mergers, offers advice on smoothing organizational changes, and discusses the hidden costs of merger

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From the Publisher:

This eye-opening study, based on the authors' direct and personal observation of a bank merger, has three basic analytical focuses: the human issues presented by mergers at both an individual and a cultural level, the organizational issues that these human concerns raise, and the resulting implications for managing the merger and acquisition process. With keen insight, the authors delve into a complex web of reactions. The intrigues, cultural clashes, hostilities, and tensions that emerged from this "friendly" merger are mind-boggling.

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... The dynamics that characterized the dual nature of the merger run the gamut of human responses to a stressful situation: trust and betrayal, openness and deception, hope and despair, support and retaliation--all driven by nascent opportunities or restricted options...

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