The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions: Managing Collisions Between People, Cultures, and Organizations

Buono, Anthony F.

ISBN 10: 1587981769 / ISBN 13: 9781587981760

Published by BEARD GROUP INC, 1989

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KlappentextThis is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with the effects on the persons--employees and managers at all organizational levels --who are caught up in mergers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions: Managing Collisions Between People, Cultures, and Organizations
• Publisher: BEARD GROUP INC
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587981769
• ISBN 13: 9781587981760
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with the effects on the persons--employees and managers at all organizational levels --who are caught up in mergers.

About the Author

James L. Bowditch is the Stewardship & Planned Giving Officer for the Diocese of Maine. For the past two years, he was the Director of Development at Episcopal Divinity School. Prior to that he was Professor of Management in the Management & Information Systems Department at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, and earlier, Dean of the College of Business & Administration. He was also undergraduate dean and associate professor in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. His research has been on the human effects of organizational transformation, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. He has co-authored five books. He holds a B.A. from Yale in psychology, an M.A. from Yale in psychology, an M.A. from Western Michigan University in psychology and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational psychology.

Anthony F. Buono has a joint appointment as Professor of Management and Sociology at Bentley College. He has written and edited seven books. He is a past chair of the Academy of Management's Management Consulting Division, a Research Fellow with Bentley's center for Business Ethics, and has received Bentley's highest honors for both teaching and research. Professor Buono's research interests focus on the management-consulting industry, organizational change, and interorganizational strategies, including facilitating mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. He holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland in Business Administration, and an M.A. and Ph.D. with a concentration in Industrial and Organizational Sociology from Boston College. Photo from the Bentley College website.