Mergers and Acquisitions

Many strategically promising mergers fail because of human and organizational development challenges. Management Systems has been successful in helping organizations manage these types of transformations.

We work with organizations to:

• plan the integration
• develop the vision of the new entity
• define the new structure
• manage the cultural changes that inevitably occur from mergers and acquisitions

We also work with the senior executives of the newly created organization to help define their roles and create an effective senior management team.

What is the Management Systems approach to Mergers and Acquisitions?

Every merger or acquisition involves combining two or more organizations to create a new entity. This process involves critical organizational development challenges, including:

• Finding ways to motivate and retain key people
• Adapting operational and management systems to support the vision and strategy of the combined organization
• Creating a culture of shared values, beliefs and norms that will best fit the new organization
• Blending key managers into a new leadership team

Management Systems works with managers and transition teams to help identify and work through key differences that must be resolved. Consultants also help the management team create the new company by articulating the vision and strategic mission and clarifying and supporting implementation of changes in structure and culture that will help ensure achievement of the mission.

We typically provide assistance in the following phases of a merger or acquisition:

• Preliminary planning that precedes an initial public announcement of the intent to merge
• Integration planning that takes place between the announcement and the approval/completion of the financial deal
• Implementation of integration plans and management of the culture of the new organization
  

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