The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level

by Galpin, Timothy J.; Herndon, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780787994600
• ISBN10: 078799460X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-15
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts Tim Galpin and Mark Herndon present an updated and expanded guide to planning and managing the M&A process. This comprehensive book is unique in providing the tools to address both the human and operational sides of integration. Based on the authors' consulting experience with numerous Fortune 500 companies, this resource will help organizations capture deal synergies more quickly and effectively. Augmenting their step-by-step advice with helpful templates, checklists, graphs and tools, Galpin and Herndon provide sound guidance for successfully integrating different processes, organizations, and cultures. The authors also address pre-deal do's and don'ts, people dynamics, common mistakes, communications strategies, and specific actions you can take to create measurable positive results throughout the integration process. The revised edition not only updates case studies and presents recent integration research, but it also adds new tools.

Author Biography

Timothy J. Galpin is associate professor at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management and a senior?fellow with Katzenbach Partners, LLC.?He has over twenty years of experience as a management consultant and business manager based in Europe and North America.

Mark Herndon is president of Parkwood Advisors, LLC, a management consultancy focused on a broad range of strategic and business effectiveness initiatives, including M&A strategy, due diligence, and integration management.

Table of Contents

Integration : the real deal	p. 1
Integration begins with due diligence	p. 21
Welcome to the big leagues of change management	p. 57
The merger integration work-streams model	p. 73
Organizing, involving, and coordinating integration task forces	p. 91
Tell it like it is : honest communication	p. 117
Don't let them jump ship : retaining and "rerecruiting" your key people	p. 127
Setting the organization cures many ills : structure and staffing decisions	p. 143
Keeping track of success : merger measurement systems	p. 175
"But they're so different" : cultural integration	p. 205
Human capital integration and the human resources function	p. 219
Merger repair	p. 235
Keys to M&A success	p. 247
Sample task force charter	p. 257
Integration planning template	p. 265
The current state of M&A integration	p. 285
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