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

Buono, Anthony F.; Bowditch, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587981769 ISBN 13: 9781587981760

Publisher: Beard Books, 1989

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 this title

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.

From the Inside Flap:

... 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...

About this edition

• Publisher: Beard Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 1587981769
• ISBN 13: 9781587981760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336