Integrating Newly Merged Organizations

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More than half of all mergers and acquisitions fail to meet established objectives of value creation. This book is a practical guide to further ensure the successful outcome of business M&A activities. Gendron highlights the critical issues that have historically been the foundation of poorly executed business integration processes. How these key elements are handled can make or break the integration of an acquired company. They include understanding the purpose of the transaction, capturing the learning of preliminary due diligence review efforts, and managing the personal factors that affect all employees in the merger process, including those who work for the acquiring and acquired companies. Once these basic issues have been considered, the integration team should focus on culture, critical processes, and communications. This book provides executives involved with the integration process with the tools they need, including checklists and assessment tools to develop, plan, and execute a successful merger. Whether new to the M&A process or a seasoned pro, the executive charged with key M&A responsibilities will benefit from this book's straightforward examples and non-technical presentation of information.

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"An invaluable and organized approach to combining organizations. Offers the reader specific useful techniques to improve the opportunity for successful integration."-Diane C. Harris, President Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc.
"Gendron is right on target with a great overview of the M & A process while providing insight, understanding and a well thought out and practical guide for implementation."-Bob Tennison, former President and CEO of Hill-Rom Inc.
"The whole subject of integrating organizations is probably the most difficult task a CEO has to do and one that is most often pushed down in the organization to someone who is not an A player. I wish I had read this book before we made acquisitions."-Gus Hillenbrand, CEO of Hillenbrand Industries (retired)
[o]ffers insight into the right way and the wrong ways to grow....[i]ts premise, recommendations and conclusions offer plenty of insight for executives who want to merge divisions or expand by acquisition.-The Enquirer Online
[V]ery useful...- Mangeris
"offers insight into the right way and the wrong ways to grow....its premise, recommendations and conclusions offer plenty of insight for executives who want to merge divisions or expand by acquisition."-The Enquirer Online
"[o]ffers insight into the right way and the wrong ways to grow....[i]ts premise, recommendations and conclusions offer plenty of insight for executives who want to merge divisions or expand by acquisition."-The Enquirer Online

Author Bio

MICHAEL P. GENDRON is a private investor and former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hill-Rom Inc., a global medical device company based in Batesville, Indiana.