Post-Merger Management

Authors:

• Kirsten Meynerts-Stiller
• Christoph Rohloff

Chapters:

• Prelims

Part I: Introduction

• 1 Mergers Are Back in Business

Part II: The World In M&A Mode

• 2 ‘M&A’ as a Global Market Phenomenon
• 3 Attempts at Explaining the M&A Adventure
• 4 Merger Integration Competence
• 5 Profile of an Integration Manager

Part III: From the Transaction to Integration

• 6 What Goes on Prior to Implementation
• 7 Handing Over the Baton from the Transaction Team to the Integration Team
• 8 From Signing to Closing
• 9 Share Deal Versus Asset Deal

Part IV: Day 1

• 10 Visible Signs of Integration Readiness

Part V: Superordinate Integration Strategy

• 11 Fields of Action in Strategic Integration Planning

Part VI: Management of the Uncontrollable

• 12 Integration as a Project
• 13 How to Organize an Integration Project in an Intelligent Way
• 14 The Logic of Planning and Control
• 15 Controlling Overall Success
• 16 Managing the Risks of Integration

Part VII: Cultural Mergers

• 17 Change Management in Merger Integration
• 18 Cultural Integration
• 19 Leadership Development
• 20 Strategy, Team and Divisional Development
• 21 Feedback Loops
• 22 Communication

Part VIII: Functional Integration Strategies

• 23 HR in the Integration Process
• 24 IT Integration
• 25 Sales and Procurement
• References
• Index