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Concept of Merger and Acquisitions

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Conflicting values and their relevance to management theories and concepts along withintegration problems....................................................................................................................1Staffing process and its relevance to management theories and concepts along with culturalissues...........................................................................................................................................2Recommendations for resolution of conflicting values..............................................................4Recommended processes for integration in regard to the top structure......................................5Usefulness of management and organisational theories.............................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONThis case study of “Who goes who stays?” is about the merger of two pharmaceuticalscompanies that is BioHealth Labs and DeWaal Pharmaceuticals. This case is all about issuesfaced at the time of merger due to lack of decision making about what executives shouldcontinue their work and which employees are not capable enough to make their position in thenew company. CEO and chairman of these companies faced numerous problems and theirjourney of merger is discussed in this project report. The main aim of this report is to build anunderstanding about the concept of merger and acquisitions by considering this case study andaddressing issues such as conflicting values related with management theories, problems facedduring staffing process and recommendations for the issues faced. Mergers and acquisitions arethe most important phase of a company which is discussed in this report by concerning andfocusing this case (Cartwright and Cooper, 2012).MAIN BODYConflicting values and their relevance to management theories and concepts along withintegration problemsConflicting values are the conflicts which occur due to different values and beliefsystems present within organisation. Here, values are beliefs which provides meaning to theunderstanding of an individual. Values are related to the perception about certain things and theexplanation about what is just and unjust, good or bad. In the case of merger, two differentcompanies come together to work but the value system of both the companies are different.Value conflicts can occur due to either diversified values of company or varied values of CEO'sof the companies. Here, nature of both the companies are similar that is Pharmaceuticals due towhich there are negligible value conflicts. But when it came to CEO and chairman of thesecompanies, different value systems and beliefs of senior executives can lead to eruption ofseveral problems within the organisation (Cartwright and Cooper, 2014). In the case of Who goes Who stays?, there were various value conflicts arise due todifferent perception, value and mindset of CEOs. Despite of the conflicts between the CEO andchairman of these companies, there were few conflicts which arise due to personnel issues.Various conflicts which were at stake in this case are mentioned below along with relevantmanagement theory and concepts:1
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