Role of HRM in Mergers and Acquisitions

ROLE OF HRM IN MERGERS &
ACQUISITIONS

INTRODUCTION
Strategic human resource management is based
on the process of developing, attracting, retaining
and further rewarding the employees for the
profit of the organization. The goals of the human
resource department is thereby aligned with the
overall goals of the organization. The strategic
human resource management is thereby
considered to be the practice which attracts the
employees and supports the objectives and the
goals that are set by the organization as a whole
(Brewster, 2017).

ROLE OF HRM IN MERGERS &
ACQUISITIONS
The human resource department of the
organization plays an important role in the
process of mergers and acquisitions that are
conducted by the organizations. The mergers
between the companies are affected in a huge
manner by the human resource management
department. The HR plays an important role in
the ways by the employees are managed after the
merger has taken place (Jackson, Schuler &
Jiang, 2014).

CROSS BORDER MERGERS
&ACQUISITIONS
The mergers are mainly based on the agreement
which takes place between two companies so that
they are able to join their operations together. An
acquisition on the other hand occurs when an
organization takes over the entire operations of
another organization. The which takes over the
operations mainly aims at controlling the entire
operations of the company (Taken from textbook).