Mergers and Acquisitions: Conflict and Resolution

The contemporary business environment for mergers
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Running Head: Report
Executive Summary
This report highlights the mergers and acquisitions of two companies that have faced multiple
issues, which lead to sever conflict. Hence, this report is aimed to identify the reason behind such
conflict and also highlighted the significant recommendation that organisations can select to
resolve current issues.
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Running Head: Report
Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Findings and analysis.......................................................................................................................3
Different values in the stake........................................................................................................3
Reasons for conflicts....................................................................................................................4
Processes Applied........................................................................................................................5
Recommendation for resolving conflicts.........................................................................................7
Process recommended for the two senior executives and their HR people.....................................8
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12
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Running Head: Report
Introduction
This report highlights the mergers and acquisitions as strategies for organisations, which are
looking for continuous growth. Therefore, the case of the DeWaal pharmaceuticals and
BioHealth labs has been discussed in this report. Hence, the major aim of this report is to identify
multiple aspects that can affect the merger and acquisitions of organisations. Therefore, a
significant analysis of the conflicting values has been included in this report. Additionally, an
extensive critique of the existing processes has been discussed. Therefore, recommendations are
also given so that these organisations can resolve their existing issues.
Findings and analysis
Different values in the stake
The DeWaal pharmaceuticals and the BioHealth labs merged for expanding their businesses in
all over the world. Another aspect of the merge is the sharing of the profits of the two of the
pharmaceutical company. The main problem that faced by the two companies is the positions of
the managers. The CEO s of the two companies such as Steve lindell and Kaspar van de Velde
has implemented some managerial theories to resolve the conflict of the two companies (Waring
2016).
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