Managing People during Mergers and Acquisitions

During mergers and acquisitions employees' behaviour may become less predictable due to both personal and shared interests and agendas. Employees may respond positively or negatively to a merger or acquisition, depending on elements that encourage or discourage them to accept the change.

Employees' reactions, loss of valued personnel, and decreases in productivity can lead to organisations going off track, a loss of time and money, and blows to the organisation's image and credibility.

We work with the organisation to ensure that as much attention is paid to the human resource aspect of mergers and acquisitions as to the financial aspect.