Managing Mergers and Acquisitions for Success
HR Management: Playing a Vital Role in
Mergers & Acquisitions
With OrgPlus, management can simultaneously view, model and transform organizational structures within two or more companies, thereby providing support in all stages of M&A including Pre-Deal (Due Diligence), Integration Planning, Integration Communication and Implementation and Post-Merger Workforce Management and Optimization.
Pre-Deal Stage
- Analyze hierarchies and reporting relationships
- Audit the workforce for diversity and other characteristics
- Identify key personnel
- Generate headcounts by department
- Roll up total workforce cost
- Assess government compliance issues
Integration Planning Stage
- Model the workforce to determine optimal structure
- Conduct "what if" scenario planning to visualize
merger integration - Collaborate with department managers to plan
resources and structures - Identify duplicate roles and plan necessary reductions
- Plan optimal management and reporting hierarchies
- Align workforce costs with departmental budgets
- Manage resources for internal mobility
Integration Implementation and Communication Stage
- Consolidate workforce data into a centralized organizational chart
- Share the integration roadmap with management
- Provide managers with adjusted spans of control and budgets
- Publish a view of the new organization to all employees
- Produce documentation of the merger process for auditors
- Capture a history of organizational changes as planning progresses
Post-Merger Workforce Management and Optimization Stage
- Merge workforce data into a single system of record
- Ensure the successful assimilation of corporate cultures
- Align resources with corporate initiatives and business goals
- Refine business processes and workflow to reduce operational expenses
- Communicate performance management, talent acquisition and succession planning data
- Present the unified workforce via a globally accessible, secure, intelligent
organizational charting system