Organizational Development in Mergers and Acquisitions
Jim Sanders in conjunction with David Jamieson wrote an article "OD's role in improving Mergers and Acquisitions". Jim Sanders and David Jamieson are both professors at a Universities that have interests in business.
In this article they are calling on individuals to contribute to a new article concerning Organizational Developments role in mergers and acquisitions. He is attempting to crowd source information concerning mergers and acquisitions in an upcoming article in the organizational development network. This is an online journal dedicated to further the development of Organizational Development.
In this article he is addressing the key role of organizational development(OD) in mergers and acquisitions. He is asking for key information about methods and practices being utilized today. What has worked. What methods have been used and whether or not they have been successful. The whole purpose of which is to document this information in writing. He is looking for new ideas, information, studies and best practices on how business has handled mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Sanders has stated several potential topics that could be addressed in this new article that is to be produced. These are organizing the effort, strategy phase, targeting initial communications, due diligence, closing and announcement, integration, culture, and organizational learning and improvement. Mr. Sanders offers many questions in each area. Hoping it will spark input for the main ides. He does not want to limit the information that might be helpful in creating this article or that might be helpful to the business community.
This article is basically a teaser for what information might be coming in the next article.
It does address several good key issues. What it does not provide are answers to what works or has not worked in business today. Yet, that is what they want to address in the next article.
He realizes the importance of documenting information for what the business community needs concerning mergers and acquisitions. How important it is to get this information written down so that it can be shared and taught. They are stressing the importance of real world knowledge needed to make this an article that stands out. This is not only important for the business community but also to the universities that are teaching our business graduates. If the information being taught is not current it is not relevant to society today. The major emphasis is being current with information.
Works Cited
Sanders, Jim, and David Jamieson. "OD's Role in Improving Mergers and Acquisitions." OD Practitioner 44.2 (2012): 2. Web. 23 June 2012. <http://http://libproxy.uhcl.edu:2057/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=3614bd49-7d84-4bf6-a84b-e4d0d7e79f32%40sessionmgr12&vid=1&hid=13>.
I can't help but think that all of the companies and professionals that the authors are trying to get involved in writing this article will not share their secrets. If I was running a successful business and conducting successful M&A's among other transactions, I wouldn't want other companies trying to duplicate my successes. It's a good idea though, getting new information from the trenches.
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