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After the Merger: The Authoritative Guide to Integration Success.

By Wigglesworth, David C.
Publication: HRMagazine
Date: Saturday, November 1 1997

BY PRICE PRITCHETT WITH DONALD ROBINSON AND RUSSEL CLARKSON McGraw Hill, 1997, 158 pages, ISBN: 0786312394.

This book, first published in 1985, has been updated to reflect new realities in today's rapidly changing business world. Numerous case histories and examples are provided.

The book details the process of combining two separate, highly distinct companies into one solid organization. Highlights include ways to defuse cultural time bombs that threaten to destroy international mergers; ways to avoid errors that managers make again and again; best practices for handling the four major categories of merger; and checklists for managers and executives on both sides of the acquisition.

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