M&A Post acquisition management: Through the lens of business psychology
Statistically, most merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are unsuccessful, between 70-90% according to Forbes, with post-acquisition methodology identified as the key variable. Integrating businesses is one of the hardest business tasks and one, sometimes, identified and potentially mediated by external business psychologists trained in culture synergy. These industrial organizational psychologists are well-verves in methodologies to identify nuances of every artifact and its potential impact on business outcomes: consider the analogy of identifying known disease symptomology and appreciating how to implement immediate interventions for stakeholder efficacy. What M&A activities are identified in empirical literature as potential deal pitfalls and how can seasoned resources achieve cost and revenue synergies: 1. Improve due diligence 2. Consider and address the psychological impacts of M&A activity on both businesses 3. ...