The Human Side of M&A: How CEOs Leverage the Most Important Asset in Deal Making

by Dayton Ogden, Judith A. Roland, Dennis C. Carey

Book Overview

There are thousands of mergers every year and, by some estimates, two-thirds of them either fail or fall far short of expectations. How can leaders keep their merger from becoming a head-on collision?
In The Human Side of M&A, Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden argue that most failed mergers looked good on paper--they made financial and strategic sense--but the crucial human element was neglected or overlooked. Consequently, corporate cultures often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195140966
• ISBN13: 9780195140965
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The soft side of hard business deals

During the 1990s, mergers and acquisitions (M & A) hit a historic high. Yet academic research confirms what anecdotal evidence suggested: most mergers do not work. Authors Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden (writing with Judith A. Roland) contend that most mergers fail because of mismanagement and neglect of the merged company's "soft side" - the cultural and human dimension. They draw on their experiences as human resource consultants to outline a strategy for assessing people, creating vision, integrating mergers and addressing the soft side's hard problems. We find that the book's greatest strength is its interviews with executives and other insiders who have direct experience with high-profile mergers, both successes and failures. If you are an executive or human resources manager in a company on either side of a merger - or if you think you'll find yourself in that position in the future - read this book before you sign that deal.