Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook, + Website - (Wiley Finance) by Scott C Whitaker (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook is a comprehensive resource to help companies create a scalable post merger or acquisition integration process and framework that accelerates operating and business benefit goal realization.

• Includes tools, templates, forms, examples and checklists to provide a no nonsense "handbook" style approach to managing an effective integration.
• Helps integration managers quickly get up to speed on various integration challenges, including guidance on developing detailed operational and functional integration plans to support flawless execution.
• Reveals how to avoid integration failure by establishing an in-house integration management office to handle integration projects.
• Includes a sample integration playbook that can be used to create a core competency within companies to support ongoing integration activity.

Botched integration is the number one reason mergers fail. Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook shows you how to develop, execute and implement merger integrations and business strategies to realize your organization's mergers and acquisitions goals.

From the Back Cover

Whether you're involved in a post-merger integration, or a post-acquisition integration, or a partial integration, it is vital that integration work be managed effectively to preserve value and not disrupt business continuity--which is exactly what integration managers are typically on the hook to accomplish.

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook offers no-nonsense guidance for managing a successful integration, preparing you for the various integration challenges you may encounter. Author and renowned M&A expert Scott Whitaker presents the best practices with pragmatic insights and proactive strategies to inform your thinking toward crafting the optimal integration strategy for your company.

Designed to address those challenges facing integration deals valued at $250 million or less, this handbook looks at those integration activities that are common to any merger or acquisition scenario. Samples of tools and templates illustrating how to accomplish many tasks are included, as well as essential information on:

• How to organize the bulk of your integration activities by phase
• Determining which resources you'll need to manage your integration challenges
• Basic steps and practices to make communication planning a big part of your integration
• Setting up an integration management office (IMO)
• The key activities related to the execution phase of integration
• How to create a scalable integration playbook for your organization

Along with an accompanying website featuring access to a PowerPoint of a sample integration play-book, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook gets you up to speed on integration issues and basic practices so your team can efficiently tackle integration projects in a way that preserves and protects the value of your transaction.

About the Author

SCOTT C. WHITAKER, CMC, is President and CEO of Whitaker & Company, an Atlanta-based consulting and project management firm specializing in helping companies to develop, execute, and implement merger integrations and business strategies designed to achieve growth. Since 2005, Whitaker & Company has been involved in merger integration and strategy and operations projects totaling more than $25 billion for both domestic and international companies.