The Benefits of Strategic HR Involvement in the Merger Process

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This paper examines the impact that early intervention by human resources personnel can have upon the optimization of a merger between business entities. In particular the paper looks closely at the merger between the Sports Authority and GART Sports. While the literature is disappointingly scant in this matter, it looks at how there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that HR involvement did take place in a timely manner during the initial merger, and if it did not lead to immediate improvement it at least did not cause any lasting harm.

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"The benefits of strategic HR involvement in the Merger and/or acquisition process with a Case Study of the Merger between the Sports Authority and Gart Sports Introduction In the hyper-competitive world of twenty-first century business, no organization that is the product of merged entities can hope to survive if it does not carefully cultivate a positive corporate culture. The following paper will discuss how the early intervention and enthusiastic involvement of Human Resources Personnel in the merger process will create a desirable corporate culture and contribute to optimal deal valuation and to the retention of, and optimization of, human capital. In particular, the succeeding pages will examine to what extent early human resources intervention has been a boon to the new entity that arose from the merger of the Sports Authority and GART Sports. "

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