Mergers Acquisitions And Corporate Organizational Restructuring Management

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BOOK:Hitt M.A., Ireland R.D. & Hoskisson R.E. (2016). Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases(12th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN:9781305502147

THIS IS A TWO PART PAPER >PART A AND PART B SEPERATED

PART A

Acquisitions, Mergers, and Restructuring

Respond to the following questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the readings.

This discussion assignment has three parts. You should use brief headings to separate your post into the three sections.

In the first section, do some research to identify an organization that has recently experienced acquisition, merger, or restructuring as discussed in the course materials. Briefly describe the action (e.g., acquisition, merger, restructuring) including an evaluation of why it occurred and the outcome (e.g., is it working? Is it accomplishing what was expected?). This first section only needs to be one or two paragraphs.

For the second section, select one of the following bullet point topics. If someone has already posted on one of the bullet points, select another one until all the bullet points are used so that we can discuss several different relevant topics. Once all the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to reuse the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue. The second section of your post only needs to be one or two paragraphs.

Of the many reasons discussed in your readings for making acquisitions, the rationale that may be the strongest is that acquisitions allow firms to capture new capabilities. From among the other reasons for making an acquisition listed in the readings, choose the one that you think provides the strongest rationale for making an acquisition. Defend your choice with research and provide appropriate examples.

Similar to the previous bullet point, choose a reason for making an acquisition that you think provides the weakest rationale. Defend your choice with research and provide appropriate examples.

As noted in the course lecture, mergers and acquisitions are similar strategic moves. Evaluate some of the reasons that an organization might choose one option (merger or acquisition) over the other. Defend your reasons with research and provide appropriate examples.

Evaluate when restructuring can be seen as a positive business strategic move. In your response, be sure to analyze how shareholder value is created through restructuring. Defend your reasons with research and provide appropriate examples.

The final section or paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.

Your posting should be the equivalent of 1 to 2 single-spaced pages (500–1000 words) in length.

PART B

Course Project Task 2

Begin your paper by identifying two of GE's recent acquisitions and summarizing the key details of each.

Next, address the following two topics with respect to each acquisition:

Which of the reasons (if any) for acquisitions discussed in this week’s readings was used as the logic by GE in justifying the acquisition? Explain your answer and support it with research, rationale, and appropriate examples.

Which of the sources of integration difficulties discussed in this week’s readings seem to be of concern in this acquisition?

Explain your answer and support it with research, rationale, and appropriate examples.

Finally, summarize two or three important take-aways from your research into GE’s acquisitions. In essence, what did you learn and what strategic development and implementation lessons might you apply?

Submission Details:

Present your analysis as a 3–4-page report in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.

Support your responses with examples. Cite any sources in APA format.


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Running Head: ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

Organizational Restructuring
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ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

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Organizational Restructuring
Organizational restructuring refers to the act of re-organizing, re-setting or merely
making changes to the departments, ownership, legal, ethical and operational structures, majorly
for regaining business momentum and making benefits (Vishwanath & Krishnamurti,
2018). McDonald's Company is an excellent example of an organization that recently employed
the restructuring method as a way of cutting off useless costs and aims at making profits. The
company developed a plan to streamline its four main global marketing segments. The current
McDonald’s executive will head all the four sectors. The first change is the removal of “layers of
bureaucracy” to enable more narrowed decision-making and action. The second change is
franchising the 35,000 restaurants and overseeing most activities in the restaurants. The company
aims to make $3500 annually or 4.8 billion as it focuses on regain business momentum. The
organization decided to restructure its previous setting after it experienced a financial crisis in the
2000s. The third change was to honor the local ownership which was considered vital in the
success of the business. It implies that local customers will be crucial to the business as they are
the buyers of first foods sold by the firm. The fourth change is embracing diversity in a more
welcoming way. The company operates globally, and it has to harmonize itself with different
cultures, their testes, and preferences plus the employment issue. The number five change was
the workers’ minimum wages that were reduced due to franchising that took place. Most
workers’ salary would not be pushed (DePamphilis, 2017). This aimed at cutting costs to save
much of the money after the recession period. The company also rebranded its branches in Japan,
Hong Kong, and China due to the “meat sanitation scandal.” By now when the outcome is
observed, there is an excellent impr...


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