Strategic Human Resource Management

Booz.Allen & Hamilton

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Challenges ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Advantages of Merger and Acquisition ............................................................................................ 2 Disadvantages of Merger and Acquisition ....................................................................................... 2 Observations/Suggestions ................................................................................................................ 3

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Challenges
Whether to merge the three regions: Atlantic (containing Europe and North America), Latin America and Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ) into a global structure (Vision 2000).

Advantages of Merger and Acquisition

Purpose of global integration was to fulfil the vision 2000 i.e. giving clients the best consultants for the job, regardless of their current location. Knowledge On-Line and other systems gave them privilege to be in contact with resources created by their colleges around the world and for knowledge sharing, which was a very useful tool for enhancing their knowledge, creativity, right knowledge and solving unknown problems. Total integration can improve the companys ability to serve each client with the consultants best suited to its project, no matter wherever they work around the world. Enhance co-operation between teams working on different projects around the world for the same client. Consultant firms utilization rate will increase which will drive the firms profit in future. No regional interests would interfere with those of the firm as a whole.

Disadvantages of Merger and Acquisition

Great success in first phase in vision 2000. Administrative difficulties of managing clients around the world. Extensive and long distance travel of consultants which were the causes of increase in strain and personal difficulties. Conflictions and strain among the employees may be the cause of deleterious effect on firms business and its growth especially in emerging markets. Faced high turnover among professional staffs due to long hours works, increased competition and difficult life style at different regions. It may damage recruitment. Increase in complexity in regularly matching hundreds of new engagements around the world. Longer staffing calls and meetings would cost even more expensive.
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Time differences between office hours at different point of location around the world would make scheduling staffing calls more difficult. Difficulties due to late night or early morning schedules for job requirements.

Observations/Suggestions
There are four principles of success 1) communicate a shared vision for value creation 2) seize defining moments to make explicit choices and trade-offs 3) simultaneously execute against competing critical imperatives and 4) employ a rigorous integration planning process and all is possible through merger integration since merger is all about people and their ability to work together in a way that benefits. The basis of success includes a common understanding and assessment. Implementation of new technology for knowledge-sharing system would improve firms performance and provide optimum service to its clients and further it would help in reduction in travels and without any change in its structure. At present company should revise its vision 2000 and should focus on more employees centric benefits considering current problems otherwise it will collapse the whole organization goal because of the increasing strains among the employees.
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