(Ebook) Managing Emotions in Mergers And Acquisitions (New Horizons in Management Series) by Verena Kusstatscher, Cary L. Cooper ISBN 9781845420819, 1845420810

(Ebook) Managing Emotions in Mergers And Acquisitions (New Horizons in Management Series) by Verena Kusstatscher, Cary L. Cooper ISBN 9781845420819, 1845420810

After years of merger mania accompanied by a high failure rate, the importance of emotions is being acknowledged. Heretofore an under-researched, poorly understood topic is being given the attention it deserves. Managing Emotions in Mergers and Acquisitions comes to grips with what a leader can do to make mergers and/or acquisitions a successful experience for all involved. The book tackles the question of managing emotions while integrating two or more organizations. Kusstatscher and Cooper cover: 1. Why so many mergers fail,2. Why M&A-related events are emotionally challenging,3. What emotions are,4. How to address emotions in an M&A context, and 5. Why M&A-related emotions are important. The book's objectives are to: 1. Create awareness of emotions,2. Provide a comprehensive conceptual framework to explain the link between managing emotions and M&A success,3. Present a toolkit for measuring emotions to guide managerial decisions, 4. Analyze four M&A cases to draw conclusions about which managerial behavior and communication style triggers which kinds of emotions in employees and, 5. Describe the effects employee's emotions have on M&A outcomes. This penetrating work provides a wealth of research-based information, extensive findings, and insights from an enormous number of sources and first-hand experiences. It includes an extensive bibliography. We highly recommend Managing Emotions in Mergers and Acquisitions to anyone involved in planning or managing an M&A event.