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Introduction

Many reasons abound the success and failure of a 'corporate marriage' … clash of culture and management styles, challenges of managing change, underestimating the power of diversity influences on managerial behavior, and so on. These are concerns not only confined at Top Management but could more readily be facilitated by HR or Corporate L&D (better known as learning & development).

What part could HR / L&D play in helping the senior or executive leadership of an organization at leading and managing the aftermath of an M&A. After all, if one to acquire, takeover or merge two different entities and quite another thing to integrate the varied physical, psychological and at best 'spiritual' dimensions that characterize the new entity which sets a new corporate identity.