Sprintegration® - An Agile Framework for M&A Integration (BestMasters)

✍ Scribed by Moritz Miller

• Publisher: Springer Gabler
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 101
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The aim of this strategic business consultancy project was the development of an applicable project management framework for sustainably successful M&A integration. Although M&As have been undertaken for decades throughout all industries, the reported high failure rates of M&A cases demonstrate the relevance of this topic and the need to create practical solutions. Therefore, this research aimed to answer the following central research question: How can a project management approach lead to a sustainably successful post-merger integration within an international real estate enterprise? The synthesis of findings from secondary and primary data led to the creation of an agile project management framework including the detailed elaboration of roles, routines, methods and tools. The framework Sprintegration® demonstrates the importance of holistic approaches including functional, operational and cultural integration, embedded in an agile system, which enables all involved stakeholders to consciously deal with the high complexity of M&As as the process of combining two previously separate companies and social systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abstract
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem Definition and Research Question
1.3 Research Aim and Objectives
1.4 Research Focus
2 Literature Review
2.1 M&A—Background and Concepts
2.1.1 Definitions and Deal Structures
2.1.2 Reasons for M&A
2.1.3 M&A Process and Phases
2.2 M&A—Reasons for Failure and Success
2.2.1 Failure Rates and Root Causes
2.2.2 Success Factors
2.2.3 Failure and Success Map
2.3 Post-Merger Integration—Best Practice
2.3.1 Areas and Levels of Integration
2.3.2 Speed of Integration
2.3.3 Roles and Responsibilities
2.3.4 Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Integration
2.3.5 Company Locations and Sizes
2.3.6 Summary and Relevance
2.4 PM for M&A
2.4.1 Selection of PM Approach
2.4.2 Traditional PM
2.4.3 Agile PM
2.5 Summary and Conclusion
3 Methodology and Methods
3.1 Research Philosophy
3.2 Research Approach and Strategy
3.3 Methods and Ethics
3.3.1 Sampling
3.3.2 Preparation and Administration
3.3.3 Analysis
3.3.4 Ethics
4 Findings
4.1 Reasons and Objectives
4.2 Culture
4.3 PMI Management
4.4 Roles and Responsibilities
4.5 Success Evaluation
4.6 Lessons Learned and Best Practice
4.7 Framework Verification: Focus Groups
4.8 Summary
4.9 Best Practice Map
5 Discussion and Framework Development
5.1 Visual Framework—Components for M&A Success
5.2 Process Framework—Transfer to Practice
5.3 Sprintegration®—Agile Management for M&A Integration
5.4 Summary
6 Conclusion
6.1 General Conclusion
6.2 Personal Reflection
References