The Human Side of M&A

This book is on HR management during Merger and Acquistion, written by Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden, both are veteran in top/senior management recruitment and advisors in M&A.

The reason I invested my time reading this book is to learn what makes a M&A successful, and what makes it not. I hope this can help me to make appropriate investment judgement and decision when a company is involved in M&A.

Unfortunately I do not gain the confidence after finishing the book. The authors advocate proper attentions and efforts taken to manage the transition and to keep the talents. However, exactly how? I suspect due to confidentiality, the authors did not disclose much details.

One thing I learnt though, be skeptical when a M&A is announced, the success is still pretty much a big question mark.