2010 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition
Mastering M&A: Cross-Cultural Dimensionsof Mergers and Acquisitions
SHRM Recommended Readings
Complete Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions
Servant Leadership Acorss Cultures
The Enlightened Leader
Fons Trompenaars, Ph.D., is the world authority on managing cultural diversity for profitability. As managing director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Intercultural Management Consulting and an acclaimed author and advisor, he works with major global corporations on opportunities presented by cultural differences. As U.S. organizations continue to explore overseas business opportunities, they will be challenged to adapt to the new market’s local characteristics, legislation, fiscal regime, sociopolitical environment, and cultural system.

Trompenaars will show how widely cultures can differ and, by reconciling the dilemmas created by that difference, how rapidly and effectively they can be integrated. Cross-cultural issues assume huge significance in any cross-national merger and acquisition activity. M&A is one of the key instruments of globalization and a critical route to business and economic growth, yet all too frequently vital cultural issues are all too frequently buried beneath management obsession with the legal, financial and operational obstacles. Up to 50% of mergers and acquisitions fail to meet the objectives of any of the parties involved and the principle source of that failure is a collective inability to merge cultures successfully.
Presenter
Dr. Fons Trompenaars, Ph.D.
Location
San Diego Convention Center
Credits
2.00
Date(s) & Time(s)
6/29/2010 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Track(s)
Master Series
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