1 / 7

ESMU Winter School

ESMU Winter School. 2nd Alumni Seminar/Bologna/November 2004 Workshop 1 Merger of Units. What did we do. Discussion of three main topics (i) Key Change Management Issues likely to arise (ii) Possible Actions to adress those Issues (iii) Key Aspects of good practice

layne
Download Presentation

ESMU Winter School

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ESMU Winter School 2nd Alumni Seminar/Bologna/November 2004 Workshop 1 Merger of Units

  2. What did we do • Discussion of three main topics (i) Key Change Management Issues likely to arise (ii) Possible Actions to adress those Issues (iii) Key Aspects of good practice considering a brief case study and our own experiences with Mergers

  3. Why Merging? • To convince others the Change Management Team must be convinced itself • Start with a proper Analysis of advantages of the Merger, involve critics and learn from them about possible disadvantages • Build a consenus of the Leaders and Key Players of both institutions

  4. Human Relations • Make People Owner of the Change Process • Build Teams from both Institutions and different parts • Be honest and consistent (danger of „double bind“) • Establish new Opportunities (for people commited bou also for the „loosers“ of the Merger)

  5. Communication • Develop a Strategy of Communication for both internal and external Stakeholders • Practise „Informed“ Communication: Be sure to know about the results of the programmes and projects of the Merger as good as the different stakeholders do • Try to have „consistent“ Messages, be honest to yourself and within the „inner circle“

  6. Resources • Be sure to have the resources you need to invest in the Merger: Additional personal to help restructuring and training, time and money

  7. Project Management • Good and Professional Project Management is vital: Train your own people and think about hiring people who have skills your own institutions have to build up • Organize the Merger in Steps and Projects that are realistic and reachable • Build Teams that have the Potential to be the first succesful examples of the cooperation of the new institution

More Related