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Conference on Managing Culture and Human Resources in Mergers and
Acquisitions
Thurnau Castle, Germany
October 19-21, 2001
– Program –
Saturday, October 20, 2001
Session 1: Issues and Processes Critical to the Management of Culture and Human Resources in
M&As.
7.30 Breakfast
8.30 - 9.00 Welcome from the President of the University of Bayreuth.
Welcome from the organizers Günter Stahl and Mark Mendenhall.
Introduction to the conference objectives and program.
9.00 - 10.00 Sim Sitkin, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. Why a Relational Perspective
on Mergers & Acquisitions is Necessary – And Underemphasized.
Presentation/Discussion
10.00 - 11.00 Rikard Larsson, Lund University. Determinants of Synergy Realization in Mergers
& Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 12.30 Georg Schreyögg, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Management. The Role
of
Cultural Diversity in Integrating Mergers & Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
The DaimlerChrysler Services Keynote Speakers:
Robert House, Wharton School; Mansour Javidan, University of Calgary.
Topic: The Effect of Cultural Variation on the Success of M&As of Firms from Different Cultures.
14.00 - 15.00 Allan Bird, College of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Employee Sense Making After Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
15.00 - 16.00 Stein Kleppestø, Lund University. The Construction of Social Identities in Mergers
&
Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
16:15 - 17:00 Executive Panel. Feedback from executives and HR managers of European
companies. Facilitator: Bjørn Ekelund, Human Factors AS; Norwegian School of Management.
19.30 Dinner and The Siemens Keynote Speaker:
Wilfried Meyer, Group Vice President Human Resources, Siemens Power Generation. Siemens
Westinghouse Inte-gration Process – Challenges for the HR Function.
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Session 2: New Perspectives on the Process of Sociocultural Integration in M&As.
7.30 Breakfast
Summary of findings of the previous day and insights gained. Introduction to the Day 2 program.
Facilitator: Amy Pablo, University of Calgary.
8.30 - 9.30 Harry Lane, Northeastern University. Mergers & Acquisitions: An Organizational Learning
Perspective.
Presentation/Discussion
9.30 - 10.30 Martha Maznevski, International Institute for Management Development (IMD). The Role
of Social Capital in Integrating Mergers & Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
10.30 - 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.30 Franck Pruvost, HEC Paris. Trust in Mergers & Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
Session 3: Managing Culture and Human Resources in M&As
14.00 - 15.00 Peter Dowling, University of Tasmania, and Torsten Kühlmann, University of Bayreuth.
Human Resource and Cultural Issues in Mergers: A Case Study of the DaimlerChrysler Merger.
Presentation/Discussion
15.00 - 16.00 Paula Caligiuri, Rutgers University. Assessing and Managing Culture in Mergers
& Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
16.00 - 16.30 Break
16.30 - 17.30 Hal Gregersen and Wm. Gerard Sanders, Brigham Young University. Developing
Global Leaders for Mergers & Acquisitions.
Presentation/Discussion
17.30 - 18.00 Break
18.00 - 20.00 Dinner Panel. Executives of European companies share their perspectives on M&As.
Chair: Max Otte, Boston University and Simon, Kucher & Partner.
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