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How & Why to Update Your M&A Management Approach

Lear how to keep things simple for smooth mergers and acquisitions management and not overcomplicate deals in order to have a successful outcome.

What you’ll learn

  • Creating an Integration Plan Backwards
  • Top 4 Questions to Form Your Integration Plan
  • Using Frameworks vs. Checklists
  • Importance of Customer and Employee Experience

Course content

What does a successful integration look like?

How to Continuously Improve your Process

Testing the Limits of Integration

How Relationships Impact Success

Maintaining Team Alignment

What is the biggest challenge when communicating strategy?

Who is this course for

This course is intended for professionals looking to improve integration planning, management, and communication.

Instructor

Jim Buckley
Vice President, Mergers, Acquisitions Integration at VMware

Jim Buckley is the Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration at VMware. His specialties include M&A, finance, operations, and strategic planning.

Badges

Upon completion, members will receive a "The Art of Simplicity: Why You Should Update Your M&A Management Approach" badge.

Have any questions?

What is the M&A Science Academy?

The M&A Science Academy is an online-platform where you can access courses taught by M&A professionals. The courses cover a wide variety of M&A topics such as integration, divestitures, due diligence, management styles, and more.

The M&A Science Academy includes courses from M&A experts who are eager to share their stories, failures, and successes.

Our goal is to provide users with knowledge from industry practitioners that can be applied to their own practices.

Where can I watch the courses?

All courses are available 24/7 on the M&A Science Thinkific page.

Which courses are right for me?

The M&A Science Academy courses were created to cover a range of topics based upon common M&A challenges. We are going to be adding new content regularly so feel free to explore new areas!

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