Question

Consider the trend toward mergers and acquisitions that is having such a major impact in healthcare. Consider the stakeholder groups that are being impacted by mergers and acquisitions. Choose one stakeholder group of interest as your focus. Share with your classmates how this specific stakeholder group is impacted, benefited, or potentially harmed by a merger or acquisition.

Answer 1

employees, then merger and acquisition affect them in a number of ways –

- Employees of a smaller organization will now be a part of a bigger brand. So, that’s a positive for them.

- Merger leads to redundancy in job profile which can lead to some job loss. So, it brings about an insecurity.

- There is focus on training as employees are made comfortable with the new processes

- Employees can react differently to the cultural shift that takes place. Productivity, motivation, desire can get affected.