Transcript 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
considering a brief case study and our
own experiences with Mergers
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
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)
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“
Resources
• Be sure to have the resources you need to
invest in the Merger: Additional personal to
help restructuring and training, time and
money
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