Role That Human Resources Plays During a Merger
Overview
Company mergers are very busy and challenging times for corporate leadership. The role that HR plays during a merger is often complex and far-reaching. In this assignment, you write an executive brief that considers aspects of how an HR department might prioritize and operate to support the union of two companies.
Scenario
Imagine that Anchor Hospital, a 250-bed medical center, is merging with the similar-sized Saint Mary's Hospital to better serve the needs of its metropolitan community. An administrative board has been formed to guide all aspects of the merger. They have asked all departments to submit an executive brief that states their roles, intended model of operations, and initial steps to build interdepartmental relationships.
The board's primary concern for HR is how it will manage the merging of the workforce into a single, cohesive, and effective team. They want to understand HR's primary role, guiding principles, and application of current practice. Specifically, they want your vision for the following:
A merger-related current best practice or trend that is being successfully employed by HR departments.
HR's primary role in assimilating the workforces for the two hospitals.
The HR management model is to be followed.
How to foster relationships between HR and department managers.
Instructions
Write a 3-4-page executive brief that addresses the following merger-related items:
Recommend a relevant HR trend or practice that would be useful to consider as part of this merger. Justify your recommendation.
Analyze HR's primary role(s) as a strategic corporate partner in merging the workforces of the organizations.
Recommend an HRM model that would effectively steer the joining of each organization's employees into a single, cohesive workforce. Justify your recommendation.
Recommend two initial steps that HR should initiate to develop an effective relationship between HR and management. Justify your recommendation.
Additional Requirements:
Resources: Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Week 4 Assignment-Health Care Human Resources Management
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Week 4 Assignment-Health Care Human Resources Management
In most instances, the company plans for a merger to improve its performance. However, although mergers usually have a positive impact, they are usually faced with problems. This is why it is important to conduct the process with caution. One of the important individuals in the merger process is the HR since the individual will control all the affairs of the employees. As the HR in charge of the Anchor Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital, various activities should be employed to ensure a smooth merging process.
One of the HR trends that will be important in the merger is focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. When the merger happens, the organizations will likely have varying cultures. Sometimes, some cultures could be incompatible or contradicting one another. Since when the mergers occur, the employees from the two companies will likely collaborate, HR should look for ways of integrating the different cultures between the two organizations. The HR should, therefore, check the cultures of the two organizations and find whether they need to streamline them (Hrala, 2021). If these cultures differ, HR should streamline a new corporate culture by integrating the two companies cultures.
One of the unique features that the new culture should have is that it should be based on diversity, equity,