Assignment No 3: Mini-project
- Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 13th
- Weight: 5 Marks
- Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
- Learning Outcomes:
- Gain insights into the strategy-making processes of different types of organizations.
- Assess and manage the corporate culture’s fit with a new strategy.
An acquisition is a situation whereby one firm(acquiring firm) purchases most or all of another firm’s (acquired firm) shares in order to take control.
From real national/international market, select an example of an acquisition between two firms and answer the following questions:
- Briefly introduce the chosen acquiring and acquired firms (Industry, nationality, size, competitors…). (1Mark)
- Explain the different reasons of this acquisition. (1Mark)
- Was this acquisition successful? Why? (1Mark)
- Evaluate the competitive advantage of the acquiring company (after the acquisition). (1Mark)
- What is the method used by the acquiring firm to manage the culture of the acquired firm? underline the pros and cons of this method.(1Mark)
Note:
No two students in the same class will write about the same example (same acquiring/acquired firms). To avoid this, you have to register, before treating it, your chosen example by filling the table received from your instructor.
Limit Words: Not more than 1500 words