Why?
The continued acceleration of merger and acquisition activity, globally, and across all industry sectors, demands greater understanding of the role of the narratives produced for and shared by the managers.
Acquiring and acquired organisations are pressed to become healthier workplaces for their middle managers and need to acknowledge the emotional responses acquisitions create for sustainable performance of employees.
Why now?
With increasing acquisitions, the likelihood of receiving acquisition narratives, with the resulting emotional responses affecting the working life of middle managers, increases too.