Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Mergers and Acquisitions.
You will be required to obtain the Gung Ho film, locate five case articles of mergers and acquisitions in the literature, and then prepare a paper in which you analyze typical leadership dilemmas and conflicts which occur when two organizations merge. The movie Gung Ho is describes a leadership situation in which a Japanese auto manufacturing company acquires a bankrupt auto factory in the USA. Leadership dilemmas are humorously presented in the scenes of the interaction between the Japanese executives sent to supervise the takeover of the American factory and its somewhat resistive workforce. Preview the movie by viewing the video scene presented below. This scene is when Hunt, the representative from Hadleyville, has been sent to Japan to convince the Japanese company leadership that they should save the town's auto plant. The two cultures appear to clash immediately, as the not so culturally-appropriate behavior of Hunt is in contrast to the non-committal behavior of the Japanese.
Instructions for Completing the Paper.
The problem statement for the paper is "This paper investigates the influence of cultural dilemmas on leadership effectiveness and the success of joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions". The paper should be approximately 7 to 10 pages. It should be professionally written and stylistically consistent with National University standards for graduate papers. Your intended audience will be organizational leaders (CEOs, military commanders, government officials) who may be meeting the challenges of a joint venture, merger or acquisition. To successfully complete your paper you need to complete the following steps: Obtain and view the Gung Ho movie (Paramount Pictures, available from Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, and Netflix). View the movie and note the various scenes which arise as East and West meet in the Japanese takeover of the factory. You should use the lessons apparent in the movie to understand the importance of understanding and reconciling cultural differences among stakeholders in negotiation and conflict resolution contexts. Locate 5 cases describing stakeholder conflicts in mergers and acquisitions from the literature. Make certain that you include at least 3 international situations in which stakeholders are from different cultures and nations. Analyze the cases with reference to the Gung Ho film. What were the conflicts and dilemmas? Were they reconciled or not? What was the eventual result? Conclude the paper with recommendations for organizational leaders. How can the common stakeholder conflicts and cultural dilemmas be identified and reconciled in joint venture, merger, and acquisition situations?