Assessing culture at Sun Microsystems: Using a unique exercise to generate vital cultural data during an acquisition
Sun Microsystems developed a merger and acquisition data‐capturing exercise, which was put into practice when the company acquired StorageTek. Charles “Terry” Terranova, a senior organizational consultant at Sun, explains how he gathered crucial information on each company’s culture to assist manage...
| Published in: | Strategic HR Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14754390680000923 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/14754390680000923/full/xml https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/14754390680000923/full/html |
| Summary: | Sun Microsystems developed a merger and acquisition data‐capturing exercise, which was put into practice when the company acquired StorageTek. Charles “Terry” Terranova, a senior organizational consultant at Sun, explains how he gathered crucial information on each company’s culture to assist managers with the successful merger of the two companies. |
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