Case Assignment:

For this case study, you are playing the role of Maria Norman and what she will say about the process of

Mergers and Acquisitions. $($Hint: This is the problem you are solving$).$ What does NGC do well? Do

poorly? What lessons have they learned over time?

Questions to consider:

What role does restructuring play in mergers and acquisitions? $($Chapter $6)$

Which reason for carrying out a merger are being enacted in this case study? $($Chapter $7)$ Explain your

answer $[$note: you can select more than one reason$].$ Which Merger & Acquisition advantages and

disadvantages seemed to be most prevalent?

In Chapter $7,$ Feldman & Spratt $(1999)$ list $$Seven Deadly Sins$$ in implementing a merger or acquisition.

Did Northrop Grumman Corporation fall into any of these traps in this case? What could they have done

differently? If you feel you lack some of the information to answer this question, write a list of five

questions you would like to ask Maria and her boss, or others, about what happened.

How does Northrop Grumman Corporation integrate cultures in a Merger and Acquisition? What are the

key change management principles when dealing with culture? $($Chapter $8)$

What conclusions and recommendations would you present if you were Maria?

Hogan E$.,$ Ph$.$ D$.(2009)$ Society for Human Resource Management. Eileen Hogan, Ph$.$D$.$ Retrieved in part

from www$.$shrm$.$org$/$education$/$hreducation$/$pages$/$cases$.$aspx