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Writing a Case Study Analysis We Merged...Now What?

Earlier this month, your company, a running equipment designer and manufacturer called Runners

Paradise, merged with a smaller clothing design company called ActiveLeak. Your company initiated the

buyout because of the excellent design team at ActiveLeak and their brand recognition, specifically for

their MP$3-$integrated running shorts. Runners Paradise has thirty$-$five employees and ActiveLeak has ten

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employees. At ActiveLeak, the owner, who often was too busy doing other tasks, handled the HRM roles.

As a result, ActiveLeak has no strategic plan, and you are wondering if you should develop a strategic

plan, given this change. Here are the things you have accomplished so far: