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Before you begin: Remember to review the Case Individual Assignment Overview Northrop Grumman's Acquisition Process Maria Norman, Corporate Director of Benefits Strategy and Design, contemplated the checklist on her desk. Her company, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), was considering making an offer to purchase a small firm that specialized in computer security. Norman had been assigned to lead the mergers and acquisitions (MA) team that would evaluate this potential acquisition. Although NGC pursues MAs for financial reasons, the company has come to recognize that a major factor in obtaining the value of a target company rests on solving the human resources and cultural challenges. To that end, it has developed an MA evaluation and integration process that takes these factors into account. The MA team bears much responsibility for making sure the cultures of the two firms can be meshed in a way that minimizes disruptions and the flight of intellectual capital (the people) from the target. In a few hours, Norman was scheduled to meet with a case writer to discuss the process by which NGC tries to ensure the success of an acquisition and the role of carrying it out. History 1