Shock to the System: Galante and Read Merger (B)

A CEO is faced with the task of explaining to employees why their firm is being acquired when they had been accustomed to hearing that their company could make it on its own and did need to enlarge. The (A) case focuses on the CEO's predicament. The (B) case looks at integration planning from the vantage point of the integration team leader, and the (C) and (D) cases outline the consequences. The identities of the organizations have been disguised.