M&A Considerations for HR

Abstract

[Excerpt] Chris Altizer, SVP of HR for Pfizer Diversified Businesses, visited Cornell earlier this month to discuss the important role HR can play in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Altizer discussed what M&A means for a company's culture and how HR needs to think about organizational design, talent management, and the art of due diligence when proceeding through such complex deals.