Selected Personnel Problems in Processes Involving the Merger of Companies

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the role played by the idea of integrated human resource management in merging companies. The article calls attention to the need for changing the paradigms of human resource management in mergers and analyzes functions such as staff planning, professional selection, and employee development and motivation from the point of view of general company merger strategy. Also discussed is the role played by communications and organizational culture in the process of integrating companies.