The brunt hotel Draft

-Case

Everyone in the class was considerate about the human resources problem which will arise after the
M&A but when professor gave us scenario British invades France news in French newspapers then
some of the group changed their decisions. They considered changing the number of local managers,
British managers, local employee, British employee in the new hotel will decide the reputation of the
Brunt hotel.

HRM can help align the strategy in such turbulence situations.

In general, The Brunt hotel case discussion was about

To be in a business, technical compatibilities are must but for the growth its employees, its people
need to have vision and values aligned with the organization so that they will work towards
achieving its goal.

M&A is not just activity of one company acquiring the other, its about the processes, culture,
employees of both the companies.

Human resources issues are generally poorly understood and its relevance is often ignored in
planning the strategic processes. In M&A context, HRMs role in restructuring activities like
managerial structure change or removing the layers of management from the organization or
change in policy and processes of acquired company plays important role in deciding business
strategy.

Culture fit also plays an important role.

Based on the culture of the country and its people, organization should make changes.

Success of southwest airline is attributed to its culture. Apart from low cost strategy of southwest,
its excellent employee relationship and its dedication to their people is what made it successful.

Therefore, in brunt hotels case, assigning responsibility to correct UK employee and in doing so not
to discourage the other willing candidates is also important. Therefore, hiring a right talent in long
run is going to be key HRM activity to facilitate the business strategy.

Employee focus is com. Adv.--- family

Support and encouragement

Culture example
human resource (HR) issues are generally poorly understood, undermanaged, and often discarded at
the outset as irrelevant to the strategic planning process.

three types of restructuring activity were investigated: changes in the managerial structure that
centralized or decentralized key functions or reduced the layers of management; changes in the
policies and procedures of the target; and physical changes in the target firm

Managerial restructure of acquired hotels

HRM plays important role in bringing strategies to life

Having employees vision and values are align with the company is important for the execution of
business strategy- sending managers to France.

Organization culture align with the strategy

Help leader identify the employee/people component of strategy

Attracting retaining top talent, developing new core capabilities,

to achieve its full business potential and gain a competitive advantage in turbulent environmental
conditions a sound strategy is needed and HRM policies can felicitate the process.