HCPartners Publishes "Workforce Planning - Critical for Mergers & Acquisitions Success"

Online, November 30, 2009 (Newswire.com) - HCpartners, a national human resources consultancy firm, today announces that Founder JoAnne Kruse's article on the critical importance of workforce planning in ensuring successful mergers and acquisition was published in the October/November issue of IHRIM.link, a publication of the International Association for Human Resources Information Management, Inc's.

In her article entitled "Workforce Planning - Critical for Mergers & Acquisitions Success", Ms. Kruse addresses the criticality in the diligence process of consideration for culture, key talent, and HR delivery systems and processes, items historically downplayed in determining the value of a transaction. She includes a review of successful talent evaluation approaches during the merger and acquisition process, and methods to ensure the post-acquisition workforce is optimized. Based on significant experience with acquisition and divestiture activities, Ms. Kruse lays out a clear set of actions for how to approach the human resource side of diligence and integration to ensure that the people-side of the process delivers on operational requirements for success.

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