Understanding the Impact of a Merger for IT Teams
35mIntermediate2022-09-22
Authors

Lee Atchison
Cloud Strategist, Thought Leader, Industry Cloud Expert
Course details
Corporate mergers, while common, are invariably complex—particularly for IT teams.
What’s involved in being part of a post-acquisition IT merger? How will your organization change? What can you do to make the process smoother, and position yourself to be in a better career position within the merged company? In this course, instructor Lee Atchison covers these questions and more as he discusses how to manage the organizational and technological impacts a merger can have on IT teams.
Discover which tools and systems may be impacted, how staffing may change, and how IT teams should consider company culture as they support users during the transition. Lee also helps you better understand your own role within a merger, including how to leverage any new opportunities that arise as the organizations coalesce.
What’s involved in being part of a post-acquisition IT merger? How will your organization change? What can you do to make the process smoother, and position yourself to be in a better career position within the merged company? In this course, instructor Lee Atchison covers these questions and more as he discusses how to manage the organizational and technological impacts a merger can have on IT teams.
Discover which tools and systems may be impacted, how staffing may change, and how IT teams should consider company culture as they support users during the transition. Lee also helps you better understand your own role within a merger, including how to leverage any new opportunities that arise as the organizations coalesce.
Skills covered
IT Service ManagementNetwork and System AdministrationOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Understanding what a merger means for IT
1. When Companies Merge
- 02 - Understanding why companies merge
- 03 - Types of mergers
- 04 - Organizational challenges of merging for IT
2. Managing the Change a Merger Brings
- 05 - The impact of a merger on tools and resources
- 06 - Understanding remote offices and locations
- 07 - Understanding IT staff impact and changes
- 08 - Considering company culture during a merger
3. Understanding Your Role in a Merger
- 09 - Your role in the merge
- 10 - New roles created by a merger
- 11 - Supporting retraining efforts after a merger
- 12 - The importance of documentation
Conclusion
- 13 - Understanding post-merger outcomes
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