{"product_id":"9783111616209","title":"Mastering M\u0026A Narratives : A Systemic Approach to Shaping Success Through Circular Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book reimagines mergers and acquisitions as emotionally charged, narrative-driven processes rather than linear business events. Challenging traditional models that separate pre- and post-acquisition phases, it introduces a dynamic framework that emphasizes the sequence and emotional impact of acquisition-related communications. At its core is a focus on middle managers-key yet often overlooked actors-whose emotional responses to evolving narratives shape the success or failure of an acquisition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book captures the systemic-constructivist emphasis on relational, process-oriented, and meaning-centered approaches to managing change-especially in the emotionally charged context of M\u0026amp;A-contrasting with more linear, control-driven frameworks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on national and global case studies, the book explores how fear, hope, anxiety, and relief emerge from how and when messages are delivered. It proposes a shift from sole authorship, typically attributed to acquiring CEOs, to a model of contributorship where both acquiring and target CEOs co-author the acquisition story. This shift enhances narrative legitimacy, coherence, and emotional alignment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book introduces a circular storytelling model, showing how acquisition narratives are not isolated events but evolving sequences that influence and respond to stakeholder emotions over time.Through a systemic and constructivist lens, it offers practical insights for structuring emotionally intelligent communication strategies that support smoother transitions and long-term integration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompelling for scholars and practitioners alike, this work bridges theory and practice with a systemic approach, redefining M\u0026amp;A success with a resource orientation and solution focus building on the power of story and emotion. In a field hungry for quick fixes, this is a radical-and deeply humane-stance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVeronika Sweet\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Munich with her Canadian-German family and happily navigates the wonderfully ambiguous landscapes of complex organisational development, often across languages and cultures. A committed multiperspective thinker, her path includes three academic degrees in three countries and a doctorate on narratives and emotions in mergers and acquisitions. She works, teaches, and researches from a systemic perspective in coaching, supervision, and organisational development, with a particular passion for processes in which people experience themselves as capable, and meaningfully involved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48870866682091,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":80.55,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783111616209-1.jpg?v=1781719222","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783111616209","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}