glossary
Assessment (Post-Signing)
Thorough cultural analysis after signing. Output: Strategic situation report navigation map.
Due Diligence
Due diligence in the transaction context. Regarding culture: Making visible how a company functions "internally" – as a complement to Legal/Financial/Commercial.
echo sounder
Lean early warning/feedback system in the PMI: few indicators, clear pace, fast corrections.
Integrationsmodus: Absorption, Symbiose, Preservation, Holding
Model and approach, how strongly integrated:
- Absorption: rapid, extensive integration.
- Symbiosis: targeted merging, mutual adaptation.
- Preservation: Maintaining independence, selective coupling.
- Holding company: largely independent, only overarching control.
CDD checks fit and risks, but does not decide the mode.
Navigation map
Practical translation into "What next": priorities, sequence, guidelines, roles, communication for your planned PMI.
PMI – Post-Merger Integration
The entire integration process after signing/closing – organizational, technical and cultural.
Pre-Deal (time window)
Phase before signing/decision. Goal: early assessment of fit and risks.
Post-signing (time window)
Phase after signing, before and during PMI (Post-Merger Integration).
Screening (Pre-Deal)
A concise and insightful assessment of the culture based on external information, data, and artifacts relating to the culture (outside-in) of the target company. Optionally, a few interviews with key individuals supplement the external assessment.
Strategic Situational Awareness
Condensed cultural starting point = description of the relevant cultural dimensions, patterns, tensions, etc.