Organizational mergers and acquisitions

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Assess how HR practices have changed from 10 years ago to the present when preparing for a merger of organizations, using literature from at least three points in time (9-10 years ago, 4-6 years ago, and the present).

In reference to the advancements in HR strategies and policy throughout the last decade, there has been a matriculation toward technology wherein people analytics and other high tech is utilized to help provide companies with predictive mechanisms for choosing future employees. This is contingent upon ensuring that characteristics of low and high performers are identified using workforce metrics that enable the company to develop their hiring policies that guide future hires for the company. Although human capital analytics are becoming more and more utilized throughout all industries, the entire shift toward adopting these analytics have yet to be realized. Nevertheless, there has been a large-scale movement toward big data analytics in human resources even if the ability to fully assimilate this technology into daily decision-making operations throughout the country has yet to be fully realized.

There have been many breakthrough technologies over the last 10 years as HR departments are aligned with technology because of the large volumes of data generated on current and future employees, which means that HR departments have adopted many of the big data analytics technologies that continue to be developed at an ever evolving pace in the current decade as well. Some of the most utilized technology is Artificial Intelligence, which HR departments use to help improve operations and efficiency throughout the organization. The use of AI is still in its infancy stages, but there is expected to be a full-scale adoption of this technology in the coming decades as this technology gradually improves. Despite the transition toward more technological improvements in HR management using big data analytics for information management, operations management, and general management, there is still a major need for humans and HR departments must ensure they hire competent individuals capable of effective leadership, communication, and governance in which the leadership is able to inspire employees while also utilizing the benefits of AI but not solely relying upon it.

Describe the key social and economic events that made this merger necessary.

The acquisition and merger of Time Warner by AT&T in 2018 was one of the largest mergers in U.S. history. The conditions that existed to facilitate such a merger and acquisition between two of the largest companies in the world emanated from streaming technology and competitors such as Netflix, Facebook, Google, and Amazon who were actively dominating ...