La gestion participative en contexte de fusion/acquisition dans les PME à finalité sociale

The goal of this study is to answer the following research question: “Is participative management a determining factor in the success of the process of "mergers and acquisitions", particularly in the specific context of study which is that of a socially oriented SMEs? ". It will indeed matter to verify whether the participatory management can be described as such, and that through a study of the literature and a case study in a particular context - that of an Adapted Work Enterprise (ETA): the Ateliers Jean Del'Cour. It recently experienced a merger and acquisition process with another ETA, the ETA Jacqueline Orts. To do so, the case study was conducted in two parts. One of these, the qualitative part, was made with the "top" and "middle" management of the company, while the second, more quantitative, was conducted among workers from one of the absorbed sites which was most affected by this merger and acquisition process. It has been probing the question of indicators (welfare, engagement, recognition, values, participation and communication, essentially) to establish a positive link between participation and merger and acquisition. It was then discovered that such a link exists clearly and that participative management is indeed one of the determining factors in the success of a merger and acquisition process. But the discoveries of this study go further. It was highlighted that communication is the essential element of participatory management, as well as a tool than as a backdrop behind the implementation of other tools and participatory means. The communication must be implemented as soon as possible during the merger and acquisition process, it must be adapted and must be as formal as informal (informal side being very important). This is also valid for the other tools and participatory means. These findings are a real contribution for the managerial level in the specific context studied but also for all merger and acquisition processes, and an invitation to pursue more specific researches on this issue in order to provide accurate and specific answers to problems encountered by companies who experience this major change.

Grantor dc:publisher

HEC - ULg

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Souply-Pierard, Fernand

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robert, Jocelyne

• mergers
• participative
• management
• social
• acquisitions
• business
• fusions
• participatif
• entreprise
• Business & economic sciences
• General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
• Sciences économiques & de gestion
• Gestion de l’entreprise, entrepreneuriat & théorie des organisations

Statement dc:rights

• open access
• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Licence

• http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2

Language dc:language

fr

Identifier

info:hdl:2268/186062

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/186062