Corporate restructure has a major impact on human resource activities. HR professionals collaborate and advise their corporate partners on these major decisions, and their implementation impacts and rallies the services provided from every specialty within HR. As we describe a host of corporate restructure examples in Chapter 9, please discuss the following:

1. Describe an example of a corporate restructure and its impact on the business.

a. What could Kraft gain to enhance its business and corporate performance through the Cadbury buyout?

b. What is a leveraged buyout? How and why did Michael Dell use a leverage buyout to regain control of Dell Computer?

c. What does having Free Cash Flow do for a corporation and how may it be used?