Managers, responsible for the acquisition of technology processes and products face a significant challenge. Besides technology changing so rapidly, other areas of concern make it difficult, at best, to adequately manage this process. 

• Identify some of the challenges that managers face from both inside their own organization and external factors that may impact the acquisition or alliance.
• Find an example of a merger, successful or unsuccessful, and compare your list of challenges to the ones that they faced (Chrysler & Mercedes).
  • What differences did you find?
  • What similarities did you find as well?
  • What due diligence processes did the organization(s) involved use in making their decisions?
• What advice would you give to a manager in charge of blending IT systems after acquisition?
• What are the key integration issues that might arise in this process?