Dension Organizational Culture Survey Case Study 4 - Medical Insurance Provider - The Acquisition

Medical Insurance Provider - The Acquisition

• The Medical Insurance Provider profile reflects the opinion of nearly 2000 people who work for the parent company
• The Specialty Insurance Service Company profile reflects the opinion of over 300 people who work for the company being acquired
• The parent company is a firmly established, major player in the industry, managed very conservatively and traditionally
• The acquired company is a newer entity, very entrepreneurial in nature
• The acquired company provides much needed specialty services that will be integrated throughout the parent company

Background

• The parent company, fortunately, is aware of the importance of the cultural differences between the two organizations
• Both companies' employees' opinions about the acquisition were surveyed using the Optional Questions provision of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey
• The organization did a very extensive set of data cuts, based on their demographics, to help understand as completely as possible what is going on with both companies' cultures
  
• Top management is buying in (slowly) to the importance of having the HR department function as "cultural watchdogs" throughout the transition
• To further help focus in the Denison traits, the top 18 managers of the new combined organization are participating in the Denison Leadership Development Survey individually