Strategic Human Resourse Management

1. Investigate the approach that Cisco systems has used in its many successful acquisitions. What are some of the human resourse practices that have made its acquisitions successful?

2. If Human resourses are a major source of competitave advantage and the key determinant of an organization's ability to persue a given strategy, why have the human resourse aspects of mergers and acquisitions been ignored or handled poorly in so many instances in the past?