The merger of HR in the HP/Compaq deal provides some examples of how to integrate culture into the integration decision-making process. The cultural endstate
identified for this merge was “one new company, one new culture.” he HR integration team operated through three phases. In the first phase, the HP team conducted
a current-state analysis that compared the two firms’ HR strategies, structures, functional capabilities, and respective technologies. In the second phase, the HP team was joined by counterparts from Compaq, validated the analysis, and set up “adopt and go” teams to recommend which side’s approach to adopt. At the integration phase,
these recommendations were synthesized into goals and an operating plan covering staff appointments, workforce reductions, employee communications, total rewards, and an overall people strategy