Managing mergers & acquisitions: An issue of strategy management

In this paper we have tried to discuss the meaning of mergers and acquisitions how for they contribute to the strategic planning policy of any organizations. Firms usually merge for the benefit of both the organizations and to achieve excellence in the terms of profitability, economies of scale and to cope up with prevailing competition. There are some more objectives for which companies merge one of them is shareholder's wealth. We had tried to throw light on managing mergers as a strategic decision and also tried to explain mergers acquisition life cycle supported by case study for better understanding of the concepts of the readers.