Briefly explain the role the international human resources function played

Briefly explain the role the international human resources function played in the pre-work phase, due diligence phase, merger phase, and post-merger phase of the two companies, Marel and Stork, detailed in Chapter 8 (Hayton, 2012). ( use google) Then create a “best practices” human resources tip for each of these phases that demonstrates a key factor or perspective that human resources must take into consideration when seeking to successfully bring together two vastly different companies.

Your initial post must meet APA guidelines as explained in the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.) and include at least one (1) scholarly reference from course materials. The two reply posts to your fellow students must be similarly substantive and should address two of the following bullet points: