SmithKline Beecham Case Study:Competency Modeling

An organization development initiative that leverages cultural, management and behavior analysis tools, competency modeling, and team-building activities to successfully merge two distinct healthcare organizations.An organization development initiative that leverages cultural, management and behavior analysis tools, competency modeling, and team-building activities to successfully merge two distinct healthcare organizations.Until recently, within the last decade, it was widely believed that a true merger of two organizations, especially large companies, was nothing more than a fantasy. Acquisition, yes; merger, absolutely not. The coming together of SmithKline, based in Philadelphia, and Beecham, headquartered in London, in the summer of 1989 was touted as a merger of equals. As it turned out, this proclamation was not a fantasy. Four other characteristics of this merger contributed to its unique nature. It was:1.  The first of what later became a string of consolidations in the pharm...