Briefly evaluate the importance of JustEat’s founding culture to its success and then discuss the potential implications for the merger with Takeaway.com

Look at the JustEat.com andTakeaway.com information including a list of

academic articles you should initially read as preparation, followed by a variety of

links to e-resources on these two newly merged companies.

The total word count for this assessment is 3000 words

Remember as you look through the information that this assessment is focused on

the organisational design (structure and processes) and cultural

(people/behavioural) challenges associated with a merger.

You should then write approximately 750 words per section (4 sections listed

below) – this includes relevant citations for each section which support your

answers.

The four sections ask you to do the following:

1. Briefly evaluate the importance of JustEat’s founding culture to its success and then discuss the potential implications for the merger with Takeaway.com (25 marks)

2. Looking at the new Just‐Eat Takeway.com design, and thinking about its business model, how does this align with theories/ideas about the structure and the

evolution of organisations (25 marks)

3. What challenges do you think JustEat‐Takeaway will encounter over the next couple

of years and why? (25 marks)

4. Provide some recommendations as to what the HR group might do to facilitate

communication and a feeling of unification between the two organisations (25

marks)