This case is designed for MBA course in planning management and control systems, an MBA from the M & A, MBA course on strategy, or any other class of the executive compensation system. This gives students the impact of executive compensation plans, design of measurement and incentive compensation in order to facilitate implementation of the strategy, as well as issues that arise in the post-merger integration. Significant differences in executive compensation for British Petroleum and Amoco Corporation prior to the merger of the two companies are interesting challenges to the successful integration of two executive team after the merger. Students were asked to evaluate the post-merger executive compensation plan in light of BP Amoco after the merger of the company's strategy, the differences in the pre-merger executive compensation plans, as well as issues related to post-merger integration in their preparation and class discussion. "Hide
by Luann J. Lynch, Susan Perry Source: Darden School of Business 15 pages. Publication Date: April 18, 2000. Prod. #: UV1696-PDF-ENG