M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 79

When merging two organizations, a separation strategy is most commonly applied when ____.
A) both companies have relatively weak cultures that are generally ineffective
B) one company has an effective culture and employees at the other company would embrace that culture if applied to them
C) the two organizations operate in distinct industries
D) the acquired firm's culture doesn't work, whereas the culture of the acquiring firm does work
E) a bicultural audit reveals that both companies have very similar cultures