Leadership and change- Business Report . Evaluate a statement and how the cultural differences can be managed using a Leadership and Change model

Task 1: Critically evaluate this statement ‘most merger and acquisitions fail to achieve the original
objectives for the undertaking (Smith, 2002) and a great number of investigations into this phenomenon
cite ‘cultural differences’ as the major source of the problem
Your discussion should focus on the reasons why M&As fail. Apart from culture what are the other
reasons for failures as not all mergers and acquisitions in the history of business have failed because of
cultural issues.
Task 2: With reference to an appropriate academic model identify and evaluate how this merger might be
practically managed