Perspectivo,Inc.,is a company that is growing rapidly both in sales and in numbers of employees.The culture of the firm is informal and highly-collaborative.The employees are highly psychologically invested in the success of the organization and tend to subordinate their personal lives to the organization's needs.Perspectivo is acquiring Vanishing Point,a smaller company in the same industry that has a traditional,formal culture in which there is a clear separation of work and non-work,and employees tend to "leave work at work." In order to change the culture of Vanishing Point to be more like the Perspectivo culture,HR should do all of the following EXCEPT

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All of the other options (providing examples of desired behavior, communicating requirements, and rewarding change in behavior) are effective strategies for changing the culture of Vanishing Point to be more like Perspectivo's culture. However, allowing more diversity in attitudes toward work could potentially undermine the efforts to create a cohesive culture between the two companies. It is important for both companies to align on certain cultural values and norms in order for the merger to be successful.