Alpha Co plans to acquire Delta Corp, which operates in a different industry. Alpha's culture is entrepreneurial and fast-paced, while Delta employees value slow and deliberate decision making by consensus. Experts have identified several strategies for managing culture for companies who joined (eg, Malekazedeh & Nahavandi, 1990; Smith, 2000), of whom were - Assimilation (i.e., the acquired firm adheres to the acquirer's corporate culture), - Deculturation (i.e., the acquiring firm imposes its culture on a the acquired company does not want to), - Integration (i.e., merging companies combining two or more cultures into newly formed culture), and - Separation (that is, the merging companies continue to separate different entities with minimal exchange of cultural or organizational practices).

Question: Which strategy would you recommend to minimize culture shock when Alpha acquires Delta? Give your argument.