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CASE STUDY IS THERE A NEED FOR CHANGE? A new CEO is appointed in XYZ Company. He understands the importance and benefits of strategic management. However, during an internal strategy-management audit he noticed that the managers mostly had a conservative, autocratic leadership style in which instructions were given to employees. The basic strategy that management followed was: "My way or the highway". The value of the employees' input was not acknowledged, with the result that they tended to be aggressive and suspicious of each other. They seemed not to trust management or each other and had no loyalty and commitment to the organisation, which often resulted in unethical practices. Furthermore, the managers did not set objectives but believed in managing by extrapolation. They adhered to the principle of "If it isn't broken, don't fix it. They believed they should not change the way they did things because, according to them, everything was going well. The vision and mission of the organisation existed on paper only and were not embedded in the organisational culture. The CEO knew that the organisational culture should change, but there was much resistance from the management. 2.2 Discuss the integration of strategy and culture as an important aspect of strategic management, as outlined by David and David (2017). Use examples from the above case study to highlight your discussion. (15)