Please read Bloomberg Case in the News, Microsoft Pays $26 Billion for LinkedIn in Biggest Deal Yet, at the end of Chapter 10 on page 338 in the textbook, and answer the corresponding questions (1-3) that follow it.

Using the information in the article alone, how do you believe Microsoft is currently organized?

What impact do you think this acquisition will have on Microsoft's organizational culture? On LinkedIn's organizational culture?

Based on recent Microsoft acquisitions that have not appeared to be successful, do you think the LinkedIn deal makes sense from an organizational standpoint? Explain your reasoning.