Analysing Organisation - Microsoft

1 ) Introduction : Analyzing an organization or enhancing the well being of an established organization requires healthy, ongoing leadership and management, planning, product and service development, marketing and financial management. To carry out these practices in an ideal manner, it is important to analyze an organization so as to bring out the pros and cons and henceforth rectify its path for betterment in future. The process of analyzing an organization can be done in different dimensions which may be subjective or objective by using social theories. Microsoft stands aloft on a high pedestal today supported by strong pillars which include unique leadership, strategy, people and culture and these make the concern conspicuous and outstanding from the rest of the world.

2) Objective of the study:
This study throws light on how Microsoft has grown to its present dimensions and is upcoming with astonishing velocity. Microsoft can be held as a trend setter in its method of organizing , competing with others in the market and its ever untiring efforts to learn, improve and maintain its position as the worlds largest and richest company dedicated to PC software development , with a whole array of new products every and then.

3 ) Sources of information : The information brought out in this paper has been derived from secondary data. Secondary data provides an important source of supporting information about the company. Theories which are used to analyze the organization provide sufficiently sound information to formulate suitable conclusion.

4) Paradigm : A Paradigm provides a structure for social learning approaches in terms of subjective and objective dimension of analysis. A paradigm shows how the organization develops about the way the world works. According to the result provided by the paradigm test (Refer Appendix I) I am analyzing Microsoft from a functionalist view. A functionalist 's approach is the dominant

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