Principles of Management
Dr. Spoupe
Trident
Introduction
Facebook cannot be mentioned in a context of its creation or in the realm of business without mentioning its iconic creator and original lead programmer Mark Zuckerberg. The now Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to the 5.1 billion dollar company in revenue (in 2012) company, is a introverted young man all too familiar with controversy and unafraid to express his feelings to where his company stands in the present and where it should be growing in the future. (1) The young CEO made a goal for himself that for a whole year he would wear a tie to work to show that he is serious about the growth of Facebook. (3) Along with a handful of others it was his brainchild start up, and grew form a campus wide website to one that would sweep the world. The Harvard University dropout uses a delegating style in a sense that he established himself as the programmer and entrusted his coworkers with large responsibilities to do their job.
Delegating
Mark Zuckerberg is an introverted computer programmer who is unafraid to lead his company. Although interpersonal encounters may not be his forte he is unafraid to lead his multi-billion dollar company and he does this with the skilled use of delegation that not only empowers his employees but allows Mark to free himself to be a programmer and from as a leader. Facebook provides "An open community from Zuck on down. Mutual trust companywide and sense of community and drive, instilled by our CEO, who we all truly respect."(3) Reports one facebook employee.
Approval
Facebook was the sophomore project by Zuckerberg to use a photo based design for public information for classmates. His first endeavor known as “Facemash” was shut down by Harvard due to breach of security and copyright infringements. (2) This sort of ingenuity and boldness has defined Zuckerberg in his role as Facebook’s leader. The tech savvy CEO motivated his