Hr Practice in Microsoft

Microsoft’s HR Strategy – An Analysis
HR Planning Report Jyoti Priyadarshini 805­803­145

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Elements of Effective HR Strategy ____________________________________________________________

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Microsoft: Knowledge Fuel of the Technology World_______________________________________ 2 HR Strategy at Microsoft ____________________________________________________________

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Recruitment and Selection: Attracting the Best and the Brightest ___________________________________ 5 Taking advantage of Market Conditions ________________________________________________________ 6 Employee Motivation ____________________________________________________________

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7 Employee Rewards: The Options‐driven Engine _________________________________________________ 8 Growth & Acquisitions ____________________________________________________________

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Reshaping Microsoft’s HR Agenda _____________________________________________________ 9 Conclusion ____________________________________________________________

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Human Resources Department at any organization is a crucial and indispensable part of the operational strategy1. It can directly affect the results of the organization, and make a very important difference between the success and failure of any organizational strategy or goal, both in the long and well as short term. An efficient HR department should be able to access, forecast, predict, design, and implement its strategies in direct sync with the business goals and strategies of the organization for a mutual and coherent environment, or