Possible Cultural Changes Inside Google Company
A multicultural workforce can present difficulties with teamwork and communications. The problem is that in a multicultural work environment there is different communications styles, traditions, rules, etc. Large companies such as Google Co, the one that we are going to be studying have to organize and manage work teams around the globe. This represents a big challenge for the company. In this research paper we are going to analyze how a multicultural workforce can bring changes to Google Co. First, we will provide a history background on the company and then we will take into consideration some multicultural facts that go from language barriers, culture norms and even the delicate topic of immigration. All these aspects affects the process of hiring and working in a multicultural environment.
According to Google Co. Corporate Information section, located in the corporate web page of Google Co. In this page they provided us with a pretty much interesting history background. The following information is obtained from the section mention above and it will be presented as it appears on the web. No changes had been made to the next seven paragraphs.
According to Google lore, company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were not terribly fond on each other when they first met as Stanford University graduate students in computer science in 1995. Larry was a 24-year-old University of Michigan alumnus on a weekend visit; Sergey, 23, was among a group of students assigned to show him around. They argued about every topic they discussed. Their strong opinions and divergent viewpoints would eventually find common ground in a unique approach to solving one of computing biggest challenges: retrieving relevant information from a massive set of data.
By January of 1996, Larry and Sergey had begun collaboration on a search engine called BackRub, named for its unique ability to analyze the "back links" pointing to a given website. Larry, who had always enjoyed tinkering with
According to Google Co. Corporate Information section, located in the corporate web page of Google Co. In this page they provided us with a pretty much interesting history background. The following information is obtained from the section mention above and it will be presented as it appears on the web. No changes had been made to the next seven paragraphs.
According to Google lore, company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were not terribly fond on each other when they first met as Stanford University graduate students in computer science in 1995. Larry was a 24-year-old University of Michigan alumnus on a weekend visit; Sergey, 23, was among a group of students assigned to show him around. They argued about every topic they discussed. Their strong opinions and divergent viewpoints would eventually find common ground in a unique approach to solving one of computing biggest challenges: retrieving relevant information from a massive set of data.
By January of 1996, Larry and Sergey had begun collaboration on a search engine called BackRub, named for its unique ability to analyze the "back links" pointing to a given website. Larry, who had always enjoyed tinkering with
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