1. Introduction The Microsoft case describes how the company was build and gives an insight in their Human Resource policies‚ from the early 1980 until the 2001. Bill Gates believed that in order to develop outstanding software‚ attracting the right people was crucial. The focus of their HR policy was to attract intelligent technical people. These technical people were the foundation of Microsoft’s great success. However (senior) management functions were also given to these technical employees
Premium Bill Gates Microsoft
Bus Freedom On December 1‚ 1955‚ a black woman was arrested in Montgomery‚ Alabama; her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man. This event during the Civil Rights Movement sparked a massive boycott against the bus system‚ the boycott affected the way black’s had to travel throughout their own cities‚ and the Freedom Rides also started to after Rosa’s arrest. The Rosa Parks’ arrest sparked a massive boycott against the bus system. At the time of
Premium African American Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks
Complete the following tasks by using the Microsoft® Excel®document provided in Course Materials: Format appropriate cells for currency. Merge title cells. Construct a bar graph using the existing data and provide labels and a legend. Insert a border around data. Freeze the first column of the data set. Sort the daily spending amounts in ascending order. Using the Tools menu‚ set the Excel spreadsheet to be protected. Calculate the sum of the entire data set. Calculate
Premium Microsoft Excel Microsoft Spreadsheet
MICROSOFT WINDOWS I. Introduction Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed‚ marketed‚ and sold by Microsoft. Windows was introduced in 1985 as a graphical operating environment for MS-DOS regarding to the growing number of users interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). As a result‚ the world’s personal computer market is gradually dominated by Microsoft Windows with over 90% market share‚ surpassing Mac OS‚ which had been introduced in 1984. In September
Premium Microsoft Windows Operating system Microsoft
Preston Bus Station and Car Park Locale: Preston‚ Lancashire‚ England * Preston Bus Station & Car Park was built in 1969 * The building was designed by Preston based Building Design Partnership * Engineers on the building were Ove Arup * The Bus Station building has 80 bus bays and 1‚100 car parking spaces * The Bus Station building is 171 metres (560 feet) long and 9 storey’s high * Around 1‚500 bus journeys a day involve the Bus Station * Preston Bus Station acts
Premium Bus Parking Parking space
Harvard Business School 9-392-019 Rev. July 8. 1993 Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft Despite the fact that we’ve been successful financially‚ there’s an ongoing need to anticipate where this industry is going‚ and to be at the forefront of changing the products. And this is every bit as challenging as it’s ever been--and perhaps more so. Bill Gates‚ Microsoft Chairman and CEO‚ 1991 On June 30‚ 1991‚ Microsoft Corporation closed the books on another year of dazzling growth. Revenues for the
Premium Microsoft Operating system Microsoft Office
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an extremely powerful people’s movement that began December 5‚ 1955‚ lasted 381 days‚ and ultimately changed African-Americans’ history forever. During this time the African Americans of Montgomery walked or made car pools to get to their destination in order to avoid the racially segregated public vehicles. The intent of this movement was to go up against racial segregation in public transportation as well as stand up for black civil rights as a whole. An African American
Premium Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks African American
The elderly should receive free bus rides. While some people believe they should have to pay like everybody else‚ I strongly support this because they have already served our communities so now the community and society should serve them. The first reason I have to support my opinion is when they were younger they had jobs‚ paid taxes and they shouldn’t have to pay for a bus ride. One example that shows this to be true is the high employment rate back when they were younger. Another detail supporting
Premium Bus Public transport Old age
twenty five million passengers aboard their bus lines and consolidated revenue was $1‚022.4 million. Greyhound’s fleet consists of more then 2‚300 buses which arrive and depart from one hundred and twelve company-operated terminals and approximately one thousand seven hundred agency-operated terminals. In 2001‚ the number of employees nationwide on payroll was twelve thousand and of that amount‚ approximately thirty six percent are drivers. Greyhound bus lines operate a vigorous schedule of twenty-four
Premium Management Learning German language
Strategy/Equity 8 Apple vs. Microsoft Operating systems 9 Advertising Campaigns 10 Effectiveness/Conclusion 13 Appendix A 16 Apple Balance Sheet 17 References 18 Introduction The psychological perception of a company is a very important aspect‚ often overlooked by marketing analysts. This concept reveals the company’s perception in regards to how the consumers view its reputation in the marketplace. Microsoft was perceived as old and stagnant
Premium Management United States Finance