1) Once hired‚ why do people work so hard at Microsoft? What motivates them? Answer: First‚ the culture of Microsoft. As the vision Gates mentioned: a computer on every desk in every home‚ running on Microsoft software‚ spirited many young to work hard. Second‚ rigorous and firm recruiting policy and process. As Ballmer said‚ “ We want people who are smart‚ who work hard‚ and who get things done.” Third‚ Challenging work assignments and tasks. Microsoft believed that individuals were
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How effective are Microsoft’s human resources policies and practices? Microsoft pursued human resources policies and practices that would address the critical psychological states‚ namely‚ experienced meaningfulness‚ experienced responsibility‚ and knowledge of results‚ of its employees. By doing so‚ they aimed high internal work motivation‚ high work performance and high satisfaction on the job. Microsoft hired people with already high growth need. They were newly college graduates with high
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1) Bill Gates believes that Microsoft’s ability to attract‚ motivate‚ and retain superior people is its source of competitive advantage. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Yes. Gates had long recognized that it took exceptional people to write outstanding software Microsoft is all about software. Microsoft is a pioneer in this industry and hence attracted extremely intelligent‚ creative and ambitious college graduates since its start up days. Bill gates knack of recognizing genius
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Strategic Talent Management in the Cloud Finding and Retaining the Best People ManpowerGroup’s ninth annual T alent Shortage Survey found that 54 percent of employers reporting a talent shortage say it is having a significant impact on their ability to meet client needs. The most common impact companies reported is a reduced ability to serve clients‚ closely followed by reduced competitiveness and productivity. More than a quarter say that increased staff turnover is a consequence of talent shortages
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The Strategic Development of Mid-Level Talent (A Project on MakemyTrip.com) Prof. Jenny Benoy and Ms.Apeksha Poojary KEYWORDS: Talent pipeline‚ Talent Management‚ Strategic Development ABSTRACT: Organisations are made up of people creating value through proven business processes‚ innovation‚ customer service‚ sales and many other important activities. As an organization strives to meet its business goals‚ it must make sure that it has a continuous and integrated process for recruiting
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APPROACH TO TALENT MANAGEMENT” NAMES OF AUTHORS Mr. Amit Anadkar BBA ‚ M.B.A (PURSUING) DAMS‚ G.S.College of Commerce‚ Wardha‚ Maharashtra Mobile No: 9579437143 e- mail:friendsforever.bhai@gmail.com Mr. Vikas Dube. BCom ‚ M.B.A (PURSUING) DAMS‚ G.S.College of Commerce‚ Wardha‚ Maharashtra. Mobile No: 9923446191 e- mail:dube_vicky143@rediffmail.com Introduction:- “A successful Talent Management integration
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Outline ’The Value of Talent’ by Janice Caplan explores a new strategic and inclusive approach to talent management which gives a competitive advantage to the organisations in this dynamic and unpredictable business world. The author sets out different strategies and ways to leverage the capabilities of the individuals for current as well as the future needs of the organisation. The author explores various facets of talent management and provides guidance for developing talent strategies for an organization
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1.2 THE VALUE OF TALENT MANAGEMENT: Talent management need to be the heart of the operations. The survival of businesses today depends on the speed and self-renewal on a continuous basis. (Schreier and Prügl‚ 2011) With Baby Boomers aging and fewer thirty‐somethings in the employment ranks‚ the graying of the workforce is right around the corner. With it‚ will come a host of issues such as loss of human capital‚ talent shortages‚ ageism‚ and culture clash among them. This will force employers
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Strategic Human Resource Management: the Issues of Strategic Alignment and Resourcing Unit: Strategic Human Resource Management Word Count: 2977 Content 2.0 Alignment of SHRM between Headquarter and Subsidiaries On the basis of Baird and Meshoulam’s (1988) Two Fit Theory‚ Milliman et al (1991) has expanded the fit theory specific to IHRM‚ named Four Fits of Strategic IHRM. It is demonstrated as follows. {draw:frame} Source: Milliman et al‚ 1991‚ p.322 Congruence or fit is
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“THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF TALENT ACQUISITION’’ ALLIANCE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SUBMITTED TO : Dr. Aswathi Nair‚ Faculty‚ Alliance School of Business SUBMITTED BY : BAIVAB MAJUMDAR-PROV/MBA-7-13/061 MBA‚ Batch 2013-15‚ Section E Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere most gratitude towards my teacher‚ Dr. Aswathi Nair (Assistant Professor‚ Alliance University) for providing me with the opportunity to do a research on this subject matter and present my findings
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