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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NATURE VS. NURTURE Is the man the product or what we learn or a predisposition based on our gene pools? Are we limited by our heredity or are we susceptible to our surroundings and upbringing? Nature vs. Nurture? Innate vs. Learned? Even Plato dwelled on this subject‚ one of his most prominent writings‚ “Meno” focused on this very subject. Imagine new parents. They are huddling around their newborn. Their thoughts swirl around the possibilities of what and how their actions will impact
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_____ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ May the Omnipotent God be with all of us -- a promising year of opportunities and blessings! The Barangay 62-A Sagkahan will be having a “Binibining Kalawakan ” & “Sagkahan Got Talent in connection to the upcoming Barangay Patronal Fiesta in honor to “St. Rafael the Archangel on October 24‚ 2014. These three events will showcase on October 19 and 20 respectively. In this regard‚ we would like to seek financial support for the
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LO4 This section of the assignment reviews good practices in recruitment and selection‚ and I will illustrate it and complement it with TESCO´s case study‚ as the biggest private sector employer in the UK‚ and I will compare it with my current company INDITEX GRUOP‚ acting under my personal view as an employee‚ as well as in an objective way. By following good practices in this matter‚ companies may avoid issues such turnover‚ high costs in recruitment and selection or low morale of the
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Talent Management and Succession Planning 2nd Edition James A. Cannon Rita McGee CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT A sample from Talent Management and Succession Planning 2nd Edition by James A Cannon and Rita McGee. Published by the CIPD. Copyright CIPD © 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise
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Zitian Li Instructor Jimenez English 101 12 Dec 2010 The differences between the men and women’s behaviors are innate As time goes by‚ the toys have changed a lot. Today‚ toys are not only children’s playthings but the epitome of today’s society in that different people choose different toys for many purposes. Just as Barthes says in “Toys”‚ “All the toys one commonly sees are essentially a microcosm of the adult world”(53). In other words‚ toys are reduced objects of us. Different children
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Since I was a girl I have had an innate passion for horses. They are truly my escape from anything and everything crazy that life throws at me. When I ride my horse I feel the closest to invincible that I will ever be. It is one of the most freeing feelings in the world and I can’t imagine my life without it. I have competed at several horse shows with classes that include jumping and flatwork. Although competing is fun‚ I would much rather be galloping across a field at sunset than being judged
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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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