Microsoft is a world leader in the PC industry and has $36.2 billion of cash. However‚ sales of PC would not last forever! The PC industry which is in its fourth decade shows signs of saturation and maturity (exhibit 13 in case). Launching XBOX allowed Microsoft to drive a revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize
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Part 3 – Word Work Project Instructions: What are the challenges you will face coming into this position and how will you address those challenges? This position is much different than the previous professional positions that I have held. Probably the biggest issue that I will face is my experience working with Excel. I feel as though I am very capable of becoming comfortable working in Excel‚ especially 2013‚ however‚ I do need to refresh the skills that I do have. I am more than willing to spend
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a research and development department and so forth‚ operates according to functional organization. The functional structure provides employees‚ as well as their appropriate departments‚ with a clear objective and purpose for their work. In other words‚ employees within a marketing department know that their job is marketing and‚ as a result‚ those employees can focus on improving their marketing work and even specialize in a specific area of marketing. On the other hand‚ functional structure can
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Microsoft in China and India‚ 1993–2007 It was early summer 2007. Craig Mundie‚ chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft Corporation‚ had just completed a transcontinental phone call with Orlando Ayala‚ Will Poole‚ Tim Chen‚ Ravi Venkatesan (HBS MBA 1992)‚ and Ya-Qin Zhang‚ all members of the senior management team overseeing Microsoft’s growth in China and India. A decade ago‚ Mundie had begun to broaden Microsoft’s forays into both countries. Now‚ he continued to mentor the China and
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MICROSOFT: COMPETING ON TALENT CASE STUDY 5/09/07 Microsoft: Competing on Talent CASE STUDY OVERVIEW Microsoft has had a long standing practice of aggressively pursuing and hiring the brightest engineers in the software field. Yet by 1999 Microsoft had matured and many of its talent employees were leaving the company as documented in a Wall Street Journal article “As Microsoft Matures‚ Some Top Talent Chooses to Go Off Line”. The article reported
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MGMT 619: Capstone Spring 2011 Prof. Darrel Mank Prepared by: Kannan Ananthanarayanan Pranav Bhajiwala Foram Gandhi Kristine Garner Rajesh Goudar Venkat Iyer 1. WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE AND THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................ 1 WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE.......................................................................................................................................
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com/6178/study-42-percent-of-u-s-uses-a-smartphone/ (December 9‚ 2010) eMarketer Digital Intelligence‚ iPads Sales to More than Double next Year‚ Retrieved 3/10/2011‚ from http://www1.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008098&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 (2009) U.S. Census Bureau‚ American Fact Finder‚ Retrieved 3/8/2011‚ from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1253000&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_DP5YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2010
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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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this means that I have to know where products go etc. Moreover‚ customers might ask where certain products are. Cooperating with others If any individual is helpful to colleagues or customers‚ then this means many possibilities such as a good word in to the manager which could lead to a promotion or raise. There are three different areas of skills: Employability Personal Communication
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Introduction Microsoft has grown from revenue of $197 million and 1442 employees in 1996 to $19 747 million and 31 575 employees in 1999. This growth has seen them evolve and change their human resource philosophies‚ polices and practices developed at start up in the 1980s. Recruiting Microsoft Corporation was started by former Chief Executive Bill Gates and co-founder Paul Allan. They started the company by recruiting the brightest people they knew from school – their “smart friends” and
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