Introduction: LO 1-Understanding the relationship between organisational structure and culture: 1.1 compare and contrast different leadership organisational structures and culture 1.2 explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of business. 1.3 discuss the factors which influence individual behaviour LO 2-Describle different approaches to management and leadership: 2.1 describe different approaches to management and leadership: 2.2 explain
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Introduction to Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies. Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for
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The contributions of Questrom and Castagna were more on optimizing business operation while Mike Ullman and Theilmann were more on changing the organisational culture. Shortly after joining as chairman and CEO of JCP in December 2004‚ Mike Ullman along with his top management team took various initiatives to change the climate and culture of JCP from the rigid one into more flexible and democratic environment. The most notable among these were the “Winning Together” principles (WTP)‚ poster campaign
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Case 2.1: Organizational Culture: Life or Death Questions: 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? From the case study‚ the eleven hospitals utilize 90 minutes or less to deliver therapy in order to restore blood flow to heart attack patients. The followings are the values that appear to drive the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat the heart attack patients: (a) The hospitals are well organized‚ they have ability to
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Emerging class of patent pirates * Employee working hours‚ and employment enrichment | Key drivers of change Base on the Bowman’ clock in figure 1‚ we can see that Microsoft business strategy is of the Hybrid nature where they compete on both differentiation and price. Microsoft differentiation bases were not always technology centered. Microsoft
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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 motivation seeking self-achievement. Microsoft also hired those
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Corporate strategy Corporate strategy • A diversified company has two levels of gy strategy: – Business unit (or competitive) strategy – Corporate (or companywide) strategy Corporate (or companywide) strategy • Makes the corporate whole add up to more than the sum of its business unit parts. sum of its business unit parts • H t How to enter a new industry t i d t – Acquisitions‚ joint ventures and startups A sober picture A sober picture • The short‐term stock price reaction to merger
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following objectives. Objectives: (Learning Outcomes) (LO 1) Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture (LO 2) Understand different approaches to management and leadership Your report should consider: (Assessment criteria) LO: 1 1.1 compares and contrast different organizational structures and culture 1.2 explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business 1.3 discuss the factors which influence individual
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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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Microsoft Corporation Case Analysis 03/27/04 Microsoft is the leading and the largest Software Company in the world. Found by William Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 Microsoft has grown and become a multibillion company in only ten years. It all started with a great vision – “a computer on every desk and every home” - that seemed almost impossible at the time. Now Microsoft has over 44‚000 employees in 60 countries‚ net income of $3.45 billion and revenue of 11.36 billion. Company dramatic growth
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