...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Bus 520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 29, 2013 Organizational culture is the essence of any company. It is the way a company separates themselves from the market and especially, from their competition. According to an article in Business Insider, “Corporate culture is the personality of a company and it can’t be faked” (Schawbel, 2013, Cultural research section, para. 1). For the purpose of this paper, I will be investigating the corporate culture of Google Incorporated. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin who met at Stanford University in 1995 (Google Company website). What is Google’s organizational culture? Google’s organizational culture is represented in several ways which include their management structure, and their public transparency, their treatment of employees, etc. Below is an excerpt from an article in Business Insider: Employees are offered free cafeteria food and there’s a flat management structure. They have also made their company’s core values public. The company founders still do busy work, including keeping the cereal fresh in the cafeteria. Google is constantly getting feedback from employees and even has their own tool called Google-O-Meter to gauge the popularity of employee suggestions. In addition, they have “culture clubs”, which are groups of employees who come together...
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...Integrating Culture & Diversity in Decision making: The CEO & Organizational Culture Profile Cassandra Numa Michel Strayer University Leadership & Organizational Behavior BUS 520 Dr Jelena Vucetic August 24, 2014 Google is one of the top companies in the world and the leading search engine site. As well-known as Google is for its tech ventures, it may be as equally well known for its organizational culture. The company’s infamous campus is located in California and is equipped with all of the creature comforts that you might expect at a resort, not a company. From the cafeteria which serves gourmet meals, to the outdoors activities that encourage biking, volleyball and more during breaks from a grueling day (Evans, 2014). Staff can take naps as needed, have access to haircuts on-site, enjoy free health and dental benefits, enjoy on-site massages, swimming and volleyball and more (Kim, 2014). The culture centers on taking care of the staff, who will in turn work that much harder for the company. Google is an example of an adhocracy culture. These cultures tend to be very dynamic in nature and encourage bold, big ideas from the staff. Google is the very definition of this, in the way that the staff is cultivated and in the way that the company continue to innovate in a field where it could start to feel like it’s all been done before. Google shows signs of this in a number of ways, both in the way that it finds and recruits the best and brightest minds and...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Trinna Filbert Dr. Elizabeth Delone BUS 520 May 8, 2014 W. L. Gore and Associates is a company founded in 1958 by Bill and Vieve Gore. It is an inventive technology enterprise who works to discover innovative products. Numerous products from GORE-TEX fabric, cable wiring, electronics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, tubing, and sealants. The organization is referred to as a team-based and flat lattice organization. There is no chain of command; employees are referred to as associates. Associates and Professional staff are free to speak to one another in their multi-disciplined team. It provided electrical products until the discovery of polymer fabric that is now used as a basis for all the products in the medical and industrial markets. There are four practices the Gore utilizes to hire such associates. The associates networks various self organized groups such as Native American, Asia, Latino-Hispanic, LGBT, physically challenged, veterans, African-American, female associates and white male. Next is their recruiting strategy. The company targets certain universities, career fields and organizations. They choose the brightest and the best. The internet in addition to diverse publications and firms are also tools for finding quality. Third is diverse awareness. All associates are given the opportunity for growth and advancement in the company. They are encouraged...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Week 4, Assignment 2 Leteshia Holt Dr. Stephanie Lyncheski BUS 520 November 4, 2013 P&G is a multinational consumer goods company. It’s the 4ths largest corporation in the world and is Fortune’s 6th most admired company. P&G serves approximately 4.8 billion people worldwide with its brands. Their community consists of operations in 75 countries and 126,000 employees worldwide. P&S consist of 50 leading brands, which are some of the world’s most well-known household names. Half of the leading brands are billion dollar brands, generating more than $1 billion in annual sales. P&G’s purpose is to provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers. They want to ensure the consumers always remember their brand, which will enable their employees, shareholders, and communities to be successful as well. P&G focuses on a diverse and inclusive work culture. They like to channel every employee’s individual differences and create some of the best leadership teams. By combining the different skills sets, P&G capitalizes on each unique benefit to ensure the organization excels. P&G’s philosophy is to rotate their senior executives often, intentionally, to keep fresh ideas and to remain in tune with the current trends. They track the performances of every...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile John Daniels Bus 520 Dr. McGrath November 30, 2014 1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research. Southwest airlines is a North American airline that is head quartered at Loves Field in Dallas Texas that started flights in June 18, 1971. Since its inception it has been a low cost, customer focused airlines, that offers leather seating and full size cabins. Southwest have 46,000 employees that handle more the 3,600 flights daily, throughout 93 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico and five near-international countries. http://www.swamedia.com/channels/Corporate-Fact-Sheet/pages/corporate-fact-sheet. 2. Examine the culture of the selected organization. Southwest has three main values that motivate all of its employees. They are a warrior spirit, a servant heart, and a fun-luving attitude (the way Southwest spells “love”). A warrior spirit is in reference to an employee to “take the initiative” or “care about your customers” This spirit means being fearless in terms of delivering the product. The servant heart refers to the aspect of treating others with respect provide what the customer needs in a cost efficient manner. The fun-luving attitude is that the employee should not take themselves to seriously. These cultural values start from the interview and last throughout...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Jalisa Williams Dr. Erica Gamble BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior November 6, 2013 All about Southwest Southwest Airlines (SWA) was founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher in 1967. Southwest got its start in Texas and has since become one of America’s most admired companies. The road of establishing Southwest was not an easy one. The company who first wanted to service within the state of Texas had to fight for 3 years against 3 other airlines in the area for rights. After a judgment by the Texas Supreme Court in 1970, Southwest was cleared to take the air. Southwest lives by their mission statement of its dedication to the highest quality of customer service to be delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride and company spirit (Southwest.com). With the idea of good customer service will make you money, Southwest Airlines is by far the most profitable airline even in this trying time. Southwest’s Culture Happy Employees=Happy Customers At Southwest, they believe that a happy employee equal happy customers. They strive to make every customer experience a great one and by doing this they know the employees play a huge role in customer satisfaction. The core of their being consists of having a warrior spirit, leading with a servant’s heart and having a fun-luving attitude. These three components are what Southwest Airlines...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Monique Jerry Strayer University BUS 520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Dr. Nicole Ortloff February 2nd 2014 1. Provide a brief (one 1 paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research. The company that I chose to research is the company Google. Everyone is aware of Google. It is the most widely used search engine in the world. Google is considered to be one of the best, if not the best search engine of all time. The company Google is considered to be a technological giant and a threat to other tech giants, for example Microsoft. Google’s creators Larry Page and Sergey Binn, started this company in 1995. Google was first developed to be a search engine, but it has crown to the point where it can be used as an internet browser also. Unlike its competitor Microsoft Internet Explorer, it has to be compatible with certain browsers in order to function at its fullest potential. 2. Examine the culture of the selected organization. Google’s corporate culture began with its founder’s philosophy, the famous 10 tenets. (Lisa Jackson 2013). And since Google is still controlled by its founders, that means that the culture in part of the company’s mantra. Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Binn believe that trust is one of the most important aspects for the culture at Google. Google mission is a culture of choice. That is they are not a conventional...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyy BUS 520 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior January 27, 2014 Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research. Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971 by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King to provide frequent, low cost airline service in busy markets less than 500 miles apart. “Southwest Airlines is now America’s largest low-fare carrier, serving more Customers domestically than any other airline with a unique combination of low fares, no annoying fees, friendly Customer Service delivered by outstanding People, safe and reliable operation, and an extraordinary corporate Culture that extends to the communities it serves” (Southwest Corporate Fact Sheet, 2013, pg.1). The company has been in operation for 42 years and has returned a profit every year except for the first year (Southwest Corporate Fact Sheet, 2013). Even after September 11th, 2001, the company made a profit without layoffs or furloughs (Reingold, 2013). Examine the culture of the selected organization. As stated in Southwest Airline 2009 Corporate Report, “Our unique airline Culture enables our Family of Employees to provide the highest quality Customer Service. Our valued Customers return to Southwest Airlines because of our People. Our People listen to the Customer’ suggestions create innovative programs that make their lives easier, and...
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...Assignment 2: Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile BUS 520 March 2, 2015 The organization that I chose to research was Southwest Airlines. This particular Airline Company has been around for over thirty eight years. The creators Rollin King and Herb Kelleher only had one priority and that was their customers. Their goals were to get each passenger to their desired destination in timely matter, at an affordable cost, and have while doing it. Because of their remarkable customer service experience, Southwest has named one of the top Airline Organizations in the United States. The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit (www.southwest.com). The Organizational Culture of Southwest Airlines is to connect with the customer through kindness, consideration and reliability. It requires many skills to be a part of an interpersonal group. Being an employee of Southwest Airlines, you will encounter many experiences dealing with all sorts of people. It requires organizational culture, which consists of ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and that reflect an organizations identity (Wood, 253). It was very important to be able to identify interpersonal group work as its own degeneration, and how it is associated with other variables such...
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...Running Header: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile 1 Week 8 Assignment 2: Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making Michael Haidar Strayer University Professor Ronald Jones BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior November 30, 2014 Google, the most widely used web-based search engine, was founded in 1998 by Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergei Brin. As a research project in 1996, Page and Brin began developing a search engine designed to look at the connecting links between web pages in order to determine a site’s authority. In 1998, Page and Brin set up their first data center in Page’s dorm. With the encouragement of fellow Stanford alum David Filo, who started Yahoo a few years earlier, page and Brin decided to start a company and started looking for investors to back them. Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, invested $100,000 in the company after receiving a demo of their search technology. The pair eventually raised over $1M (Anto, 2002, p. 188). Every organization has its own culture. Since many employees spend 40 or more hours at their workplace, their organization’s culture obviously affects both their work lives as well as their personal lives. Organizational culture is defined the system of shared actions, values, and beliefs that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. Although each organization has its...
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...Assignment 2: Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile BUS 520 – Leadership and Organization Dr. Danielle Camacho Tomika Williams Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research. I chose to research Southwest because living in Atlanta, Georgia I’ve personally waited for the discount airline to land on our doorstep and they did just that with the merger and acquisition of Airtran Airways. Southwest by way of the merger is now in Atlanta which is the nation’s busiest airport (McCartney, 2013). Southwest bought AirTran way back in 2011 for $1.4 billion with the intention of combining fleets and operating the newly merged airline under the Southwest brand. Another specific reason for Southwest opting to obtain AirTran was – in part – to extend its reach to AirTran's international destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. Southwest was also able to expand its presence in the Northeast to cities not previously serviced by Southwest i.e. New York and Boston. Southwest by way of the merger is now in Atlanta which is the nation’s busiest airport (McCartney, 2013). Examine the culture of the selected organization. Southwest Airlines is probably one of the better examples of a company that outlined a very clear and simple key business principle, chose the right business model to support that principle, and consistently demonstrates the core values and behaviors derived from their...
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...Diversity in Workplace: A study on Multinational Clothing Retail Brands Diversity in Workplace: A study on Multinational Clothing Retail Brands Course: BUS 520 Management & Organizational Behavior Section: 3 Prepared For: Dr. Muhammad Shariat Ullah North South University Prepared by: Sarah Binte Mohiuddin ID # 1512983660 Md. Farhan Khan ID # 1512984660 Tasnim Siddiqa ID # 1430824060 Md. Salauddin ID # 1513300660 Date of Submission: 03rd August, 2015 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 03rd August, 2015 To Dr. Muhammad Shariat Ullah Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka Subject: Submission of Project Report. Dear Sir, It is our great honor to submit our project report on “Diversity in Workplace: A study on Multinational Clothing Retail Brands.” In this endeavor, this report seeks to identify and analyze the diversity and its effects among employees in two clothing brands. The report contains statistical analysis and some findings and recommendations. It would be our enormous pleasure if you find this report useful and informative to have an apparent perspective on the issue. Thank you, 1. Sarah Binte Mohiuddin 2. Md. Farhan Khan 3. Nazifa Tasnim Siddiqa 4. Md. Salauddin ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...
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...ork2012 - 2013 Catalog A Message from the President “Sullivan University is truly a unique and student success focused institution.” I have shared that statement with numerous groups and it simply summarizes my basic philosophy of what Sullivan is all about. When I say that Sullivan is “student success focused,” I feel as President that I owe a definition of this statement to all who are considering Sullivan University. First, Sullivan is unique among institutions of higher education with its innovative, career-first curriculum. You can earn a career diploma or certificate in a year or less and then accept employment while still being able to complete your associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree by attending during the day, evenings, weekends, or online. Business and industry do not expand or hire new employees only in May or June each year. Yet most institutions of higher education operate on a nine-month school year with almost everyone graduating in May. We remained focused on your success and education, and continue to offer our students the opportunity to begin classes or to graduate four times a year with our flexible, year-round full-time schedule of classes. If you really want to attend a school where your needs (your real needs) come first, consider Sullivan University. I believe we can help you exceed your expectations. Since words cannot fully describe the atmosphere at Sullivan University, please accept my personal invitation to visit and experience...
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