...Google vs. Facebook Organisational behaviour12/6/2012Durrell carter| GOOGLE VS FACEBOOK ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES In this assignment we will explore how Facebook and Google have different organisational structures and how this affects their businesses and staff members. Facebook and Google are both very large companies and have organizational structures which are similar and also different in the ways they structure their businesses. For example David Braginsky who worked for both Facebook and Google over the past five years wrote that "Google is really big. There are multiple teams doing the same thing and don't know about each other. There are teams that strongly believe that other teams should not exist. There are giant sections of Google that have been described as "non-Google" because of culture drift and acquisitions. When you go to the holiday party, you will not know 95% of the people there”. These groups at Google are informal work groups with set tasks working on a set activity to complete for the business with that task being there only goal until they are issued a new one. Also Google really big task groups offer a lots of different skill sets to the organization with the work being spread out and people carrying out lots of different tasks for the organization, performing them at a high level making the division of labour possible. However with Facebook David Braginsky also says that "Facebook is much smaller, and while you won't know everyone (or even...
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...Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management Organizations are ‘social arrangements for the controlled performance of collective goals’. Organizational theory and management theory is used in many aspects of a working business. Many people strive to adhere to the theory to help them become better at their jobs or more successful in life, although this may lead to them having to sacrifice some of their personal principles in order to succeed. One example of following organizational theory in the financial sector would be an employee or manager who wants to know how to achieve goals by having a set structure to follow. In addition, someone in a human resources sector will have to make decisions through their working day that will undoubtedly change the structure and practice of a working day of all other employees in the company. If an individual gets so wrapped up in trying to fit the mold of what the interpret their role should be in terms of organizational theory, they may start to neglect others areas of business. In the some way, management theory may also underpin the personal values of some individuals. For instance, they may disagree with a particular rule or regulation that has been introduced by the company, however in order to carry out their job as a manager effectively and professionally, they need to move away from their principles and execute the job. It is difficult to try to execute both management and organizational theories as a psychological...
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...Are the challenges of organisational change best approached from the perspective of the scientific model of management or that of the human relations model of management? Introduction The environment of all businesses is rapidly changing at an extraordinary rate (Griffin & Moorhead, 2012). In industries, such as entertainment, fashion, social media and retail, there are many modern business challenges: increased competition, mass production, increased information flow, internet, ICT systems and mobility of workers. However, nowadays one of the most significant sources of change that has serious impact on many organisations and managers in the early 21st century is increasing globalisation (Mullins, 2010; Griffin & Moorhead, 2012). Globalisation appeals to organisations assimilating, functioning and competing in a global economy (Mullins, 2010). Additionally, technology-driven change is increasing and businesses have to adapt to survive and thrive. Changing business environment brings opportunities to enterprises to grow, be more creative and innovation. Nevertheless, this unclear and swiftly moving environment not only gives many new ideas and opportunities for organisations, but it also poses challenges (Hinde, 2013). Hence, managers have to understand how to address and adapt to the changing environment of a business (Griffin & Moorhead, 2012). There are two main models of management that can help to approach challenges of organisational change. Scientific management...
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...INTRODUCTION Organisational change is a crucial matter in any organisation. Through organisational change, organisations normally boost performance as it they work towards their preferred ideal state. Normally organisational change takes place as a reaction to an ever changing environment, a response to a current crisis, while sometimes the change is just triggered by the leading team or the management. Successful organisational change is not simply a process of adjustment but also requires appropriate managing capabilities. For achieving a successful change within an organisation there are so many topics to be taken into consideration. Thus this document looks at the causes of organisational change, its elements approaches, process, reaction to the change, management issues during the process of change as well as the possible factors that may lead to the unsuccessful organisational change. Part of this assignment will focus on techniques on how managers can effectively plan, organize, guide, control and create a culture that promotes a healthy employee attitude, motivation and behaviour during the period of organisational change. In the recent years it has been observed that most organisations went through changes in one way or the other. Organisations like Pay Pal, Google, Facebook, and YouTube has been observed to be among the top companies that change took them to higher heights. Just like any other organisations Botswana Post has in the recent years underwent through...
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...Organizational Behaviour (OB) involves how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. This is done by something called a system approach. Organizational behaviour and culture combines people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. By doing this it allows the company remain successful in its present and future projects. The main goal is to build stronger and positive relationships by tackling all the major issues that may affect an organization or business, this would involve human objectives, Business projects, and social objectives. Organizational behaviour and culture deals with a wide range of issues within a business, these issues are very important to the well-being of a successful organization. 1.2 The relationship between an organisation’s structure and culture can have affect a business’ performance in a negative or positive way. Coca-Cola has its own culture within the company, this is potentially a reason why the company has been doing so well and still maintaining a high level of service for many years. Coca-Cola’s culture believes in the importance of teamwork, and empowerment. This allows for the employees to be motivated and encourages them to feel valued to be working apart of a team and using personal abilities and talents alongside contributing ideas and opinions regarding tasks and projects. Employees at Coca-Cola are encouraged to voice their opinions in regards...
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...An entrepreneur is defined by Peter Drucker as someone who actually searches for change, responds to it, and exploits change as an opportunity. This is what the owner of TecHost Solutions Pvt ltd did here in Gweru by printing T-shirts and designing wedding cards seeing an opportunity and he was creative enough to start cup printing which is a quality of an entrepreneur and an Advertiser. As a young aspiring marker l observed some activities during my visits at TecHost Solutions Pvt Ltd that matched with some of my modules l leant in level 1 and they will be explained below. Cs101 The employees practiced a two way communication with their respective clients and prospects that is face to face communication allowing room for feedback and response. Knowledge of non-verbal cues and gestures was used, l remember when my supervisor was explaining how the installed S.Wifi Hotspot works he had used a jargon then the client frowned his face and my supervisor quickly observed it and changed his language to simple language understood by the client. Speaking is another essential element which is practiced at TecHost Solutions. They used the appropriate tone needed at that particular time when addressing a client speaking to the owner and they had different postures to their clients and the owner. Listening is another complex process and l also observed during my visits. Employees paid extreme attention when their clients were saying out their various needs. Ec101 Demand is the amount...
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...match of the needs of employees with those of business. Here is my top 11 1) Establish a real-time career development for employees Today real-time career development can be facilitated with some imagination, technology devices, innovation and focus. Each morning when I wake up, I grab an expresso, my Ipad and find a quiet spot whether it be on the couch (winter) or on an outside table (summer!) and spend an hour on my own personal and career development. This usually involves: * Checking facebook, twitter and linkedin status updates, making comments and responding to overnight messages * Using the apps previously downloaded from publications such as New York Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, etc I scan the world’s leading newspapers to find out what’s been happening in the world whilst I've been asleep! * Read an article each from the latest editions of The Economist and Harvard Business Review * Scan google alerts for key words I track such as employer branding, employment branding, talent management, employee engagement, etc...
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...3. What do family-friendly policies entail The best and highly used perspective when looking at family friendly organisation is how they value work life balance. Callan (2007) added to this issue by mentioning that the behaviour and work climate also affect the level of how the concept of family friendly policies is practised. Influence rather than enforcement is key when it comes to implementing Family friendly policies. In Callan (2007) article we read about how the family-friendly policies affect organisational cultures and employees believes. It’s easy to look at it from work-life balace in “balance’ perspective. Through this notion it is easy to deduce that this refers to finding equilibrium between your work and personal life. This...
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...BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning Unit Information and Learning Guide 2016 This information should be read in conjunction with the online learning materials which can be found on your MyUnits page. Unit coordinator Dr Amy Huang (A.Huang@murdoch.edu.au) © Published by Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 2016 This publication is copyright. Except as permitted by the Copyright Act no part of it may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or any other means be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or transmitted without the prior written permission of the publisher. BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning Murdo 2 ch University Contents Unit information Information about the unit 3 Contact details 5 How to study this unit 8 Resources for the unit 10 Study schedule 11 Assessment 13 Appendix 1 Essay marking guide 17 Appendix 2 Presentation marking guide 18 Murdoch University BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning 3 Information about the unit Welcome to: BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning Unit description The management of information and knowledge and its role in organisations are widely recognised as important elements contributing to international competitiveness in the digital (knowledge based) economy. This unit examines how the concepts of information and knowledge assist in the understanding of organisational processes, organisational learning and strategy...
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...and explore why marketing is an important function within organisations; then it will describe the major marketing activities of an organisation. The core concept of marketing is communicating the value of a product or service to customers. There are many alternative definitions of marketing given by different experts. Virtually, each particular explanation of the marketing reflects respective concerns of individual authors, while most have certain basic features in common. Kotler and Armstrong (2010) consider that Marketing is managing profitable customer relationship. This seems to be the simplest definition of marketing. The American Marketing Association (2004) as cited in Gamble, Gilmore, McCartan-Quinn, & Durkan (2011), “an organisational function and a set of processes of creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organisation and...
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...Netflix Introduction Netflix, an internet service provider, came into being in Los Gatos, California, in 1997. The company provides services all over the world viz, Australia, Japan, parts of Europe. It also provides flat rate DVD-by-mail in the US via permit reply mail. The company has innovated and reinvented its HR practices to create the viral Netflix Culture Desk (NCD). The new practices are however not in sync with traditional practices. The basis of Talent Management philosophy of Netflix are governed by two main principles: 1. The best thing you can do for employees is hire only ‘A’ players to work with them”. “Excellent colleagues trump everything else.” When individuals work with people who are equally good and of the same calibre, they are motivated to perform and are happy to work in the team. However, if they are not equally hard working, a lot of time is spent on identifying and rectifying their mistakes which make people unhappy and frustrated after a certain level. Employees prefer working alone rather than with people who are subpar. 2. The second element of the company’s approach is a willingness of letting go of people whose skills no longer required, “no matter how valuable their contributions had once been”. Key Elements of HR Policies Keeping these principles in mind, HR practices and policies have been framed by the HR Department. The following five are the key elements of these principles: 1. Hire, Reward, and Tolerate Only Fully Formed...
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...The internet has drastically altered the conduct of the more economically developed countries of the world in the last twenty years. A rather modern and unprecedented tool for social organisation, the internet has prompted western governments to reach new grounds in term of surveillance, citizenship, communication and democratic state control. The entirely new and ever-developing concept of the internet, and the place is holds in modern society, has become a center for ethical and political dilemmas; dilemmas fuelled primarily by the weaponization of the internet as a tool to fight authority, shown by the utilisation of the internet by ‘Hacktivist’ pressure groups such as Anonymous and Occupy, the historical leaking of classified surveillance information by computer professional Edward Snowden and, most recently, the utilisation of the internet as tool for the work of Islamic Extremists. It is obvious that the internet, if left unregulated, can become a very dangerous place for its users, and it is this fear that has prompted UK government, and primarily Home Secretary Theresa May, to begin a battle for more state control over the internet. For some, the idea of British state-control to promote the safety of individuals is undeniably correct, we are a nation that can pride ourselves on promoting the safety and contentment of our citizens; from Lloyd-George’s development of the welfare state to the quick and direct tackling of gun-laws after the tragic events of the Dunblane massacre...
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...Strategic Management of Change BUMGT5926 Scenario Planning Syafiqa Anneisa Abdullah Navaneeswary Ganesamoorthy Rei Lynn Lim 30089404 30089407 30089392 Presentation Overview (1/2) •Introduction •Company Profile •Microenvironmental Analysis •PESTLE Analysis •SWOT Analysis •Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis •The Industry Life Cycle •Nintendo’s Key Success Factors Presentation Overview (1/2) •Analysis of Key Uncertainties •Analysis of Future Trends •The Scenarios & Implications •Conclusion •References A Brief History of Video Games Atari to Wii Introduction (1/2) • Video games have been around since the 1940s. • Over the decades, game machines continuously evolved to become powerful machines capable of stunning visuals and graphics. • In the mid 2000 to 2007, social media, smartphone and tablet technology entered the gaming scene. • Casual games become the norm attracting previously non-gamers into the market. Introduction (cont 2/2) • As the dominant force of the mobile and gaming market, in the next coming 5 years, where does Nintendo see itself competing with threats from smartphones and other gaming platforms taking up its share of the market? • Scenario planning : To make strategic decisions that will be a sound foundation for all plausible and possible future scenarios. Company Profile (1/3) • Founded in 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi. • Manufacturer of Hanafuda “flower” cards • Expanded in 1960s by Hiroshi Yamauchi. • Following the crash...
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...2010). Basically, according to Kaplan and Haenlein (2010) “social media is defined as a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of User Generated Content”. For examples, people can communicate and share idea in easy and practice way by using social media in the form of image, podcasts, text, video, and many more. In the modern era like nowadays, internet and social media has undergone very rapid progress which resulted it's become as lifestyle and part of human life and become vital tool that cannot be ignored by people and corporation. There are several popular social media that users usually use such as Facebook, Linkedin, twitter, and Google+ and Facebook still tops social network by having 1.4 Billion of total number of users in the world (Statistic Brain 2013). It is evidence from research data, there is more than 80% of consumer browsing and buying online in every week in 2012 and it’s increased 69% from 2009 (Oracle 2012) and there is about 80% of small-mid-big companies utilize social media in 2013 that the companies realize social media is becoming very important for their business performance and to support communication in internal companies. Thus companies can do marketing and sales, make...
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...INTRODUCTION The main objective of this paper is to explore the scope and usage of social media and social networking sites in recruitment and selection process. It primarily intends to provide an insight into good practices and usage of social networking services in HRM . In addition to this, it aims to identify if social networks can help in cost reduction of an organisation’s HRM activities . .“The Internet has drastically changed the face of recruitment. Employers must now actively market themselves by instituting a well-implemented e-recruitment program to find better quality candidates and improve hiring decisions, all in less time and at a lower cost.” (Smith and Rupp 2004) social networking service (also social networking site, SNS or social media) have revolutionized communication methods, both privately and increasingly, at work. Communication through social media involves the use of an online platform or website (a social networking site) that enables people to communicate, usually for a social purpose, through a variety of services, most of which are web-based and offer opportunities for people to interact over the internet, e.g. via e-mail and ‘instant messaging’ (a form of real-time, direct text-based communication between two or more people using personal computers or other devices). Kaplan and Haenlein (2010) define social media as “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0*, and that allow...
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