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Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft is most widely known for their Windows Operating System that they sell for use on personal computers. The business was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 with the vision that computers would someday be an important piece of hardware in every home. Over the years, the company has grown substantially and now offers new kinds of products and services for businesses world-wide. As the company grew, the actual organizational structure has had to change several times so that managers could control every service and product, as well as many other business processes, throughout the company. In addition to the many organizational changes the company has seen throughout the years, the culture of the company’s people has also changed.
Microsoft workers and their shareholders experience culture every day, just as all of us do. One company representative, in Microsoft’s “@30 and Beyond” Flash presentation on the company website, stated that there were four factors that has contributed to Microsoft’s success, and predominantly their culture: passion, long-term approach, the expectation of great results, and the expectation of individual excellence (Microsoft Corporation, 2005).
Microsoft’s “passion” for technology and innovation is shared not just by Mr. “Big-Wig” Bill Gates himself, but also every worker and every shareholder. Though there are those workers who are just in it for the money or various other reasons, most Microsoft employees share the desires and goals of the company. There are two main reasons for this: the attractiveness of the company, and how Microsoft recruits new workers. The attractiveness of Micr ...