Microsoft Inc.

Paper Summary:

This paper explores the history of Microsoft Inc. since its inception and concentrates on the worker relationship and labor management issues that the company has been facing in recent times and the impact of organizational behavior concepts as applied to Microsoft. The paper also identifies the organizational strategy of the company, the structure, the culture within Microsoft, motivational issues and worker quality of life and leadership within Microsoft.

Outline:
Introduction
Discussion of Five Significant Organizational Behavior Factors Selected
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"At Microsoft, workers, on average, have to perform at high levels, constantly. Deadline-based product-launches put heavy stresses on the product development team creating high rates of burnout among a very talented and knowledgeable staff. There is an increasing trend in this industry towards a "the boundary-less organization" where workers who "has the skill to do a task, he or she is encouraged to do it, regardless of title or position" they occupy. (Nelson, 1997)
"Employee turnover has increased as a consequence of this method of product-launch followed by the company. Microsoft faces stiff competition from other players in the software industry. Repeated launching of products that have not completely been tested might in the long term affect the reputation of the company."

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