Organizing Function of Management and Microsoft

Paper Summary:

This paper sets out to evaluate the organizing function of management as it relates to Microsoft Corporations' human resources and information technologies (IT) strategies internally. The author explains why the processes the company uses to attain efficiency and effectiveness in organizing Human Resources and IT internally need to change rapidly, and describes how Microsoft uses the organizing function of management to ensure responsive service from Human Resources and IT organizations to the remainder of the company, achieving effectiveness of solutions delivered and efficiency of response.

Outline:
Executive Summary
Overview of Microsoft
The Organizing Function of Management in Human Resources at Microsoft
The Organizing Function of Management in Information Technologies in Microsoft
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Microsoft Corporation is a global leader in the development and marketing of consumer, personal productivity, and small business and enterprise software applications and employs 71,000 professional worldwide. The company focuses on the development, manufacturing, and support of a very wide variety of devices for computing. The company's core business is its personal productivity applications including Microsoft Office. In addition, the continued growth of distributed computing environments, business solutions applications and platforms, software development tools and server-based operating systems, the company has the most diverse software product portfolio in the industry. In addition to these specific businesses the company also entered the gaming market with the Xbox video game console and games, in addition to already having a line of PC games and PC peripherals. Microsoft has also made several investments in online initiatives including their own extensive website and online applications area called MSN, and the move into Software-as-a-Service applications in their OnDemand initiative in their business solutions area. Microsoft also spends more on Research and Development of new technologies than any other software company in existence."

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