Introduction Google is #1on the Fortune list of the top 100 companies to work for (Fortune/CNN, 2013). The company has achieved this standing for a number of different reasons, each of which will be outlined in this paper. Why Google is Great Google is famous for offering up an indulgent working environment, which is a trade-off for what the company expects with be hard work. Google provides at its main facility in California a bowling alley, bocce courts, and free cafes. The company strives to foster an environment where creative people can work intensively, by providing them with the means to blow off steam at various points. In addition, Google sees its perks as being a way to attract the best talent in the industry as well. In the knowledge-based industry in which Google operates, the company believes that it must be the most attractive proposition for such talent, and it competes against many companies that have the same philosophy. The company even allows employees to design their own workspaces, to encourage maximum creativity on the job. Google is also a successful company. This factors into making it attractive because the company can offer superior compensation packages. Employees who have been granted stock now find their shares have increased in value significantly, and this has served to increase the wealth of everybody at the company. The company is also able to spend on its employees, and these perks cost little in comparison with the value that most
Google Inc. was founded in 1998 by two Stanford University graduate students collaborating to create a new search engine. Today, Google employs over 19,000 people, has become the most widely used search engine in the world and now offers e-mail, mapping, video sharing and social networking services, just to name a few. The company’s success is notable, but not just for its financial growth, in 2007 Google was listed as the number one company to work for by Fortune 5 magazine (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2007/full_list/). Google has been noted for its unique corporate organizational culture, to which many attribute the company’s success.
Google Inc. is one of the leading corporations in the Global IT industry. It has various strengths and core competencies which make it the number one company in
Google Inc., American search engine company founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Google handled 70 percent of worldwide online search requests, placing it at the heart of most Internet users’ experience. Even though Google’s essential core business is search service, it now offers more than 50 percent Internet services and products from Gmail and online document creation to software for mobile phones and tablet computers. Google successfully maintained its core competence meanwhile expanded its business to advertisement and application three major core businesses. Its success in market levitates Google’s growth by acquiring other tech companies as a way of horizontal integration. For example, its 2012 acquisition of Motorola Mobility put it in the position to sell hardware in the form of mobile phones. Google’s broad product portfolio and size make it one of the top influential conglomerate companies in the high-tech market place. Google plays a very vital role in ICT ecosystem and it is one of the forces that enhance the growth of entire ICT ecosystem. For further illustrating the ICT ecosystem, I chose Apple and Comcast as device and Internet infrastructure firm to compare and contrast against Google.
Google Company is one of the global leaders in technology and in enabling people access information from the internet through their efficient search engines. Google immediately gained the attention of the internet sector for being a better search engine than its competitors (Wheelen, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford, 2015). This was after a tremendous effort in marketing their services and capturing a large market worldwide. However, there being so many risks and challenges in this line of business Google has had the urge to come up with new strategies so that they are able to overcome any challenge before them. The major problem that Google has
Google is one of the most popular, and most used web search engines in the world. Google also has many services that helps you send mail, generate website pages, and create blogs. With all of these great tools come many great, user-friendly features specifically tied to Google. Google has vastly become one of the best search engines in the world, if not the best. Google averages about 12 billion searches per month, which is the most by any search engine in the world. Users can also search for photos, newsletters, and even geographic locations. The best part is, that all of these services are basically free. Google has also set to build more then just a search engine. Google is working on Google glass, self-driving cars, and even have a cell phone called the Android. Google also owns the rights to YouTube, where many users go to upload and watch countless videos. Another great thing the company is doing is spending money on alternative energy sources; last year Google spent 1 billion dollars trying to increase the use of wind and solar energy. Google is also fighting in D.C. to keep the Internet free for Americans. Lastly, Google has one of the best working environments in the world. Google has been the number 1 best company to work for 5 times in a row, including this year. They have been reported to the best human resources department in the world, taking their employee’s happiness over profit. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Google is not the best company to work
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The company's official mission statement is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" (Google, 2012). Google hires people who are smart and determined, and the organization favors ability over experience (Google, 2012). Google is one of the top tech companies in the world and as a result it attracts some of the world's top talent. Although many of the employees share common goals and visions for the company, they all hail from different walks of life and speak dozens of languages, reflecting the global audience they market to.
The purpose of this project is to review Google and analyze it as a potential employer. Throughout the report, we will cover their financial status, the culture of the company, and the future outlook. Additionally, we will explore the benefits and incentives offered, and employment opportunities. Our main goal is to come to a general consensus of what the company stands for and if it would be considered a suitable employer.
Google, a company that originally started out of someone’s garage, has gone on to change the way of life for many across the world. Google has become a way of living for so many until terms such as “Google it” has been coin, to represent the search engine able to deliver answers to any question within seconds. Even though Google is mostly known for it’s able to deliver answers within seconds, the company has expand it’s operation into many other tech exploration sectors. The company has recruited the best of the best
This paper will examine Google’s success, including its consistent inclusion on the “Top Five Companies to Work For” list, Forbe’s, “Top Ethical Companies to Work For,” and employee performance and attitudes. Along with Google’s successes, the paper will also look at what has contributed to its success, perhaps internal factors that could be controlled as well as external factors, which there may have been no control. When we talk about internal influences or factors that Google could control, we will look at the role the founders’ backgrounds, their leadership style, primarily servant and transformational, although there could be more, and the organization’s structure and Board of Directors’ has had on their formation, daily operation,
Google’s resources include human resources, physical resources, technology infrastructure, intellectual properties, market share and innovative services. This means that the company possesses a huge range of highly motivated and committed employees, the copyright, patents and intellectual properties owned and filed by the company. The highly skilled and experienced management team that had work in the similar industry for so many years
“Our employees, who call themselves Googlers, are everything. We hope to recruit many more in the future. We will reward and treat them well.” Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Founders of Google
As years pass by and generation after generation of Americans age, each generation can look back to their time in this world and identify examples of true greatness, greatness that has left an indelible mark on their memory of days past. Whether that mark is made by a person, like Thomas Edison, an event like the Cuban Missile Crisis, or a moment in time like the celebration of a millennia’s end as another begins, each mark becomes an icon representing that generation’s impact on the world at large. In rare instances, however, will a generation look back on their time and identify a company as not just an iconic example of corporate success, but an example of a company that exemplifies that greatness of a generation. Although history has yet to be written, Google has ushered in a new way life for its employees, a new standard for corporate culture, and an organizational design that eliminates the term, “work” from its lexicon as it stands ready to become an icon for this generation (Airey, 2013).
Google’s human relations and human resource management styles have changed the way that companies will be managed in the years to come. Google’s model of motivation and leadership tears down the traditional scientific management theory which focuses on results rather than the employees who deliver those results. The Vice President of People Development at Google stated that the company’s strives “to create the happiest, most productive workplace in the world. It’s less about the aspiration to be No.1 in the world, and more that we want our employees and future employees to love it here, because that’s what’s going to make us successful” (Smith,2014). Google shows employees they are valued and constantly motivates them in the workplace by creating a culture that fulfills their needs in all aspects. The office design, the management style, policies, and perks/benefits all put the employee first.
Furthermore, because Google’s employees d are also equity holders, morale is high and Google encourages its employees to feel a part of Google’s success.