Decision Making at Google

When Google began, like any other company, management was very important. It was the baby of Larry Page and Sergey Brin who were both students at Stanford during this time. The two had a unique perspective on global information. Page and Brin rarely did things the conventional way but there company was started on a basic structure. Google had added two new positions from 2004 but even those additional positions aren’t the major catalysts of Google’s managerial success (Stross, 2008).

Another article that I read helped me understand more of what Laszlo Bock is referring to when he says management needs to have a broader point of view. In this article The Evolution of Management, the author talks about the different styles of management that have been adopted by leaders to date and it seems that what used to work before just will not get the job done today.

General Environment. Today, Google, Inc. (hereinafter "Google" or "the company") competes in the global technology industry where in holds a leading position. The company remains committed to "improving the ways people connect with information" (Form 10-K, 2012, p. 3). The general environment in which the company competes is characterized by rapid growth as well as industry convergence as existing technologies and platforms are stretched to their limits (Hitt, Ireland & Hokisson, 2011). In this environment, Google has emerged as the major actor that is modeling the way for others. For

Google, Inc. is a corporation that is known for innovation and amazing leadership practices. Google’s greatest innovation may actually be its managerial practice. Google is not led by a single CEO, but by a team that gives it immense strategic and management strength. (Nussbaum, n.d.) Engineers at Google are able to work on their ongoing projects 4 days out of the 5 day work week, and one day a week is designated for potential ideas of their own choice. (Sawyer, 2009) Google has innovation reviews, where each executive presents the most promising ideas from within his own division. The CEO is at these innovation reviews to listen to these innovative ideas. Another way to ensure that some of these ideas have the opportunity to be developed is to allow the engineers to work on these ideas for more than one day a week and in some cases full time. Allowing time to be creative and develop ideas is embracing the art of innovation and

Google was created by two young men, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They combined skills to create the perfect search engine they both envisioned. The now efficient, popular search engine built its image through internet traffic and economically through AdWords. A company as large as Google needs to be efficient, Frederick Winslow Taylor and his idea of the “one best method” of work, otherwise known as Taylorism, was the perfect fit for the company. Carr painted the picture for his readers by writing,

(2016), Larry Page is not a typical CEO in the modern day business workplace. As chief executive of Alphabet, Mr. Page is tasked with figuring how to spin Google’s billions in advertising profits into new companies and industries (Dougherty, 2016, pg. 1). Larry Page is a leader that is working, not one, but rather numerous means at an opportunity to ensure that he can give what's best to Google and his representatives and that is the thing that makes him Google's CEO, as well as an incredible leader that will doubtlessly support Google's administrations and keep up worker

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

Today, new organizations are being formed continuously and, as a result, competition is fierce. It is key that organizations should use be able to make well-informed decision in order to be successful in business. However, most of these organizations are not able to make decisions effectively due to business data are not kept appropriately. Furthermore, if organizations do not provide strategic information for making decisions, the organizations will not gain competitive advantages, nor predict future outcomes. Thus, revenues and profits of organizations will be affected. Therefore, by considering this issue, it might be possible to offer solutions for organizations to develop effective decision making strategies.

Google is a multinational corporation that serves thousands of consumers worldwide. Through Internet related products such as Internet searches, maps, emails, mobile apps, and other online contents for users Google became the company it is today. Every employee of Google is different in his or her own way; making it a well-diversified organization similar to the global audience they serve. Google’s mission statement is to organize information from all around the world and make it universally accessible at a quick and orderly fashion. This means creating a search engine smart

Google’s organizational structure, like Zappos, is flat with low levels of management. Google encourages employees to take initiative without needing approval from multiple levels of managers. To inspire the spirit of innovation in its employees, Google came up with the 70-20-10 rule. Frenz (2013) states, “They have the freedom to spend 70 percent of their time on current assignments, 20 percent on related projects of their choosing, and 10 percent on new projects in any area they desire.” Employees have the freedom to set their own goals and change

Influencing a group of individuals to achieve a common goal is leadership in its simplest form and the three people responsible for this are Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Larry Page, Co-Founder & President, Products; and Sergey Brin, Co-Founder & President, Technology. Overseeing the company's technical and business strategy since 2001, Dr. Schmidt’s leadership has helped the company grow from a startup to a global enterprise while maintaining a culture of strong innovation. Larry Page the founding CEO grew the company to over 200 employees and profitability before moving into his role as president of products. Sergey Brin directs the research efforts of Google with areas of focus

Even though I believe Google’s management system to be effective and the article’s explanation of the system to be credible and valid, I do not believe it will fit the culture of my company. Working in the restaurant industry, our employees are not as technically minded as the employees of Google. From experience, direct management and more guidance are needed in a customer-service directed atmosphere. While my boss may find the surveys and employee improvement strategies to be helpful, Google’s exact system is not comparable to the restaurant industry.

Google’s organizational structure is less about control and meeting goals set by the company. The company is more focused on employees meeting the objectives that they have set for themselves. Google takes some aspects of the Laissez Faire style of leadership as all employees are given freedom to create and determine their own deadlines and ideas for projects. The managers act

The strategy of focusing on getting information to millions of people internationally is the foundation of Google. Another strategy in which Google is unique is their culture. Google creates an atmosphere of creativity, teamwork and brainstorming which has helped win them a spot in the top 10 of Fortune magazine’s best companies in which to work.

The company I decided to write my final project on for Management Theories and Practices is Google. According to Google, the company was founded on September 4, 1998 by Sergey Brin & Larry Page. They founded the company in Menlo Park, California. The two founders were only college students at the time, pursuing PhDs in Computer Science. ("Management team," 2015.). Neither of them finished their degrees. Yet from there, the company took off. If you take a look at Alexa.com you 'll see that it monitors the popularity of websites on the internet and Google is number 1. That means Google is the most visited website in the entire world ("Top sites," 2015.). The paper I am writing today will be taking a closer look at the famous company itself, and the employees within keeping it running.