Mgt 415 Week 3 Assignment

This is my fourth semester attending Lamar Institute of Technology. The thing that seemed to be most difficult was that most students are not offered outside opinions on teachers and the classes offered. It seems like a challenge due to the fact that as students he or she does not know what he or she are getting into.

For this assignment, I interviewed my friend, saeda, a married mother of two children and a 1st generation immigrant. She is a licensed practical nurse who makes about $3000 a month. She currently does not have any savings but thinks about ways to save for the future. My friend recognizes that she has a spending problem; she has attempted to free her from this never-ending cycle of spending numerous times but failed in the processes. She experiences an internal happiness when she buys things even if she does not need them. Every week she receives a direct deposit through her work, which makes it easier for her to spend her money as soon as the funds become available. She spends a good fortune of her income on buying toys for her kids and eating

No bureaucratic jungle. It is nice and easy to reach to the top management without wading through the bureaucratic jungles of the corporate hierarchy. Google has a flat structure of organization and there are very few layers between the top management and lower managements. This is quite contrary to any centralized hierarchy.

The company is family-owned, and is known for its community spirit. Wegmans has policies that make it friendly for employees. The Fortune article cites a program that allows employees to reward each other with gift certificates. The company has low turnover and a high rate of employees who are related because many employees bring in family members to work for the company as well.

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

Abstract: Wegmans is a dominate presence in the supermarket industry on the east coast. There are many attributes that Wegmans prides itself on to have earned a place on the Top 75 Supermarkets Based on Sales Volume, Largest Private Companies in the U.S., and Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For lists. The success is due greatly in part to the company’s

In fact, it has secured the Number 1 rank in Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” for the last four years (CNN Money, 2013). It is however odd that Google was not on the list of Ethisphere in 2013 despite its great culture and leadership. Nevertheless Google has been able to establish its reputation as a company that really cares about its employees and veers away from the traditional method of human resource management.

In 1998, Google Inc., “a company that did not actually exist,” (“Google Inc.” 2012 ) received their first investment of $100,000. This small startup company, originally named Backrub, was founded by two Stanford University PhD students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in 1996. What started out as an internet search engine utilized by the students at Stanford University, became the world’s largest search engine in 2000. In just 4 years these two students took a research project and turned it into a profitable business, which is now a part of everyday life for most people in the world. The startup story of Google is an impressive one, but more impressive than that is the environment in which the employees work. According to Jorgen Sundberg (2014) of Undercover Recruiter, “jobs at Google are the most sought-after careers in the Silicon Valley. 1 in 4 young professionals want to work at Google, but fewer than 1 in 250 applicants will ever work at the company.”(¶ 1) According to Pratik Kukreja (2011), it is evident, based on Goggle’s 4% attrition rate, compared to the national average of 29.3%, that employees at Google are satisfied with their job.(¶ 12) Google ensures that the needs of their employees are met, which increases their company productivity, by considering the major life events of their employees and creating a unique workplace culture.

For instances their offices and cafes are designed to encourage interactions between Googlers within and across teams.

It is no secret that Google has been declared one of the best places to work. The public knows it, the competition knows it, and Google employees know it for certain! Job satisfaction levels are through the roof for Google creating longevity and long-term sustainability. In order to maintain the status of being one of the best places to work, Google is very selective about hiring competent employees who contribute to a positive workplace culture. Thus, Google employees are well paid, receive many perks, as well as the flexibility to prevent strain that accompanies having a work/ family imbalance. Commonly assessed work values are pay, promotions, supervision, coworkers, the work itself, Altruism, Status, and Environment.

Being named the top company to work for, for the last four years is no easy feat. But Google has created a recipe for success in how they recruit, manage, evaluate and motivate their 33,100 employees. By utilizing their data analysis systems and empowering their employees, Google has been able to create a successful workforce that focuses on work/life balance and transparency for all of their employees.

This allows Google to create a large volume of new ideas and innovations, any engineer in Google could freely work across teams to create a new product or feature without transferring to the specific department. An evidence shows that “more than 50 new products resulted from Google engineers‟ 20% time investments- accounting for half of all new products and features(including Gmail, AdSense, and Google News)developed during that period” (Lyer & Davenport 2008 pp.64). The reason Google invested substantively to create such an innovation ecosystem is due to the highly competitive market and Google‟s ambitious mission. As a young internet-based company, Google‟s leaders realized that without enough innovation, it is extremely hard to compete with companies such as Microsoft and IBM, after Google‟s Online search engine became its solid and profitable infrastructure, Google is not satisfied of what this backbone has brought to itself anymore. Thus, leaders of Google pay much attention to their ultimate mission, organizing the world 's information and making it universally accessible and useful. It is a such imperial goal that could take Google over hundred years of time to achieve it, but the leaders of Google are strategically patient, as CEO Eric Schmidt said at 2007 Bear Stearns conference:

Google is one of the best known and most admired companies in the world, having grown from a ten-employee business running out of a garage in 1996 to a company that operates with over ten thousand employees (Bauer and Erdogan, 2016). Google is able to keep a competitive advantage over companies like Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. because they invest in their employees (McKeough, 2008). In 2007, Google was voted the number one “Best Place To Work For” by Fortune magazine and has created a work environment that attracts, motivates, and retains the best employees in today 's workforce (Bauer and Erdogan, 2016). Google’s workplace environment, and a long list of employee benefits, are part of what make this culture so attractive.

Google has on site gymnasiums, chefs, laundry service, and shuttles (Google culture, 2011). By providing for employees, Google works towards establishing an emotional attachment. Open communication is encouraged and ideas are rewarded showing employees they have value in the eyes of Google. This communication is necessary to create a sense of freedom at work and allow for an open exchange of ideas.

Google ranked 1st in terms of best “workplace”. 51% of the consumers surveyed among the 15 markets, agreed that Google is an appealing place to work at and they treat their employees well (Smith, 2013). Google’s international success is related to social responsibility strategies. Around the world, Google has been able to stand and interact with local societies as a local company rather that an international foreign