organizational behavior
– MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES AT GOOGLE
1. How can organizations such as Google create a motivating work setting? Google creates a motivating work setting for its employees, also known as Googlers, by giving them flexibility and autonomy to experiment, takes risks, and sometimes fails. Employees are also encouraged to learn from their failures and apply what they have learned to other projects (George & Jones, 2012). Google’s engineers receive one day a week to work on their own projects that they are involved with and new products often emerge from these projects. All Googlers are encouraged to come up with the next big idea. Top managers have times where employees can drop in; discuss new ideas and projects, and receive feedback (George & Jones, 2012). Google’s workplace culture encourages innovation and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Many smart talented people from diverse backgrounds work at the company. Women at Google are an important part of the equation. Google empowers women to succeed by providing academic scholarships to future leaders in technology and supporting employee resource groups like Woman@goggle (Life at Goggle, 2013). The company strives to maintain an open culture in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions (Google , 2013).
2. What innovative methods does Google use to ensure that employees have a motivating work setting? Googlers are highly motivated by being able to work on projects to achieve organization objectives of speed and constant containment, projects that they have the autonomy to pursue and a sense of ownership to have succeeded. What the Googlers find motivational is they know their ideas will be listened to and heard and what they are doing is important not only for the company but also for users around the globe (George & Jones, 2012). Collaboration to solve problems or overcome challenges at Google is essential and Googlers have education
1. How can organizations such as Google create a motivating work setting? Google creates a motivating work setting for its employees, also known as Googlers, by giving them flexibility and autonomy to experiment, takes risks, and sometimes fails. Employees are also encouraged to learn from their failures and apply what they have learned to other projects (George & Jones, 2012). Google’s engineers receive one day a week to work on their own projects that they are involved with and new products often emerge from these projects. All Googlers are encouraged to come up with the next big idea. Top managers have times where employees can drop in; discuss new ideas and projects, and receive feedback (George & Jones, 2012). Google’s workplace culture encourages innovation and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Many smart talented people from diverse backgrounds work at the company. Women at Google are an important part of the equation. Google empowers women to succeed by providing academic scholarships to future leaders in technology and supporting employee resource groups like Woman@goggle (Life at Goggle, 2013). The company strives to maintain an open culture in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions (Google , 2013).
2. What innovative methods does Google use to ensure that employees have a motivating work setting? Googlers are highly motivated by being able to work on projects to achieve organization objectives of speed and constant containment, projects that they have the autonomy to pursue and a sense of ownership to have succeeded. What the Googlers find motivational is they know their ideas will be listened to and heard and what they are doing is important not only for the company but also for users around the globe (George & Jones, 2012). Collaboration to solve problems or overcome challenges at Google is essential and Googlers have education
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