Available Organization : Microsoft Corporation Industry : Information Technology Countries : USA Abstract: The case examines the charges of gender/racial discrimination and sexual harassment against leading IT company Microsoft. It explores in detail the treatment meted out to female employees in the company’s initial years and the measures Microsoft took to improve the work culture of the organization. The case also discusses the lawsuits against Microsoft that allege racial discrimination
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|Strengths |Opportunities | |High Brand Identity |Interest Rate Decline | |Large Geographic Scope |Growing International Market | |Worldwide operational centers
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Preview ____________________________________________________________ _______________ 1 Elements of Effective HR Strategy ____________________________________________________________ _ 2 Microsoft: Knowledge Fuel of the Technology World_______________________________________ 2 HR Strategy at Microsoft ____________________________________________________________ _ 3 Recruitment and Selection: Attracting the Best and the Brightest ___________________________________ 5 Taking advantage
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2012 Business Analysis Part I Microsoft is ranked 37 in the Fortune 500 list of companies (CNN‚ 2012). It is the world’s largest software company (Turits & Wesman‚ 2012)‚ and is composed of five separate divisions: Windows‚ Business‚ Servers and Tools‚ Entertainment and Devices‚ and Online. Investors should look at how a company meets the needs of its stakeholders and perform a strength‚ weakness‚ opportunity‚ and threat (SWOT) analysis. By looking at how Microsoft meets the needs of its stakeholders
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1. How has Microsoft responded to competitive threats and opportunities in the past? What patterns do you see? Microsoft typically entered markets when it realized potential of dominance. The second time IBM asked Gates to build them an OS‚ Gates saw potential‚ believing that the OS would become a standard that other manufacturers could use as well. Microsoft bought DOS from another software vendor‚ modified it and licensed it to IBM. Gates held onto the copyright‚ and as he predicted he was
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Term Report Microsoft Surface Table Acknowledgements We would like to express our deepest appreciation for our professor‚ Dr. Michael Kamins. It would have been practically impossible for us to pursue this project without his invaluable advice and guidance. We would also like to thank our classmates for encouraging us during our presentation and providing great advice to improve our project. We would also like to thank the Stony Brook College of Business for allowing us to use the
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Microsoft Project Summer 2006 BUS 597A INTRODUCTION In 1975‚ Bill Gates and Paul Allen created a company called Microsoft. More than thirty years later‚ Microsoft is a leader in the field of computer programming. Gates and Allen both had big plans for their company and came up with different ways of managing people and products in order to create possibly the most effective and versatile workforce of any corporation in existence. To study Microsoft’s way of doing business is to look at the
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The case against Microsoft was brought buy the U.S. Department of Justice‚ as well as several state Attorneys General. Microsoft is accused of using and maintaining monopoly power to gain an unfair advantage in the market. The case has been under observation for a long time‚ but the Justice department is having trouble coming up with substantial evidence against Microsoft. Specifically‚ the Department must prove:<br><li>That Microsoft has monopoly power and is using it to gain unfair leverage in
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Microsoft is a world leader in the PC industry and has $36.2 billion of cash. However‚ sales of PC would not last forever! The PC industry which is in its fourth decade shows signs of saturation and maturity (exhibit 13 in case). Launching XBOX allowed Microsoft to drive a revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize
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Apple vs. Microsoft By Teka Lee Professor Miles ITE 119 11 October 2012 Outline Thesis: Apple’s website differs from Microsoft’s website in the homepage‚ navigation‚ and consistency. I. First‚ Apple’s homepage differs from Microsoft’s homepage. A. Apple 1. Appearance 2. Main ad 3. Space B. Microsoft 1. Appearance 2. Main ad 3. Space C. Therefore‚ the differences in Apple’s and Microsoft’s homepage are significant. II. Second‚ Apple’s
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