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336 Pooja Makwana
337 Jay Marvania
338 Harsh Mehta
339 Disha Nagar
340 Priyank Panchal
341 Saloni Parekh
342 Hiral Parpani
343 Jiten Patadia
Group Members
Google’s Vision Mission and Focus
• The Vision To make search engines so powerful they would understand "everything in the world".
• The Mission To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
• The FocusGoogle continues to focus on innovation and on the user experience.
Google’s Vision Mission And Focus
Google tries to overcome its Weaknesses
Google tries to overcome its Weaknesses
Positives• Focuses on
Innovation• Encourages to
dream up pet projects
• Every idea is given attention
Negatives• Most projects
suffered losses• Slower growth
made employees explore new ventures (Twitter)
Changes• Focus on bit
discipline in innovation
• Create innovation reviews
Lessons learnt• Constraints are not
innovation inhibitors.
• Right constraints at the right place may accelerate innovation.
Google’s Management
Google’s Management
Functions
• Employees set and evaluate their own goals
• For Google,Managers are Supervisors
• For Employees,Managers are Leaders
Effects
• Freedom in doing the assigned work their own way
• Google says,Employees must “Think out Loud”
• Corporate transparency
Benefits
• Controlling through shared vision
• Open policies translate into distinctive corporate structure
• Cross-functional leadership structure
Leadership and Organizational Structure
Leadership and Organizational Structure
Regular Leadership Structure Unique
Leadership Positions
The 70/20/10
Rule
Lessons from Google’s Management Style
Lessons from Google’s Management Style
Formal Education not a priority
• Consistent and Fair• Element of
Predictability
• No correlation most of the times
• Yet a knowledge economy
EngineeringDriven
• Look at the data, crunch it and then think• Guide the decisions as per the data
Good Manager Identification
Eric Schmidt’s Best Leadership Practices
Eric Schmidt’s Best Leadership Practices
Get to know your
employees
Create new ways to promote
employees
Allow employees to work outside the
company hierarchyLet employees own the problems you
want them to solve
Review employees performance by
someone they respect.
Eric Schmidt as the CEO of Google Inc.
8 Habits of Highly Effective Google Managers
8 Habits of Highly Effective Google Managers
Be a Good Coach
Empower your team and don’t micro-manage
Express interest in employee’s success and well-being
Be Productive and Result oriented
Be a Good Communicator and Listen to you Team
Help your employees with career development
Have a clear vision and strategy for the team
Have key technical skills so you can help advise the team
• Project Oxygenstarted in 2009…devise something important for the future of Google Inc.…Build better bosses
• Technical expertise ranks lastthe notional idea of better the knowledge better the manager proved to be wrong…employees valued that the least
• Connection and accessibilityemployees valued managers who had a better connection….along with being accessible whenever needed
• Ranked by importancethe 8 traits that the google finally ended up after a lot of research…ranked as per importance…teaches how to be a great manager
• Basic assumptions of the projectreasons why employees leave…managers have a great impact on employee performance
• What works at Googlewanted own data…training programs…personal review sessions…significant improvement
What makes Google special ?
What makes Google special ?
• Culturethe unofficial motto “Don’t be Evil”…does not exploit the users…plans and projects are user oriented
• Employee Perks“you can be serious without a suit” drives the environment…Google says “we strip away everything that gets in our employees’ way”…great sense of the principle of staffing
• Facilities to the Employeesthe employees have access to a variety of facilities like…free hair cut…gym and swimming pool…games…laundry…health care…subsidized massage…day care for children
• Transportationthe employees can run around the Googleplex on scooters or bicycles…there is a free bus service for the employees
• Foodhas canteens serving different cuisines as per the tastes of employees…free of charge…the 100ft rule
Keep Googling !!!