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Introduction
92,303 employees globally, USA alone has 55,002.
Employee driven organization.
Established on April 4, 1975.
CEO Steve Ballmer.
Chairman Bill gates.
In May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype
Communications for $8.5 billion
Redmond, Washington, United States.
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Data analysis Age range:
Reported Age Breakout (USA)Age Range
Gender:
Age range Employees Percentage
29 or Under 8,272 15.0%.
30-39 22,515 41.0%
40+ 24,215 44.0%
Gender % of Employees Salary range
Male 91 Rs. 849,190 to Rs.14,71,368.
Female 9 Rs. 588,581 to Rs.11,50,392
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Employee Facilities
Access to libraries and research labs.
Forest trails, snow capped vistas, basket ball courts and shuttle
buses.
Flexible work arrangements & benefit plans.
Health and wellness benefits
Paid time off for new moms and dads.
Paid sick leave.
Crche fee reimbursement.
Contribution towards charities Rs. 50,000 per employee.
2000 approx training and development programs.
Mentoring & Networking.
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Special Indicators
The Succession Planning Indicator(SPI)
SPI is designed to help measure how well the organization is
positioned with weightages assigned to Ready Now and One
Move Away successors for leadership positions.
The Succession Plan Usage (SPU)
SPU is an index designed to assess both the quality of the previous
years succession plans and whether an organization is effectively
leveraging its succession plans when filling open leadership
positions.
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Recruitment and selection
Believes in intelligence over experience.
Aggressive recruiter in offering jobs to college graduates.
Selected recruits would undergo a Selection process which was
focused more on problem solving and thought process &
composure- testing exercises rather than the actual technical
interviews.
Tests creativity and analytical skills rather than the computer
programming knowledge.
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n-1 strategy
Selects less than the required number.
Helps employees in focused approach.
Workload on employees is understood by this strategy but still an
effective tool.
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Microsoft Head Hunting
300 recruiting experts who find, monitor and recruit from other
companies.
Recruit Right type of person rather than right type of skill level.
Microsoft HR for competitive advantage.
Believes having best people and inspiring them to be the best.
Microsofts unique recruitment practices
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Important Factors in recruitment
Recruiter same functional area.
Negatives are disclosed to the employee.
Beyond informing about negativity tests would be conducted
putting the employee on same pressure.
Market conditions and opportunity grabber. Ex: AOL
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Employee Motivation
Microsoft understands the needs of employees and try fulfilling
them.
Opportunity and environment for the employee to self develop and
progress.
Goals are made very clear which motivates employees in best
performance.
They incorporate their goals into HRM programs.
The people recruited and systems present together motivate people
to work.
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Employee satisfaction and loyalty
Microsoft identified most of the employees are fresh graduates and
so termed their offices as campuses.
Employee- Free to decorate their workspace.
Provision of subsidized food and drink.
Horizontal transfers allowed, job switching for self development.
Top level coach - lower level in development helps in employee
commitment and satisfaction.
Employee empowerment is treated as intrinsic part of culture.
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Employee rewards
Semi annual performance reviews linked to pay raise & bonuses.
Formal review system common evaluation by managers
ensuring no unexpected deviations.
Employees self evaluation and then scrutinized by managers.
Stocks are also awarded- in considering an employee as strong
future asset.
This shows how Microsoft has great value and partnership with its
employees.
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Employee rewards Reward paths
Two paths Technical and Management path.
Microsoft values technical skills, as product demands the same.
Microsoft offers two advancement paths-
Technical people- Technical experts.
Conceptual people advances as managers.
These two rewarding systems indicates employees that both paths
are valued equally.
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Conclusion
Microsoft HR practices are unique from other companies.
Employee recruitment and appraisal are clearly stated and has a
different process.
Employees are the Assets of the company.
Rewarding system is highly effective and motivating.
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