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Microsoft Corporation was established on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's products include the Windows operating system, the Office productivity suite, and the Xbox game console. The document provides an overview of Microsoft's history from 1975 to present, including key events and product releases. It also summarizes Microsoft's business overview, HR practices such as recruitment, training, and work-life balance programs, and HR strategy of using a performance culture model.

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Microsoft Corporation was established on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's products include the Windows operating system, the Office productivity suite, and the Xbox game console. The document provides an overview of Microsoft's history from 1975 to present, including key events and product releases. It also summarizes Microsoft's business overview, HR practices such as recruitment, training, and work-life balance programs, and HR strategy of using a performance culture model.

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Presented

JOEL by:
M PAIS
MBA 2011
ALOYSIUS INSTIUTE OF
MANEGEMENT AND
INFORMATION

START

EXIT
INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

HR
PRACTICES

HR STRATEGY

INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

HR PRCTICES

HR STRATEGY

Established on April 4, 1975 .


American public multinational corporation .

headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA


.

INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

4 April 1975: The beginning

19841994: Windows and Office

2006 on: Vista and Cloud computing

19952005: Internet and the 32-bit era

HR PRCTICES

HR STRATEGY

4 APRIL 1975:

Paul AllenandBill Gates, childhood friends with a passion incomputer


programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their
shared skills.
They developed the interpreter on a simulator

They demonstrated the


interpreter to MITS in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
in March 1975
They officially established
Microsoft on April 4, 1975,
with Gates as theCEO

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19841994: Windows and


Office

Started developing a new OS with IBM in 1984


Releaseda graphical extension for MS-DOS - Microsoft Windows.
Moved its headquarters to Redmond on February 26, 1986.
March 13 the company wentpublic.
Microsoft introduced its office suite, Microsoft Office, in 1990.

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9952005:
Internet
and
the
32-bit
era
On May 26, 1995 Microsoft expanded its product

line intocomputer networkingand theWorld Wide Web.


ReleasedWindows 95on August 24, 1995.
Bill Gates handed over the CEO position on
January 13, 2000 toSteve Ballmer and took role
as Chief Software Architect.

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006 on: Vista and Cloud computing


The next version of Windows WINDOWS VISTA - Released in January 2007.
Bill Gates retired from his role as Chief Software Architect on June 27, 2008.

On February 12, 2009, Microsoft opened the first retail chain of Microsoft-bran
retail stores inScottsdale, Arizona.

The same day the first store openedWindows 7was officially released to the p

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INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

HR PRCTICES

HR STRATEGY

ir production includes operating system includes office productivity sui


Office, business applications software, games, and software for mobile p
handheld devices.

SWOT Analysis:
Microsoft
Corporation

By Arthur W. Hafner, Ph.D., M.B.A. and


Erica L. Hibbert
May 31, 2009

Strengths:
Flexible workforce
Multinational corporation operating through regional subsidiaries
to minimize cultural differences in more than 60 countries
Software products have high name recognition
Revenues and profits rising at 30% a year
Windows 95, 98, 2000 series, and Windows NT

Opportunities:
Cheaper global telecommunication costs open new markets as
people connect
to the Internet.
The demand for personal computers in American and global
markets remains
strong despite the growth and increasing popularity of personal

Weaknesses:
Microsoft leadership failed to correctly anticipate the growth or
popularity of the Internet
Not a key player in the Internet space, wireless market and
few products for Internet applications
Falling sales in the operating systems and server software
sectors
Dependency on hardware manufacturers to pre-install
Microsoft's PC operating system

Threats:
Apple and Linux threaten Microsoft's 88% market share
of the desktop operating market
Currency exchange rates affect demand for
application/operation software and hardware
Hardware manufacturers are issuing their own pre-bundled
programs on their own hardware
Rapid development of mobile devices
Technology life cycle is shorter and shorter
Software piracy

INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

Recruitment and Selection.

Training and Development.

Compensation and Benefits..


Women's Empowerment.
Performance
Management.
Work-Life Balance.

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

HR PRCTICES

HR STRATEGY

Recruitment and Selection.

Microsoft recruits both fresh graduates from academic campuses and experience
rofessionals in the IT industry.
or campus recruitments, the selection process included written tests and severa
ounds of personal interviews...

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Training and Development

or trainees, Microsoft conducts a training program named Leap Engineer


cceleration Program (LEAP) which imparts technical and personal skills
quired to carry out the job.
icrosoft have both in-class and e-learning programs.
ide range of training programs includes:
Software skill training (presentation, communication,
Language training
Product training
Leadership development program

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ompensation and Benefits


Include all signing and year-end bonuses,
vacation time and other perks and
reimbursements that make up total
compensation.
Microsoft provides offered compensation
packages on or higher than the industry
standards based on the technical skills and
experience
of the candidates. Employee benefits are
standardized across employees.

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Women's Empowerment
Microsoft India conducted special recruitment
drives exclusively for women in line with the
overall IT industry's aim of raising the
female-male ratio in the workforce.

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Performance Management.
Microsoft follows a candidate process while evaluating the
performance of employees and regarding their compensation packages.
The process is transparent so as to enable employees to identify their
performance levels and have a clear idea of what is required in terms
of performance in order to reach to the next level.

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Work-Life Balance
Flexible work arrangements.
Grocery service .
Fitness benefits.
Dry cleaning and laundry service .
Employee development course.
In 2007, Microsoft launched a program called
'Bring Your Child To Work in a move to improve
work-life balance among its employees...

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INTRODUCTI
ON

HISTORY

BUSINESS
OVERVIEW

HR PRCTICES

Microsoft Corporation has


adopted the Performance
Culture Model`` as the best
approach to drive its success.
The critical people metrics are
categorized and measured as
per the Growth Pyramid
shown in Figure.
Categories across which the
surveys are done, analyzed, and the
results published1. Organization: Organization size,
Open Positions, line HR ratios.
2. Organization Health: Workgroup Health Index,
Microsoft Pulse Index,
Microsoft Culture Index.

HR STRATEGY

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