GOOGLE'S ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
Organisational Culture
“Culture guides discretionary behaviour and it
picks up where the employee handbook leaves off. Culture tells us how to
respond to an unprecedented service request. It tells us whether to risk
telling our bosses about our new ideas, and whether to surface or hide
problems. Employees make hundreds of decisions on their own every day, and
culture is our guide. Culture tells us what to do when the CEO isn’t in the
room, which is of course most of the time” (Frei & Morriss, 2012).
Culture inside Google
Google’s Company Culture and its characteristics
One
of the reasons why so many people long to work for Google is because of its
unique company culture. Following are some intangible qualities that keep
Googlers happy, productive and dedicated to the company (Forbes.com, 2019) .
- Google’s culture is flexible - employees are encouraged to work when they like and how they like.
- Freedom to be creative - It gives people a chance to solve huge problems with the information what they have .Eg ; conversations in the breakout zones are usually about work, products and new ideas.
- Place with full of fun - offices have nap pods, video games and ping pong. Therefore it’s a fun place and doesn't feel like work.
- The people and their expertise - It is a place where can access to experts in every technological field.
- Collaboration - Employees are encouraged to coach each other in the ‘Googler to Googler’ programme which includes key business skills such as public speaking, management and orientation as well as extra-curricular activities like kickboxing.
- Openness - culture motivates individual employees to interact with each
other at various times of their typical workday, as a way of improving the
knowledge they use in their jobs
- Building a sense of community - Numerous micro-kitchens dotted around the Google campus are one way the company helps to bring people together.
- Trust- Google's willingness to trust their employees build up a strong relationship between employer and employee.
Conclusion
Google takes full advantage of its talented, smart
employees by letting them teach each other and encourage employees to learn
from not only their own but also each other’s mistakes. Company culture
attracts top talent and leads to happy employees. Happy employees translate to
higher productivity and less turnover. This ultimately leads to higher profit
and greater overall success of the
Even though most of the companies offer similar kinds
of perquisite, they do not determine the culture completely. The approach taken
with how employees are treated and what level of ownership and trust they are
given is also a key part of company culture and the same will be driven to organisation success.
References
Forbes.com, 2019. 13
Reasons Google Deserves Its 'Best Company Culture' Award. [Online] Forbes
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Frei, F. &
Morriss, A., 2012. Culture Takes Over When the CEO Leaves the Room.
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