Change Effort in Microsoft Organization

CHANGE EFFORT IN MICROSOFT ORGANIZATION

Presented by Team D:SRINIVAS ADITYA

PHILLIP AMPOFO

KHANDAKER SAADI

SHARMIN SULTANA

MAMANDOU OUTTARA

NIGAT KHAN

MGMT 591 – Management & Organizational BehaviorProfessor: Dr. SpectorKeller, Graduate School of Management, DeVry University

Brief History of Microsoft

• Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975

• It was originally named Micro-Soft

• Crafted software that let Operating System to be written from scratch

• In 1980, Microsoft was chosen by IBM to formulate their operating system

• In 1981, Microsoft DOS was designed

• In 1995, Costing $1.5B, Java Web Programming Language from Sun was licensed by Microsoft Network

• In 2009, Bing, Microsoft search engine, was rebranded

BRIEF History of Microsoft

• No doubt, Windows 8 is a turning point in the history of computing as

was the MS DOS. The only thing that remains to be seen and given a

thought is whether all OEM’s can survive this change and how soon

the different business organizations adapt to it.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

• Management Style that costs Microsoft its Creativity: A “Stack Ranking” System

-Microsoft Ability to Innovate.

-Stealth Campaign against the management.

CHANGE IN MICROSOFT

• Reorganization and streamlining.

• Agile Microsoft, which can anticipate and innovate more quickly.

• Reinvention of Productivity to empower the Company: “The Company’s Core”

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Microsoft Leadership Transition

-Bill Gates’ management style vs Satya Nadella’s supervision method

-Satya’s management description

LITTERATURE REVIEW

• Adam’s Theory of Management

• Hersey’ Perception

• Reorienting Leadership Styles for Sustainable Organization

• Situational Leadership

MICROSOFT LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS

•Bill Gates Centered decision-making

•Autocratic Style

•Mechanistic style of management

•Misconception

•Organizational culture

MICROSOFT LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS

•Satya new style: Laissez-faire

•New Culture: Innovation

•Concept of Change Management

•Lewin Theory of Change

vs

•Kotter Theory of Change Management

SOLUTIONS

Developing Organization’s leadership

Expanding Vision

Thinking Smart & Learning from past mistakes

SOLUTIONS

Start planning the future instead of predicting it

Market the business to make sure it stays relevant

Protecting Microsoft's assets above all else

REFLECTION

•Positive Learning about management style

•Leadership strategies

•Leader Style

•Effectiveness & Efficiency in management

REFLECTIONInventing Future Management Styles

Increased Project Complexity and Team Dynamics

The Need for Strategic Alignment

Ever-Changing and Expanding Technology

REFLECTION

SATYA NADELLA Definitely Wants to Paint His Reign at Microsoft as a Time of Change

Q/A SESSION

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