Google’s Culture It is a well-documented fact that Google has a unique culture that attracts millions of applicants every year. This is primarily because Google 's culture is not a typical corporate culture as it is more of an adult playground rather than a place of work. Bock argues that all this is possible as a result of anchoring the firm 's culture on transparency, voice, and mission (Bock 2015). In contrast to other companies, Google has employees whose sole responsibility is to keep the rest of the personnel happy to ensure continued high productivity. For some CEO 's in other companies, this approach may seem too controlling, but Bock begs to differ as the world 's most-revered workplace is anything but a dream for many applicants.
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Among these factors, having a clear mission features predominantly (Bock 2015). Bock (2015) adds that it is in Google 's DNA to experiment because innovation is the firm 's key driving force. One of Google’s founders, Larry Page, once said that it is pointless to possess so many resources and yet achieve so little. These remarks continue to act as a sounding board for the decisions that have transformed Google 's working environment into what it is today. In essence, the common purpose among all employees at the firm is the insatiable hunger for innovation that results in an alignment of the decision of each employee with the firm 's collective …show more content…
Bock uses the phrase "Default to Open" to indicate Google 's open-door environment where the employees are free to explore and express their creativity (Bock, 2015). At Google, weekly meetings called TGIF help to establish transparency in the workplace by allowing employees to share information freely. Furthermore, access to Google’s code is provided to each software engineers on their first day in addition to the current goals and objectives of other employees. At Google, everything is up for debate and every employee is encouraged to share ideas that can help the firm meet the needs of its customers. In the backdrop of this high level of transparency at Google, there is a latent trust that all information accessible by employees will be kept confidential. This includes but not limited to launch plans and roadmaps. And as Bock says, "give the people freedom, they will surprise, delight, and amaze you" (Bock, 2015). This appears to be true because Google 's employees have remained tight-lipped about the firm 's intellectual property. They are not willing to trade the company 's secrets for money at the cost of the freedom and autonomy that they enjoy at Google. My previous organization 's senior management can learn a lesson from Google 's treatment of its employees to cultivate trust among the staff members. Sharing information does not make the administration
Among these factors, having a clear mission features predominantly (Bock 2015). Bock (2015) adds that it is in Google 's DNA to experiment because innovation is the firm 's key driving force. One of Google’s founders, Larry Page, once said that it is pointless to possess so many resources and yet achieve so little. These remarks continue to act as a sounding board for the decisions that have transformed Google 's working environment into what it is today. In essence, the common purpose among all employees at the firm is the insatiable hunger for innovation that results in an alignment of the decision of each employee with the firm 's collective …show more content…
Bock uses the phrase "Default to Open" to indicate Google 's open-door environment where the employees are free to explore and express their creativity (Bock, 2015). At Google, weekly meetings called TGIF help to establish transparency in the workplace by allowing employees to share information freely. Furthermore, access to Google’s code is provided to each software engineers on their first day in addition to the current goals and objectives of other employees. At Google, everything is up for debate and every employee is encouraged to share ideas that can help the firm meet the needs of its customers. In the backdrop of this high level of transparency at Google, there is a latent trust that all information accessible by employees will be kept confidential. This includes but not limited to launch plans and roadmaps. And as Bock says, "give the people freedom, they will surprise, delight, and amaze you" (Bock, 2015). This appears to be true because Google 's employees have remained tight-lipped about the firm 's intellectual property. They are not willing to trade the company 's secrets for money at the cost of the freedom and autonomy that they enjoy at Google. My previous organization 's senior management can learn a lesson from Google 's treatment of its employees to cultivate trust among the staff members. Sharing information does not make the administration