Understanding H.R Management at Google

Running head: UNDERSTANDING H.R MANAGEMENT
UNDERSTANDING H.R MANAGEMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

UNDERSTANDING H.R MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Organizational structure.........................................................................................................2
3. Organizational culture............................................................................................................3
4. Management style..................................................................................................................3
5. Importance of training and development...............................................................................4
6. Conclusion and Recommendations........................................................................................5
7. References:.............................................................................................................................6

UNDERSTANDING H.R MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction
Google is a multinational company in America which deals with technology and
specializes in products and services which are related to the internet. Their products and
services constitute search engines, technologies for online advertising, cloud computing,
hardware and software (Google.com 2018). The company Google was founded by Sergey
Brin and Larry Page who were students at Stanford University at the time pursuing their
Ph.D. in the year 1998. The company has gone through an extensive growth and developed
many products and services which has contributed to the same. The report will consist of the
organizational structure of Google followed by the culture of the organization using Charles
Handy model. The report will also discuss the management style adopted in the organization
and the importance that is given to training and development in Google. The way that the
training method is used in the company will be explained in the report.
2. Organizational structure
The organizational structure of Google is cross-functional. This means that the
structure is a kind of matrix, however, Google likes to maintain their flatness through which
they can influence their functions on the structure of the organization. There are certain
characteristics of this structure which are function based, product based and flatness.
Function-based means that the resources and the different processes of the organization are
based on the function of the business and the way they operate (Foss, Woll and Moilanen
2013). Product based means that the products of the organizations are developed with the
help of groups that are product oriented. Flatness means that the vertical hierarchical
communication lines are minimized in spite of the groups being function based. The
organizational structure of Google has always been cross-functional which has its own
advantages that have been beneficial for the staff. A flat structure enables innovation and