International Human Resource Management at Google

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International human resource management
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
Google LLC is a multinational technological company based in California in the USA and it
specialises in various Internet based products and services apart from hardware, cloud computing
technologies and advertising technologies based on the internet. The Company was official
launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with an aim to market Google search which
has developed as the most reliable search-engine over the internet. In 2015, Google became the
main subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet Inc. The mission statement of Google is to
organize all the information regarding the world in a single database and making it globally
available and fruitful for everyone. The vision statement of Google is to provide access to
various information regarding the world via a single click.
Alphabet which is the parent company of Google, reported positive results for the company in its
first quarter as it has helped the business to keep growing in a sustainable manner and it
continues to grow at a faster rate than it was a year ago. Google which is the main subsidiary
company of Google, reported 26% growth in revenue year-on year to $31.16 billion in the first
quarter of 2018, and the company also stated that the revenue had grown 22% between Q1 of
2016 and Q1 of 2017 which indicates that the business performance of the company is very solid
in nature and the company is continuing to grow each year.
Discussion
The application of various Human resource practices in an organization such as training and
development of the employees of an organization, acquisition of employees for an organization,
management of project for an organization, managing compliance and cost and quality control
for an organization.. As opined by Kianto, Sáenz and Aramburu (2017) the effective application
of the various human resource practices and strategies helps the organization to achieve their
goals and objectives. The above mentioned human resource practices helps in the overall
development of the employees of an organization and also helps in increasing the operational
efficiency of the organization which helps in accomplishing the goals and objectives of an
organization. For instance in order to achieve the outcomes of the company, all global companies
focuses on providing training and development to their employees which enhances the skills of
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the employees and therefore helps in achieving the organizational objectives. For instance, global
IT companies focuses on the effective acquisition of candidates from a vast pool of eligible
candidates in order to select the right person for the right job in order to fulfil the objectives of
the companies.
HR strategies
The success of Google is largely attributed to the effectiveness of the Human resource policies
and strategies adopted by the company which has helped the companies to become of the most
innovative companies of the world. The main objective of the Hr policies and strategies of
Google are employee welfare and benefits which acts as drivers of growth of the company.
Google has successfully created an organization structure which supports the Human Resource
policies and strategies adopted by the company which in turn helps in achieving the objectives of
the company.
Fig 1: HRM Practices
Source: Minbaeva (2005)
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