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Assignment 1: Innovation from Google\u2019s Free Food StrategyGoogle is widely known for its workplace creativity and innovation within the technology field. Its search engine is the most extensively used search tool in the world, its data analytics are revolutionary, and it continues to raise the bar for innovation and design with Google Glass, smart watches, and mobile phones. Google has been featured in dozens of technology and business magazines.Additionally,\u00a0Fortune Magazine\u2019s\u00a0list of the \u201cBest Companies to Work For 2014\u201d has ranked Google number one (#1). This ranking is largely due to employee benefits such as free meals, dry cleaning services, video games, massage therapy, in-door gyms, shuttle services, and affordable daycare services for employees.In addition to your textbook, review the following articles and videos about Google\u2019s work culture in preparation for this assignment:\u201cHow the Googleplex Works\u201d by Jonathan Strickland, located at\u00a0http:\/\/computer.howstuffworks.com\/googleplex2.htm\u201cGoogle Employees Reveal Their Favorite Perks Working For The Company\u201d by Kevin Smith, located at\u00a0http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-employee-favorite-perks-2013-3?op=1\u201cAt Google, Hours Are Long, But the Consomme Is Free\u201d by Sara Kehaulani Goo, located at\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/01\/23\/AR2007012300334.html\u201cGoogle interns’ first week\u201d (5 min 50 s). Video Source: Google. (2013, June 4). Google interns’ first week [Video file]. Retrieved from\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9No-FiEInLA\u201cGoogle Great Place to Work Entry\u201d (2 min 46 s). Video Source: IABAustralia. (2008, April 30). Google Great Place to Work Entry [Video file]. Retrieved from\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n2nfZPsd794Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:Briefly describe Google, its mission, and its business model.Analyze the types of people that work at Google, with respect to the business culture of the organization. Indicate one to two (1-2) qualities that define a leader at Google, and determine the typical background of a Google employee.Identify two (2) examples of services or amenities that Google provides to its employees, interns, partners, and visitors. Next, examine two to three (2-3) ways in which such free services and amenities create an organizational culture that fosters creativity and innovation.\u00a0Note: In the context of business, \u201ccreativity\u201d means having the ability to conceive something new and original, including ideas, imagination, and things that are outside of the box. \u201cInnovation\u201d is the implementation and execution of something new, including products, technology, services, and business models.Discuss Google\u2019s organizational culture, and determine whether or not you would prefer to work in this type of environment. Indicate whether or not Google\u2019s company culture would help you to perform your tasks with a greater degree of creativity and innovation. Provide a rationale for your response.Use at least three (3) quality references.\u00a0Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student\u2019s name, the professor\u2019s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Describe the primary functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) and the associated skills, tools, and theoretical approaches that can be used to accomplish these functions.Explain the principal theories and the various approaches to management that have evolved over time and their application to current management situations.Explain the decision-making process management uses to develop viable courses of action to a variety of management situations.Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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