Google Inc

University Degree Business and Administrative studies

Unit Title: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Assignment 2 : Research and Presentation

Lecturer’s name: James

Background

Google Inc. is an American public corporation that been founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin since September 1998. Its revenue is made from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services. The company keep emerging through new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. The Company has been awarded by Fortune Magazine as the Best Working Place in 2007 and the most powerful brand in the world.

Task 3

Question 3.1

Job Evaluation

In to create a healthily successful working environment for their workers, Google use its “20% Time” slogan. According to Google Vice President, Marissa Mayer, “it’s a slogan that give a creative license for the employees to be empowered by spending 20% of their time to do whatever it is they feel most passionately about” (David Eckoff Block, online, 2009) .

In Google, Job evaluation is a critical point in its human resources management (HRM). What challenges the HRM department is to connect the staff with their working outcomes which is supposed to meet relatively in order for the company to accomplish the objective tasks. That’s what Michael Armstrong illustrates; the job evaluation is a “systematic process of assessing and determining the value of jobs performed within the organization in relation with the employee’s efforts”. The kind of job process evaluation that Google could choose to follow up for the prosperity of the business and the working environment, has been displayed in the table below:

Sources:

The Hay Guide Chart-Profile, an Overview of Method of Job Evaluation: http://www.haygroup.com/ww/services/index.aspx?ID=1529
Methods of Job Evaluation:

Job Worth

The main factors determining pay for Google can be described in the following points:

Demand and supply: - salary rates of workers ...

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Sources:

The Hay Guide Chart-Profile, an Overview of Method of Job Evaluation: http://www.haygroup.com/ww/services/index.aspx?ID=1529
Methods of Job Evaluation:

Job Worth

The main factors determining pay for Google can be described in the following points:

Demand and supply: - salary rates of workers depend upon demand and supply force in labor market.
Cost of living: - salary of workers also depends upon the cost of living of the worker so as to make certain him a decent living wage.
Condition of product market: The degree of competitions existing in the market for the product of the business will also influence the wage level.
Productivity of labor: - the higher productivity will directly obtain more profit to the firm, where in turn workers will be paid high pay in comparison to other firms with low productivity.
Traditional Approach - the company takes in consideration in internal equity, external equity and organizational philosophy towards compensation.
Goodwill of the company: a few employers desire to set up themselves as excellent employer in the society and fix higher wages for their workers which will attract qualified workers.

(MBA Notes, Online, 2009)

Question 3.2

In order to motivate and boost the employees performance, Google could provides subsides houses for its employees, transportation allowance, health insurance, life insurance, remote area allowance, union membership and social insurance which are given to all permanent workers.

The essential rewards that will be necessary are:

Overtime pay: This is ordinary in all business and without it; no human resources would be creative and put more effort on his work or do overtime jobs.
Yearend bonuses: High yearend bonuses will guaranty and encourage the employees to be more loyal to the company and work harder.
Health insurance: This makes people feel safe and secure to work at Google. But also, the employee also would feel they are respected by the company.

The limitations in these rewards such as:

A basic salary in Google might not high enough for some employees that are expecting more. When they feel the salary is not high enough, they might be motivated to work overtime and maybe resigned.

Bibliography

Book

Edexcel HNC & HND (2004) Human Resources Management: Specialist Units 21-24, London: BPP Professional Education.

Internet Website

M. Armstrong, Job evaluation Handbook, Google EBook, accessed on 01/09/2009, <>
Google at 10: Talking with Marissa Mayer: product management, prototypes and 20% time, David Eckoff block, 2009, , accessed on 01/09/2009,

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Job Evaluation, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD,) 2009, accessed on 01/09/2009, < >
Fortune 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR 2007 , CNN MONNEY, 2009, accessed on 01/09/2009, <>
Methods of Job Evaluation, eHow Business and Finance, 2009, accessed on 01/09/2009, <>
Factors determining pay rates, MBA NOTES, 2009, accessed on 01/ 09/ 2009, <>