Organizational Changes

Microsoft has to make some changes if it wants to stay competitive in this technological-advanced market.  Sticking to the "status quo" of using the desktop at one's home is not going to get this enormous corporation very far.  The demand for new and advanced products are becoming more and more accelerated and Microsoft has to keep up with the other top dogs like Apple and Google, along with other large companies, if it wants to stay as successful and competitive as Mac and Android.

Changes within the workplace have to be implemented as well.  If an idea or invention does not seem to catch any attention, drop it.  Microsoft has no time to waste when it comes to dead ideas.  Microsoft's division or group structure is implemented very well.  Communication and networking of ideas and feedback are exchanged and received instantly.  This allows for a faster response as well as different ideas to be incorporated in a timely fashion.

The levels of hierarchy among Microsoft assist in the organization and overall running of the corporation.  Microsoft has a board of nine directors, including founder Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer and seven non-management directors.  The board oversees the 5 committees:  Antitrust Compliance, Audit, Compensation, Governance, and Nominating and Finance. 

Under the Senior Management, below CEO Steve Ballmer are seven business presidents, five vice presidents which include human resource and marketing, chief research and strategy officer, chief software architect, the general counsel and the chief operating officer.

Microsoft has been recognized for several diversity and inclusion accomplishments it has earned throughout its lifetime.  Its awards range from "Women Engineer Annual Magazine" to "Equal Opportunity Magazine".  Microsoft is successfully incorporating the entire world into its workforce and allowing the corporation to run as one entire community working together.  As more diversity enters Microsoft's workforce, that just becomes a greater benefit that Microsoft has over the competition.