Table of Contents

1. Introduction......................................................................................... 2
2. Body ................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Company Background .................................................................... 3
2.2 Organization chart .......................................................................... 3
2.3 Manager Profile .............................................................................. 4
2.4 Leadership ...................................................................................... 5
3. Recommendations ............................................................................... 6
4. Conclusion .......................................................................................... 7
5. Appendices ......................................................................................... 8
6. References........................................................................................... 9

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1. Introduction

One of the top leaders that inspiring me is William Henry "Bill" Gates III, also known as
Bill Gates. Bill Gates has the feature of extroversion dimension that is gregarious, assertive,
sociable, pursuing higher performance, enhanced in leadership and higher job and life satisfaction.
As for Openness of which Bill Gates is creative, flexible and autonomous, enhanced leadership
and more adaptable to change. He achieves the best result of art and science, and has the strong
leadership skills which drive the Microsoft to success. Also, Bill Gates is the entrepreneurship,
constant creative mind which will earn today’s success.

As Peter Drucker once proclaimed, considered by some as "the founder of modern

management." "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
Management is doing things right, which enhancing operational performance, reducing expenses
and increasing revenues at the same time as increasing inventive production values and target
market appreciation. Leadership is doing the right things, which setting organizational clear goals
and financial resources to fulfill the organization’s vision. I accept as true with that, on the way to
be an effective and good manager, you may need considerable leadership qualities. As Peter
Drucker’s statement suggests, there are important differences (J.D.Meier, 2009).

Charismatic leadership seems to be transformational leadership, they are both inspiring and
motivating their crew individuals. Charismatic leader is still a different type of leader. This leader
exudes enthusiasm for his subordinate with a view to encourage them to attain favored outcomes.
Thus, transformational leadership may be described as growing the hobby of the subordinates to
gain better performance and revealing the dedication and beliefs in the enterprise (Team, 2016).

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2. Body
2.1 Company Background

The History of Microsoft started on April 4, 1975, it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul
Allen. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation. It
develops, licenses, manufactures, and supports a huge variety of software products for computing
devices. One of the Bill Gates' key visions of the company was to "to get a workstation running
our software onto every desk and eventually in every home". For now their mission is to empower
every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more (Microsoft, 2016). Microsoft's
popular products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of
productivity software. Furthermore, it has worldwide sales offices, the main research and
development center at its corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S. Microsoft has
offered various types of products, which Microsoft online initiative consists of offerings together
with Live Search, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and others. Microsoft Office,
that's the company's line of office software. The software product includes Word, Access,
PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive and others. Nevertheless, Microsoft
sells computer video games that run on Windows PCs, with the release of the Xbox. Thus,
Microsoft Visual Studio is the set of programming tools and compilers for company. The current
version are Visual Studio 2015 (Microsoft, 2016).

2.2 Organization chart

Figure 2.2.1

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 Based on figure 2.2.1, that was the early stages of Micro-soft Company’s functional
structure organization chart. As figure above, there is one important department, which is the
programming department, with the opposite departments being drastically smaller. This changed
into due to the fact, as Microsoft becomes a programming enterprise at that time, they
wholeheartedly focused on programming. This changed into a very good organizational shape for
a start, and this turned into one of the matters that led Microsoft within the right direction.

Enforcing a functional organizational structure into his new enterprise turned into a clever
move for bill Gates, and that smart flow helped him manipulate his organization effortlessly,
allowing him to get a huge bounce ahead in terms of development (Session, 2016).

2.3 Manager Profile

Mr. William Henry Gates, III, also known as Bill Gates, born in 1955, he is 61 years old
now. Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest business software company, Microsoft,
with Paul Allen. Bill Gates is technology advisor and board member of Microsoft Corporation and
eventually became one of the richest guys in the world and has been its Technology Advisors since
February 4, 2014. In 1973, he entered Harvard University. He developed a programming language
BASIC for the first microcomputer, which is the MITS Altair while at Harvard University. He
attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School.

Therefore, He additionally founded Corbis Corporation and serves as its Chairman and
Owner. He also is the Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he shapes and approves
foundation techniques, overview results, advocates for the foundation's troubles, and enables set
the overall path of the corporation. Previously, he worked as the Chairman of the Board at
Microsoft Corporation, from 1981 until February 04, 2014. In 1999, he wrote a book that shows
how computer technology can solve business issues in basically. This was the book called Business
@ the Speed of Thought. Next, ‘The Road Ahead’ which it published in 1995 and held the No. 1
spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks. Bill Gates changed into married on
Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates (Microsoft, 2016).

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2.4 Leadership

Bill Gates’ leadership style is an aggregate of autocratic, participating and delegate so he

can apply every style to the most suitable state of affairs. It is far very vital to recruit and keep the
first-rate gifted humans in the software program industry. He constructed trust and loyalty partly
with the aid of taking his employees’ opinion under consideration. Competitive surroundings
allowed for the first-rate final results of troubles.

Microsoft Corporation, through by contribution to building positive culture, which develop

a Clear Vision–and Stick to It. From the start, Bill Gates dreamed of developing Microsoft right
into a large corporate. For CIOs (Chief information officer) that are one of the most vital traits that
ought to be a part of the toolbox. CIOs need to discover for themselves and talk to the environment
that they work in ‘the vision’ that they have got down to success. They then need to have the
confidence to supply that imaginative and prescient.

Secondly, it contribution to creating job satisfaction, which hire ‘action’ oriented

employees. Chief information officer normally has publicly to many unique environments and
encounter many employees. A few can be higher than others, at the same time as some can be
excellent. He usually hired the smartest people who can ‘get the job done.’ Such as hiring your
friends or past colleagues, as they will have loyalty to you and you will recognize whether they've
what it takes to understand your ‘imaginative and prescient.’

Additionally, Bill Gates also noticed that ‘Image’ is important for everything. He is
efficiently changing his image of the years from a geek to corporate chief and philanthropist. CIOs
need to change their image from just being generation chief of leaders who apprehend enterprise
and may follow their strategic IT and enterprise abilities to the wider enterprise.

Finally, be ‘shrewd’ and keep the team on its ‘toes. Bill Gate’s, is thought for his sharp
cross exam of personnel who gift new ideas, innovations and so forth. He analyses information
pretty speedy and receives to the bottom of the problem at a fast pace. Personnel had criticized this
approach and snappy analysis that at times is uncomfortable. Those qualities of Bill Gate have
enabled Microsoft to dominate personal computer systems. CIOs want to recognize employee
perspectives and ‘efficiently quiz’ their teams on solutions being proposed (Bill Gates (Chairman
Microsoft) management style and CIOs, 2016).
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3. Recommendations

According to the resources, I have some of the recommendations that would improve these
functions to add the value of the Microsoft Corporation. Firstly, Microsoft Corporation does not
get the Glassdoor's annual Employees' Choice Awards honor the Best Places to Work across North
America and parts with Europe. I suppose Microsoft can refer to the ranked top in Glassdoor's
awards 2016 that is Airbnb, so that can make Microsoft ranked the best multinational company
workplaces around the globe next time. Open-minded place of work with a deep feels of humility.
They need a strong set of core value in order to promote a generally positive work atmosphere.
The upper management can more caring or mindful of long-term growth and development. Every
meal is made in-house with a variety of options such as vegetarian, gluten-free or others.
Difference is truly embraced and celebrated here (Glassdoor, 2016).

Next, it is pretty nicely documented that Google has a unique culture. It’s now not the
typical company’s subculture. In fact, simply with the aid of looking at pix within the Googleplex,
you can see that it looks great like a grown-up playground, now not a place for work. However
Google’s fulfillment can be attributed to this culture. Google has folks that’s sole task is to keep
personnel happy and hold productiveness.

Last, how you look or talk is largely irrelevant. It’s how you perform. Everyone must work
smarter, work harder, and innovate more. People will to create the goals they want, will not fight
or die for imposing goals, For example, the employees at Microsoft must release of product's
schedules before being implemented. The leader needs figure out the fastest way that a job can be
done and shoot for that.

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4. Conclusion

Firstly, Microsoft has a big company's resources with a small company's agility and focus.
He always had greater technical skills than interpersonal abilities. When he first created Microsoft,
he only knew a way to study conduct, including worthwhile precise paintings and punishing poor
overall performance afterward, becoming more of a transformational by using trying to
enchantment to worker’s feelings via methods which include motivation and aid. He nonetheless
has a few aspects of a transformational leader.

In addition, Bill Gates enjoyed his life satisfaction that he tends to cling to people,
memories and possessions of personal or sentimental significance, and he treats home as a safe
haven, and treat it as very important. But, Bill Gates has the high conscientiousness that puts
greater effort and persistence, well-organized. He is more driver and discipline and better
organization, so can achieve the highest result. The higher the job knowledge will contribute to
higher level of performance. However, Bill Gates always rude and give commands of other staffs,
and he always interrupts to people in the presentation during the meeting. Bill Gates also received
complaints that he did not return calls or answer calls at his early stage of career.

In a nutshell, his mood fluctuate and change frequently and he is sometimes behaving open
and sometimes withdrawn emotionally. Bill Gates never forgets either kindness or unkindness
shown to him.

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5. Appendices

Bill Gates and his wife

Bill Gates and his partner – Paul Allen

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6. References

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2. Team, M. T. E., 2016. Leadership Styles.

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[Accessed 7 July 2016].

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