RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,

KOTA

PRESENTATION ON – MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES OF BILL GATES

Submitted to , Submitted By ,
GARIMA JAIN MA’AM SHREYA CHITTORA
SHUBHAM SHARMA
MBA 1ST SEM.
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF
‘BILL GATES’
 BIOGRAPHY
William Henry ‘Bill’ Gates III was born on 28th
October 1955 in Seattle , Washington.
 Parents(s) : William H. Gates
Mary Maxwell Gates
 Spouse : Melinda Gates
Education : 1967- Schooling at Lakeside private school.
1973- He entered Harvard University but
dropped out in 1975 to devote his
life to Micro-soft.
 Best known as the Founder and Head of micro-soft.
 MICROSOFT
Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul
Allen Founded and Built the world’s
largest Software business, MICROSOFT
on 4th April 1975.

Microsoft launched its first retail

version of Microsoft Windows on 20th
november 1985 and went public in
1986.

Microsoft released different versions of

Windows till date.
 ACHIEVEMENTS OF BILL GATES
Becoming the Richest man in the
world.

Philanthropist

Hacking computers as a kid

Microsoft

Windows
 ‘’MANAGEMENT STYLES’’
OF BILL GATES
1) Create and nurture ‘the correct culture’ :

 Making work as comfortable, inspiring and fun as possible so

workers would spend lots of time there.

2) Develop a clear vision - and stick to it :

 Always have a clear vision about work and organisation.

 Visions are needed to be clearly identified and
communicated to the environment to achieve organisational
goals.
3) Hire ‘Action’ oriented employees :

 Hire the smartest people who can ‘get the job done’.
 Hire friends and past colleagues or employees because
they are loyal to the organization.

4) Relax and feel at home :

 Making the office more like home.

 No dress code , Free working hours , Food & drink.
 This improves employee morale and increase
productivity.

5) ‘Image’ is everything :

 Bill gates successfully changed his image over the years

6) Successful Innovation and success may be
built on Failure :

 Microsoft has proved that failure can lead to

success and continues to innovate by investing in
many technologies.
 Many businesses lack of innovation is due to their
fear of failures.

7) Be ‘shrewd’ and keep the team on toes :

 To have a sharp cross examination of employees

who present new ideas , innovations ,etc
 Bill gates analyses information quite quickly and
gets to the bottom of the matter at a rapid pace.
8) Ruthlessly protect your ‘budget’ :

 Frugal thinking can progress your business.

 Microsoft remains in start-up mode where tight
budgets are the rule.

9) ‘Stop’ the ‘mad bureaucracy’ :

 The plague of most big companies is bureaucracy .

 Microsoft is having only a few important logical
rules that employees actually remember and follow
them.
THANK YOU...