Bill Gates is known as one of the most successful entrepreneurs and the man who started the personal computer revolution. Many people believe that Gates is very anti-competitive because he does whatever he can to crush the competition. The Windows operating system has dominated the computing world for more than the past decade, mainly because Gates wouldn’t settle for anything but being the best. Gates is best known for his company Microsoft, a company that creates software for personal and professional needs and is pretty much found any computer today other than Macintosh computers. Microsoft is considered to have an aggressive culture because they value competitiveness and love to outperform everyone else. Microsoft has had many antitrust lawsuits filed against them because they continually run companies out of business. One of quotes in the Gates article that really voiced how aggressive the company wanted to be “Basically, Bill took on IBM and won, and that created an environment of excitement, where the whole company was focused on managing the explosion of the PC business” Although The organization culture profile of Microsoft mainly consists of their aggressiveness, Microsoft is also detail oriented because they constantly monitor how their employees do their job because they hold everyone to such a high standard. Microsoft also has service characteristics because even though they outsource their customer support their representatives seem to be pretty competent and helpful when it comes to resolving an issue. These smaller counterparts to the aggressive culture can be considered Microsoft’s subcultures. These various cultures contribute to how employees approach their job every day and Gates has successfully instilled a passion in his employees that motivate them to continue creating and producing the best possible software on the market.
-Eddie Nemeth
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