Bill Gates (Change)

How did Bill Gates changed the computer world?
Gate's changed the computer world by creating an software called Microsoft. Before Microsoft/Windows was created, people had to type everything people wanted the computer to do. People had to know the location of the file and the command to open the file they wanted it to open. But now, when there's Microsoft/Windows, people don't have to locate the files and command to open it, they just have to double-click and then it's done. Bill Gates really changed the computer world by creating Microsoft and if without Microsoft, I don't think computers are worthy to buy now.

How did Bill Gates changed the world and the society?
Gates has impacted society in more ways than one. His philanthropic work is some of the greatest in the world. It has also led to the creation of over 1000 scholarships to minors ("Bill Gates Biography"). Who knows, the people receiving these scholarships, could do something great and go on to change the world even more. With the Gates foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates have been able to bring some of the greatest scientists together to help create life-changing vaccines, such as the HIV/AIDS vaccine. Gates wants to encourage people to donate what they can and get involved. Gates has said some inspiring quotations, some of which show how he truly has tried to change the world. 

In my perspectives, if Bill Gates did not created Microsoft, there won't be Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social network. Bill Gates really changed history by creating/inventing Microsoft and people was struggling before, where they have to locate and type some commands in order to open/receive their files but with the help from Microsoft, everything changed just by clicking.

References:
Sites.google.com. 2013. How Bill Gates Changed the World - Bill Gates. [online] Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/billgates9004/how-bill-gates-changed-the-world [Accessed: 4 Oct 2013].

Maslow, Herzberg and Taylor

The three great inventors of business theories are Maslow, Herzberg and Taylor. Each of them have their very own objectives, achievements and motives for their business theories.

Abraham Maslow:
Human needs can be arranged in a hierarchy or scale. At the bottom, corresponding to the needs that are most urgent early in life and continue to be urgent when they are not satisfied up to a certain point, are certain basic needs. These relate directly to biological survival such as needs for food, clothing, and shelter, and, at the next level, security.
What Maslow calls basic needs are probably the most and "self-evident" of human needs.

Frederick Herzberg:

People are made dissatisfied by bad environment, but they are seldom made satisfied by a good environment. The prevention of dissatisfaction is just as important as encouragement of motivator satisfaction. Hygiene factors operate independently of motivation factors. An individual can be highly motivated in his work and be dissatisfied with his work environment. All hygiene factors are equally important, although their frequency of occurrence differs considerably. Hygiene improvements have short-term effects. Any improvements result in a short-term removal of, or prevention of, dissatisfaction. Hygiene needs are cyclical in nature and come back to a starting point.

Frederick Taylor:

Taylor's principles became widely practised  and the resulting cooperation between workers and managers eventually developed into the teamwork we enjoy today. While Taylorism in a pure sense isn't practised much today, scientific management did provide many significant contributions to the advancement of management practice. It introduced systematic selection and training procedures, it provided a way to study workplace efficiency, and it encouraged the idea of systematic organizational design.

1. Replace working by "rule of thumb", or simple habit and common sense, and instead use the scientific method of study work and determine the most efficient way to perform specific tasks.
2. Rather than simply assign workers to just any job,  match workers to their jobs based on capability and motivation, and train them to wok at maximum efficiency.
3. Monitor worker performance, and provide instructions and supervision to ensure that they're using the most efficient ways of working.
4. Allocate the work between managers and workers so that the managers spend their time planning and training, allowing the workers to perform their tasks efficiently.

Which theory is suitable for Bill Gates?

Bill Gates is suitable for Herzberg theory. Bill Gates does not like to live in a bad environment and he does not like his company to be in a bad condition. Gate's wants to motivate his employees no matter what to make them the best so that the company will not fail easily and employees with higher motivations could use the skills to teach new employees or to create a new and better skills for the company.

References :

Businessballs.com. 2013. Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and diagrams of Maslow's motivational theory - pyramid diagrams of Maslow's theory. [online] Available at: http://www.businessballs.com/maslow.htm [Accessed: 4 Oct 2013].

Mindtools.com. 2013. Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management - Management Training from MindTools.com. [online] Available at: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_Taylor.htm [Accessed: 4 Oct 2013].

Bill Gates Management Style

The Management Style

1. Create and nurture(the correct culture) - Microsoft is the pioneer of the new-agey workplace, making work as comfortable, inspiring and fun as possible so workers would spend lots of time there.
2. Develop a clear vision - From the beginning, he dreamed of developing Microsoft into a corporate giant. For CIOs this is one of the most important traits that must be part of the toolbox.
3. Hire action oriented employees - CIOs usually have exposure to many different environments and come across many employees. Some will be better than others, while some will be outstanding. Gates has always hired the smartest people who can get the job done on time.
4. Relax and feel at home - According to Matt Richey, 'Microsoft has a simple way of maximizing its employees' productivity. It allows each individual's office to be as individualized as one desires. It means that making the office more like home. Everything from real offices (not cubicles) to windows in most offices, from free soft drinks to no dress code. from an open supply room to anything-goes work hours. Quite simply, these policies improve employee morale, and thus increase overall productivity.
5. Successful innovation and success in general may be built on failure - Bill Gates has constantly had Microsoft innovating along. Currently though, as many large IT businesses employ smarter and smarter employees, time will judge who can innovate the most and bring to market technologies that have 'stickiness'. Microsoft has proved that failure can lead to success and continues to innovate by investing in many technologies. Some will inevitably fail while others maybe huge successes. Many businesses lack of innovation is due to their fear of failures.