Innovation to an Organization

Internal organization structure analysis

The organizational structure is very crucial for innovation. Microsoft has realized the importance of organizational structures. The corporate structure of the organization is based on its product types. There is three primary division of Microsoft structure including; geographic segments, global corporate groups, and product line groups. The product line structure has been divided into hardware, software and other outputs of an organization. It further includes productivity and business processes, personal computing and intelligent clouding. The global corporate groups of organizational structure include the top management office of Chief executive office, marketing, cloud and enterprise group, worldwide business, sales and operations, finance, human resource management, business development group, devices windows, research and development, applications, servers, and legal groups. The geographic structure encompasses the American and International segments.

Internal innovative organizational structure

The internal structure of the organization can be innovative or stagnant based on organizational culture. The organizational structure paired with organizational culture creates a huge impact on innovation. The organizational culture is a set of values norms, beliefs, behaviors, and customs. It defines how people react to situations and how they believe. The organizational culture of Microsoft is very innovation oriented. The employees re highly appraised for their unique des and creative solutions. People can share their ideas openly because culture enables them to do so. They are not demotivated or criticized for their out of box thinking. The organizational culture of Microsoft paired with its organizational structure are the key players in its innovation (Lombardo, 2018).

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