Thursday 3 October 2013

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Is Mark Zuckberg and effective leader or not?











Mark Zuckberg is 

definitely an 
effective leader; he dealt situations uniquely when something goes
wrong. He uses the unique ways to deal things. First of all, “Getting to No”, by knowing when to let go or when to say no is, it’s crucial and important part of strategic leadership. Secondly, “Learn to say Sorry”; he works hard on correcting his mistakes and learning from them. Thirdly, “If at first you don’t succeed, start over”, he is a very passion young man, he believes that there is no such thing as failure if he really want to pursue his dream and he believes false start are simply invaluable learning experiences toward the next iteration of an idea or development of a product. I personally think that his best moment as a leader is when he leads all his employees, working together, bringing up the company, achieving the goal and mission, share the success with his fellow employees and change the world together, this will be the best moment for him as a leader.



The Culture Within the Facebook Company







Facebook Company has been one of the leaders in the creation and implementation of strong corporate culture fostering three types of culture like Play culture, Aggressive culture and Process culture. Culture is a critical and important element for Facebook Company which helped them to build a humongous successful company. Most people know that the Facebook Company hierarchy is flat. The culture at Facebook Company focused on less hierarchy but more of collaboration and creativity . The organizational culture of Facebook Company created by Mark Zuckberg is relaxed, open and instructed by trying to attract the best talent in the industry by creating a fun atmosphere and environment where employees may have the opportunity to work on the projects with a sense of openness. 

The Organizational Structure under Mark Zuckerberg Leadership


(CLICK on this Link for the Facebook's Organizational Structure)

In this Facebook’s organizational structure, 
Mark Zuckerberg is at the top of the chain of command as he is the CEO, who holds the most power and authority. The primary roles of the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) are to be the head and lead the team and formulate organizational objectives. Mark Zuckberg holds the most responsibility becaused he is at the top of the hierarchy. Facebook’s organizational structure is an example of a narrow span of control, where there are fewer subordinates accountable to a manager. Taking a look at the organizational chart presented, it can be observed that Facebook Company has a flat organizational structure with fewer levels where each manager will have a narrow span of control. The process of removing levels from an organizational hierarchy can help in certain way to improve the business by reducing costs, improve speed of communication, reduce a firm’s costs and lead to more flexible working practices. 

Mark Zuckerberg Leadership Style

How he lead his team?


Mark Zuckberg is 
more of a 
democratic 
leader, he focuses more of sensitivity to the people and group 
relationship in the organization and subordinates are highly encouraged to share their 
individual idea

and make more suggestions. This leadership style is well suited to the Facebook Company environment especially when it comes to a company which filled with different high level of expertise such as Product Marketing Communications Manager, Software Engineer, Vendor Manager, Data Engineer, etc. The reason Mark Zuckberg leading the team as a democratic leader is because this leadership style promotes a better job satisfaction and it gives higher productivity because in tech startups, it’s strongly based on creativity and innovative. He lead his team by always focusing on the mission of “Making the world more open and connected by giving people the power to share whatever they want and be connected to whoever they want, no matter where they are.” He leads his team with his three pillars strategies. First, is to build the best and most ubiquitous mobile product. Secondly, is to build a platform where every new app that is created can be social and enable people to share. Thirdly, is to build strong monetization and economic engine that will build Facebook into one of the world’s most valuable companies.  From above all, there are also 5 key elements of success which helped Mark Zuckerberg to create such a staggeringly successful business, the 5P’s:
PASSION — Always be fully committed and keep the energy fully charged all the times by chasing something you believe in.
PURPOSE — Find the purpose and have a meaningful movement to create a great product.
PEOPLE — Build a strong and powerful team which is able to achieve the visions and goals.
PRODUCT — Do not just create normal product, but create innovative products which changes everything.
PARTNERSHIPS — Build strong and powerful partnerships with people who filled with great imagination.


How he recruits his team?




One of the methods which are used by Facebook Company to recruit employees is by using the “Crazy Social Media Recruiting” technique. Social media recruiting was actually a new and also a daring act. This method is also used by most of the recruiters, 90% of them, in the hiring process to find great candidates. Besides that, a new feature for recruitment by Facebook Company had just come out recently, which is called “Graph Search”. The arrival of this new feature had caused the application like “BranchOut” declined in popularity. Mark Zuckerberg himself suggested that this new feature, Graph Search, makes Facebook the perfect place to search or recruit for talent.

How 

   he 


     motivates 


        his 


           team?



First of all, the environment working in Facebook Company. Facebook Company is the #1 Best Place For Work for 2013. Facebook Company motivates the employees by offering them different sort of benefits which can help employees balance their work with their personal lives. A few examples like , free food and transportation, paid vacation days, $4,000 for new parents, dry cleaning, day care reimbursement, photo processing and more. Moreover, if employees need unwind on the job, facilities are provided for them, where they can play video or table-top games and more. Giving motivation to the employees is important to make them satisfied their job and so they will give the best. Job satisfaction is the main factor in intrinsic motivation and productivity will be the direct result of it. Facebook employees are satisfied with their jobs as a result to do their jobs well.

How he communicates with his team?


Mark Zuckberg and his relationships with his colleagues are close, employees see Zuckberg practically every day, and he is busy but he is always accessible. There are weekly management meeting where co-workers present different ideas and questions to Zuckberg. Mark Zucbkerg doesn’t position himself far above from his employees. Its importance to encouraging interaction to promote a more productive and creative work flow, especially in tech startups which are strongly based on creativity and constantly reinventing to keep things relevant and innovated.          

Leadership Of Choice - Mark Zuckerberg



             Who is Mark Zuckerberg ???    


Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984He is an internet entrepreneur and also an American computer programmer. He is one of the most famous and best known of one of the co-founder of the most popular social website-Facebook. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook ,Inc. He is the youngest richest billionaire and in 2013 and his personal wealth was estimated to be US$17 billion.


               The Making of Mark Zuckerberg