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Page Can't Turn Back Clock At Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hire-more-ninjas dept.

rsmiller510 writes "As much as incoming CEO Larry Page would like Google to be as quick on its feet as a small company, when you're as big as Google, decision-making gets bogged down in the management structure, and it's hard to make the company something it's not."

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  1. they should breakup up before the Feds make them by jsepeta · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If Google broke up into 10 smaller entities, it could increase shareholder value and spur more innovation. Plus with the Feds going after them, they could just say, "oh, that was the old company. we're a new company."

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  2. Re:Corporate Structure by JamesP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can do that internally

    If he really wants to shake things up, create 'micro-startups' inside Google. Put it in a separate building, isolated area, whatever. Shoot any managers or bean-counters that approach the area

    Worked for Apple

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  3. A Possibility by VernonNemitz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I once read (many moons ago) an in-depth article about how "3M Corporation" is organized. The implication was that despite being large, it was able to be nimble because of the way it was divided into sections (each section had a lot of autonomy and could therefore behave like a small company). Whether or not it is still organized this way, or Google can copy such organization scheme, is the key question, of course.