Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered in California. It was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard students. With over 1.3 billion users and $12.47 billion in revenue, Facebook is very successful. Facebook is considered one of the best tech companies to work for, though early employees dealt with political issues and poor management. It has a flexible, non-hierarchical culture with over 2000 employees working in an open floor plan without cubicles. Mark Zuckerberg leads democratically with a focus on collaboration and creativity. Facebook has a flat organizational structure with fewer management levels to improve communication and reduce costs.

2. Profile
 Facebook is an online social networking service
headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
 Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark
Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and
fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum,
Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
 With over 1.3 billion monthly active users and 2009
revenues surpassing $12.47 billion, Facebook-the-product
and Facebook-the-business are killing it.

3. Facebook-the-workplace?
 Best tech company to work for.
 Facebookers had to deal with an overly-political workplace
and amateurish management.
 Head count over 2000.
 No cubicles.
 Flexible working hours options.

4. Work Culture
 Company On boarding Is Everyone’s Responsibility — Not
Just HR’s
 Conduct All-Hands Meetings
 Lead by Example
 Encourage Social Activities
 Employ a Unique HR Strategy That Promotes Culture
 Facebook Company focuses on less hierarchy but more
of collaboration and creativity

5. Leadership style
 Mark Zuckerberg is more of a democratic leader
 Focusing more on group relations and subordinates
 Leads to better job satisfaction and high productivity
 A successful leader/entrepreneur always makes use of all
leadership styles.
 Also illustrates transformational leadership in action.
 His leadership style is described as encouraging and
aggressive. A person who always demands constant
innovation and growth, he loves debates and challenges.
 He is able to adapt quickly to situation and responds to
complaints right away from his users.

6. Observations
 Facebook’s organizational structure is an example of a
narrow span of control, where there are fewer subordinates
accountable to a manager.
 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

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