NetApp's Corporate Culture and HR Practices

            
 
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Case Details:
Case Code : HROB119
Case Length : 15 pages
Period : 1992-2009
Pub Date : 2009
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : NetApp Inc.
Industry : IT Hardware
Countries : USA

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Background Note

NetApp was founded in 1992 in California by Michael Malcolm, David Hitz, and James Lau, in order to deliver simpler solutions for enterprises that dealt in big volumes of data. It was then known as Network Appliance Inc., and was started with an initial fund of US$ 12.8 million financed by private and venture capital sources...

The HR Practices

NetApp's HR policies focused on the well-being of its employees. The policies aimed at developing a healthy and motivated workforce. According to Gwen McDonald (McDonald), Senior Vice President, HR, NetApp, "We're really clear that our people are really our foundation to make our success happen. It's communicated by our leaders both in terms of what we say and do."...

Corporate Culture

NetApp's management believed that the customers wanting to do business with the company gauged its value proposition on the basis of its corporate culture.

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If the corporate culture was strong enough, the customers would be attracted to it and be inclined to continue business relations with the company. Stressing this fact, NetApp educated its employees about its unique work culture...

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