Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald has taken a look at Microsoft's turbulent history and its mixed management decisions that have led to the failure of some products. Eichenwald interviewed former employees and obtained access to internal records and emails to paint a picture of life at Microsoft under Steve Ballmer, the company's CEO who famously laughed at the introduction of Apple's iPhone. Eichenwald details a management system known as "stack ranking," a method that existing and former employees describe as destructive and an innovation stifler.
Stack ranking is a process where each business unit's management team has to review employees performance and rank a certain percentage of them as top and good performers or...
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Eichenwald details a management system known as "stack ranking," a method that existing and former employees describe as destructive and an innovation stifler.
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