Business Research Proposal

Christian MartinezNolan Stephenson

Weston EhlersMikey ZablanCarter RhoadBrad Janelli

Introduction

-Salmon P. Chase’s image is on the $10,000 bill. A Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, Chase is the bank’s namesake and is considered the “Father of Modern Banking.”

Introduction (cont.)

57% of kid's first words are "Google"

Background of Google

• Google started in 1995 by two guys by the names of Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

• BackRub/googol/Google.

• Google started in a garage until they filed for incorporation in California September 4th, 1998.

• By 1999 they outgrew the garage office and moved to Palo Alto. At this time.

• In 2001, Google became available in 26 languages.

• And by that December, their index size grew to 3 billion web documents.

Background of Chase

• Chase started September 1, 1799, to 1954, it was Chase

National Bank, in 1954-1960, it was World-Wide Banking,

Chase Manhattan, and in 1960-1976, it was The Chase

Manhattan Bank.

• Chase now offers more than 5,100 branches and 16,100

ATMs nationwide.

• Chase generates roughly $60 billion in revenue yearly.

• About $860 million dollars in Net income annually.

• Divisions including Retail Financial Services, Card

Services, and Commercial Banking

• about 270,000 employees.

Literature Review

• Unique style of running a business

• Perks of working for Google

• You get what you pay for

Literature Review (Cont.)

• About 2.5 million applicants per year

• Very thorough in hiring and firing process

• Crazy questions

Literature Review (cont.)

• NO casual Fridays!-Every Day is casual

• Free Stuff (Laundry, Food, Health Care)

Literary Review

• Happy Workers = High quality work

• Extraordinary Leadership

• Financial Commitment (R&D)

Statement of Problem

• How does the work environment dictate the companies success

• What aspects go into choosing the office environment

• Do future employees take the time to investigate the office atmosphere

• What information is out on these environmentso Ex. Google and Chase

Purpose

• To analyze the success of the revolutionary work environment of Google Inc. and compare it to traditional work environments

Purpose (cont.)

1.Compare the marginal success between companies with a work environment

such as Google and a company such as CHASE bank

2. How effective is the motivational aspect of work environment perks

(casual fridays, free laundry, healthcare, etc.)

Overview

Both companies are successful yet have opposite tactics in the office

• Chase Bank - Traditional approach in the office

• Google - Untraditional approach

• Two very different Markets o How are students getting this information?

Overview

Qualitative and Quantitative Informationo Mission is to give information to College

students o How will we do this?

o Informational interviews Based on atmosphere in the office along

with productivity Perks of the job

Limitations

• Sample Size

• Time

• Control

Significance

Satisfaction

Increased work performance

Conclusion

-Chase seen as more traditional

-Google focuses on a more personal workplace

-100 Applicants

-Higher caliber of workers for jobs