Netflix Case Study Questions
Please answer the following questions in regards to case study. Need to use to outside resources to include the Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, Sixth Edition.
Why is the Netflix approach to talent and culture compelling, apart from the financial aspects?
Netflix places a heavy emphasis on recruiting the right people. What do they mean by the right people?
Is HR decision-making at Netflix centralized, or decentralized, and why? Please give a thorough analysis with specific examples from the case.
Netflix has a unique compensation philosophy. Why is it unique and what is your analysis of why it does or does not work?
Netflix takes a novel approach to performance reviews. What is it and why does it work for them?
The Netflix case study discusses that managers should think like business people and innovators first, and link HR people last. Why does this promote good HRM?
The case study discusses releasing employees in different ways. How is Netflixs philosophy on releasing employees different than the norm, and why does it work?
The Netflix case study discusses corporate culture. How can leadership influence corporate culture?
Guidelines: Please ensure your response are thorough, verbose, and include HRM concepts that weve studied throughout the semester. As with the traditional exam portion, this portion is also open book. A few sentences will not be sufficient for a response. This is part of your final exam, please treat it as such.
