The Hp Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
by David Packard
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Author: David PackardEdition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-05
ISBN: 0694515523
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Reviews of The Hp Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
Book Review: Fascinating account of how two college friends started HP out of a garage
Summary: 4 Stars
Heard the recorded version of THE HP WAY: HOW BILL
HEWLETT AND I BUILT OUR COMPANY by David Packard
I found it fascinating to learn how these two college friends decided
to start their own company in 1939 out of a one-car garage in Palo
Alto, California (that has now become a historic landmark: the
birthplace of Silicon Valley) . . . from those humble beginnings,
Hewlett-Packard has grown to become one of the world's most
admired technology corporations.
What made this book stand out for me was the fact that in
learning about the HP history, you also found out what
Hewlett and Packard both did to make their company one where
employees would actually enjoy working at . . . they did
this by holding such beliefs as the following:
* A guiding principle at HP: Get the best people, stress
teamwork and get employees fired up to work there.
* Personal communication was often necessary to back up
written communication.
* Much of the success was from management by walking
around.
* Individuals need to be treated with consideration and respect.
* People need the challenge to be their best, to realize their
potential and to be recognized for their achievements.
* Personnel's job is to support management, not to supplant it.
* The betterment of our society is not a job to be limited to a
few; it is a responsibility to be shared by all.
After reading THE HP WAY, my only regret is that more organizations
don't get founded by such progressive thinkers as Bill Hewlett and
David Packard . . . though both dead, their legacies live in the
continuing success of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
Summary of The Hp Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
From a one-car-garage company to a multibillion-dollar industry, the rise of Hewlett-Packard is an extraordinary tale of vision, innovation and hard work. Conceived in 1939, Hewlett-Packard earned success not only as a result of its engineering know-how and cutting-edge product ideas, but also because of the unique management style it developed -- a way of doing things called "the HP way".Decades before today's creative management trends, Hewlett-Packard invented such strategies as "walk-around management", "flextime", and "quality cycles". Always sensitive to the needs of its customers and responsive to employee input, Hewlett-Packard earned massive steady growth that far outshone its competitors' vacillating fortunes, even with radically different products from those responsible for its initial boom.
For entrepreneurs and managers alike, the wisdom found in these pages is invaluable if they want their businesses to gain steady growth and consistent success. Transcending the ever-shifting marketplace and management trends, The HP Way offers the hard-won and battle-tested practical experience of a proven and respected leader.
In a dry fashion, Packard tells the true story of the mighty Hewlett-Packard Company: Two college buddies begin a partnership by producing an audio oscillator in a Palo Alto garage in 1938 and wind up 60 years later with a $25-billion-dollar electronics company on their hands. He wraps the book up tidily with a timeline of the company's development milestones. Packard chalks up success to many things, including government contracts during wartime, but mostly to the company's management outlook ("The HP Way"), which champions openness, honesty, and flexibility throughout the organization. Entrepreneurs and technologists alike will be interested in this journey of an American giant. Packard's tone sometimes veers toward the self-congratulatory, but in this case, it somehow seems justified.
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