Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1939.Bill and Dave begin part-time work in a garage with $538 in working capital. Bill ’s study of negative feedback results in HP ’s first product the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator (HP 200A)‚ an electronic instrument used to test sound equipment. The 40s HP´s products won excellent acceptance among engineers and scientists. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard create a management style that forms the basis of HP ’s famously open corporate
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Summary; the Board of Directors Board of director work as a bridge between management and shareholders‚ appointed by shareholders. Through this forum those who do not have opportunity to protect their right (minority shareholders‚ lenders‚ and society) can influence those who run the company. If the board is effective and responsible‚ quality of governance will be good‚ overall performance of the company will be increased and all the stakeholders will be happier and if the board is ineffective
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HP provides people with opportunities to learn essential business and IT skills‚ empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs to succeed in a global economy. For example‚ HP LIFE e-Learning uses HP’s innovative cloud-based technology‚ enabling millions of entrepreneurs and students to establish and grow their own businesses‚ create jobs‚ and help communities thrive. They extend the reach of HP LIFE e-Learning with partners such as the Education Development Center Inc.‚ United Nations Industrial
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Board of Directors Apple’s Board of Directors (BOD) is composed of seven members. Out of the seven directors‚ six of them are males; Steve Jobs age 54‚ William Campbell age 69‚ Arthur Levinson Ph.D. age 60‚ Ronald Sugar age 61‚ Millard Drexler age 65‚ and former vice president Albert Gore Jr. age 62 and one is a female Andrea Jung age 51. The average age for the board is 60 years old. The members of the board bring into Apple a vast experience from retailing‚ governmental‚ engineering and technological
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In this decade‚ we have seen an increase in women ’s participation in the board of director. Previously‚ we can see around the world‚ every board of director of a single company led by men only. But‚ over the time‚ women are slowly absorbed into the board of director and they play a great role as well as a good impact in the improvement of the company. A new study suggested that‚ putting women on boards of directors is a good way to make companies more profitable and better governed. It is because
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------------------------------------------------- Kraft Foods’ Board of Directors Name/Title | Current Board Membership | John T. Cahill‚ 56Executive Chairman | Legg Mason‚ Inc.‚ Colgate-palmolive Co.‚ Kraft Foods Group‚ Inc. | William Anthony Vernon‚ 57Chief Executive Officer & Director | Novocure Ltd.‚ Philadelphia Youth Organization‚ Kraft Foods Group‚ Inc.‚ Medivation‚ Inc. | Myra Maloney Hart‚ 72Independent Director | Kraft Foods Group‚ Inc.‚ Nina Mclemore Llc‚ Babson College‚ Center
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Can Saunas Enhance Athletic Performance? We are accustomed with the sauna as being the place to go when you want to relax and burn some calories‚ even get a session of detoxification. But there’s much more to the sauna than that; you can enhance your athletic performance as well. It might sound weird‚ but studies and researches have shown that going to the sauna influences athletic performance. This is a true heaven‚ because now you can sit and relax while you take care of your body and push it’s
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are desired targets or results. They are often recognized as the crucial elements of planning as managerial decisions are guided. They also serve as the performance criteria. Specific‚ measurable‚ attainable‚ realistic and timely goals should be set before managers can make plans (Robbins & Coulter‚ 2012). Plans are blueprints specifying the ways for reaching the goals. They usually include the resource allocations‚ schedules and other necessary means. Whilst managers plan‚ they develop both goals
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to Zilack Board of Directors By: Blue Team Accounting and Finance Manager – Katie Dahle Marketing Manager – Mike Dadey Production and Operations – Chad Leibe Human Resources Manager – Lenora Box November 19‚ 2010 Introduction Zilack Corporation is a medium-sized manufacturing company with 250 employees. It directly markets one product: the Zilack coffee cup with a patented ball bearing sliding mechanism. James Jr. and a group of 15 other executives run the company.
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Company Summary and Recommendation Hewlett-Packard announced on 03/14/12 that it will combine its PC and printing divisions two of HPQ core business. Todd Bradley‚ current executive vice president of the PC group‚ will lead the combined entities‚ with printing Chief Vyomesh Joshi retiring from the firm. The company says this move is aimed at streamlining operations on both the supply chain and sales sides of the business. This restructuring effort is likely to result in a sizable reduction in head
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