The HP Way (Review and Analysis of Packard's Book)
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This complete summary of the ideas from David Packard's book "The HP Way" tells the story behind the American giant company Hewlett-Packard. In his book, the author reveals the keys to the company's success and the obstacles that it had to overcome to become the world-class company that it is today. This summary also provides readers with an insight into the management practices that have contributed to the efficient operation of the company.
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The HP Way by David Packard
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Summary of The HP Way (David Packard)
1. Getting Started
2. A Company Is Born
3. The Early Days
4. From Partnership to Corporation
5. Self-Funded Growth
6. The Computer Age Beckons
7. Listening to Customers
8. Trusting People
9. Growing The Company
10. Managing the Company
11. Responsibility to Society
12. Reflections
Important Note About This Ebook
This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.
1. Getting Started
In the last half of 1930, David Packard left his home town of Pueblo, Colorado to attend Stanford University. There, he became a good friend with another freshman who started his university studies at the same time, Bill Hewlett.
David Packard’s parents were well educated - his father was a lawyer and his mother a high school teacher. He was a good student at High School, excelling in science and on the sports field. His passion, however, was the relatively new field of radio and he decided to go to Stanford University to study electrical engineering.
Bill Hewlett’s parents were also academically inclined. In fact, his father was a Professor at the Stanford Medical School until he died when Bill was 12-years old. Despite the fact that he was dyslexic, Bill did quite well at High School, graduating