Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) has gained a competitive edge by letting its employees develop products and make decisions in largely autonomous divisions.
HP is also committed to egalitarian work settings, openness, quality, employment continuity, and diversity in the work force.
The Palo Alto Company was founded in 1939 by engineers William Hewlett and David Packard. * Organization – two or more persons engaged in a systematic effort to produce goods and services.
What is Management? * A process of achieving organizational goals by engaging in the four major functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. * Recognizes that management is an ongoing activity, * entails reaching important goals, and * involves knowing how to perform the major functions of management.
4 Major Functions of Management
Planning: Setting goals & deciding how best to achieve them.
Controlling: Regulating activities to reach goals.
Organizing: Allocating and arranging resources.
Leading: Influencing others to work toward goals. * Not –for- Profit Organization – an organization whose main purposes center on issues other than making profit.
Managerial Work Agendas * Nature of Work Agendas – a work agenda is a loosely connected set of tentative goals and task that a manager is attempting to accomplish. * Factors Influencing Work Agendas – according to Rosemary Stewart, a British expert in managerial work, there are 3 main factors that likely to have an impact on a manager’s work agenda: 1. Job Demands – activities a manager must do in a job. 2. Job Constraints – are the factors, both inside and outside the organization, that limit what a manager can do. 3. Job Choices – are work activities that the manager can do but does not have to do.
Work Methods: * Unrelenting Pace * Brevity, Variety and