{"product_id":"books-the-hp-way-by-david-packard","title":"The HP Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch more personal than standard corporate histories, David Packard's The HP Way provides insights into managing and motivating people and inspiration for would-be entrepreneurs. This bestselling classic joins the Collins Business Essentials line-up with a new Note from Steve Jobs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670158762257,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780887307478.jpg?v=1781510754","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-hp-way-by-david-packard","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}